Vulcan's Vs. Jupiter's (bow)

Ok this question is for the Gandiva users. I know Vulcan's is better for gun due to fire affinity however my question is this -

Why do so many (if not everyone) I see with Gandiva use Vulcan's over Jupiter's staff?

We are basically looking at +10 R.Attk vs. 15% Crit Hit Rate.

On paper (as I am yet to parse this) Jupiter's with fairly standard gear will increase DPS by about 10%. If we are talking purely overall bonus, vulcan's staff offers (from my terribly rough math) a ~1.3% boost in R.Attk for a lvl 90 RNG (Due to a lvl 90 Hume RNG having about ~820 R.Attk). Yet Jupiter's offers a solid 15% boost in crit hit rate.

So in *theory* Jupiter's is a stupidly overpowering main hand boost compared to Vulcan's..

What am I missing that Vulcan staff users know about?


(Note for those of you on the lolOfficial FFXI forums - I posted this there as well as I am trying to get a solid answer to this question).

*Gandiva User here

Crit hit rate only applies to the Staff itself, not the ranged attacks. /end thread

http://www.ffxiah.com/forum/topic/15802/jupiters-vs-vulcans-in-abyssea/

or

http://www.ffxiah.com/forum/topic/17629/jishnus-radiance-build/

or

Ah right. Problem solved! ty.


^ps. Epic fail by me for not bothering to use the search button.

It's 5 dex vs 5 str and 10 ranged attack. Not sure why you left the str out in the first place. The str is actually more potent than the ranged attack.

Edit: oh that's me above too.

I am going to parse it to be sure - as weapons like Kamome affect mainhand as well. I daresay you are right though. Just need to find a parser that hasn't broken in the recent updates.

Critdmg works from anywhere, but critrate has always been tied to the weapon it's on. This was known back at 75 with the KSNM weapons and X's Knife, but I did parse /ra with Jupiter's Staff about a year ago and found it to have no effect on ranged attacks.

There's nothing to parse. This has been a known fact for several years now.