Merit STR or DEX!?

[Raevenblm]

and acc rings

STR

qft

no

You should listen to these people. They r smaht

[Thorny]

fStr and it's effects are exaggerated the more often you attack.

You wanna rethink your statement?

1.25 fstr = ~1.875 damage/hit at decent pdif(1.5)
on mnk, at the same decent pdif, you do ~75 damage per hit
The effects of 2.5 attack on any decent level mob come out to roughly ~0.75% damage/hit on birds. This amounts to another .56 damage/hit, overall increase of about 2.45 damage per hit.
2.45/75 = 3.26% increase in damage per hit

5 dex = 2.5 acc = 1.25% hitrate
@ 90% accuracy
1.25/90 = 1.4% increase in hits landed, which also results in tp gained

assuming ~800 WS average and one WS per 18 melee hits(asuran tp return + no stp + destroyers, 17 with rajas but since an attack round has 2 hits it's still usually 18:

18 hits @ 75 dmg each = 1350
18 hits @ 77.45 dmg each = 1394.1
1.014 * 18 hits @ 75 dmg each = 1368.9

1 Asuran @ 819 damage(5 STR adds approximately 19 damage to asuran fists in this scenario, counting the attack) = 819 damage
1.014 more asurans @ 811.2 damage(1.014% more accuracy during asuran too!) = 822.5 damage

1394.1 + 819 = 2213.1 expected damage in TP->WS cycle while using destroyers, 1.5 pdif before merits, 90% accuracy, 5 STR merits

1368.9 + 822.5 = 2191.4 expected damage in TP->WS cycle while using destroyers, 1.5 pdif, 90% accuracy before merits, 5 DEX merits

Both of these are BEFORE factoring in any crit bonus 5 DEX may give. If crit is tiered and it pushes you up a tier, it could come out ahead of STR for even mnk.

2213.1/2180.1 = 0.99% increase in overall damage meritting STR instead of DEX for mnk, before critical bonus from DEX

Calculating THF damage is extremely convoluted because of SA/TA timers, people positioning meaning you can't use them as soon as they're up, etc, but 5 DEX merits over 5 STR merits for THF will add well more than 0.99% increase in overall damage in any situation where you're using SA/TA and WS as much as possible so it really comes down to which job you like more.. though I'd still recommend the DEX merits as the crit bonus likely makes them more or less identical in damage output to STR merits for MNK as well.

[Max™]

BLAHBLAHBLAH

I'm a taru.

71 Str is at least somewhat respectable sounding, compared to 66 Str.

[Xanthu]

I'm a taru.

Avatar says you're a Scientist

[Max™]

LETS PERFORM AN EXPERIMENT TO DETERMINE IF I CAN BE BOTH!

AM I?

YES I AM!

HUZZAH!

[Hyriu]

My Taru STR makes me cry myself to sleep everynight too Q_Q I need to finish these merits <.<

[Deadgye]

Since you have two melee jobs, str.