Chronictank
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How much dex exactly do you need to cast at cap speed with 10% cast speed bonus?
What is the hard cap for cast speed? (2sec?)
I found thsi just wondering if its right:
What is the hard cap for cast speed? (2sec?)
I found thsi just wondering if its right:
The casting speed thing is half right. You can only increase your casting timw by 25% with DEX. RA's like Mastery of the Art get applied on top of that 25%. If you have 350 Dex, and Mastery of the Art 3, that's a 34% improvement in casting speed. Obviously, 350 DEX is a bit extreme, 280-300 is more normal. Just FYI, not sure if everyone knows this or not, but the formula for calculating casting time reductions is basically as follows:
Every 10 points of DEX above 50 equates to a 1% improvement in casting time. Once you reach 250 DEX though, it takes 20 points of DEX for a 1% improvement. So, if your dex is 250, that's a 20% improvement. If it's 270, that's a 21% improvement. If it's 350, that's 25%.
Realistically, I don't think anyone is going to have 350 DEX. Since you can only add 75 points to a stat via items, 50 points via base buffs, and 75 for Spec buffs, that adds up to a total of +200 to a stat. If you start out with a Dex of 90, and get 15 points from levelling (I think that's what it comes out to, but I may be wrong on this part), then 305 is about the highest Dex you're going to get without RA's like Aug. Dex. I'm gonna use 290 for examples, because it's reasonable, it ends up to an even 22% bonus, and it's not sadistically high.
So, lets say a 22% casting time reduction there, plus 9% from Mastery of the Art 3 (I think MoA3 is a good buy. Others may want to do it differently, YMMV. ). That brings us to 31%. 5 seconds - 31% will bring us down to 3.45, so pretty close to your 3.5 figure.
To get there, it's gonna cost ya 20 RSPs for the MoA3. If you want a 28% improvement,a nd only MoA2, then it'll cost ya 14RSPs, and your casting time will be down to 3.6. They're fairly close.
Of course, everyone wants Serenity, and at least MCL2 as well, so that's another 10 points. You're still only RR4. That's really not all that hard to get to, and you've just taken care of a good chunk of the RAs you need. Raging Power is the only big one missing, and MoC if you're the type that wants it.
I think you meant 25% gain in casting speed, and not .25%, and if that's the case, 11 RSPs for a 25% improvement, would be a bargain if you ask me. 25% is a lot. It may not seem like it, but it really adds up.