But with the new animators they do get a heavy boost to all stats to put them up with the ilevels. Forefront animator gives +45 to all stats +130 to hp and mp, still doing testing on macc matk racc ratk acc and atk. Likewise the alternator gives some crazy boosts to stats as well. +70 to all stats according to those i know that have it. Still need it for myself for testing.
There's already been a ton of research on the Alternator from when it first came out.
Copy/Paste from bgwiki.
Quote:
Gives +70 to each Automaton Base Stat (STR, DEX, etc.)
Gives +40 Magic Attack Bonus
Gives a substantial amount of Evasion (>120), Accuracy (>150), Ranged Attack, Attack, and so on.
Evasion and Accuracy numbers are difficult to quantify due to caps.
Most if not all the testing can be found here:
http://www.ffxiah.com/forum/topic/38369/automaton-research-thread/
I haven't seen much testing at all for Forefront Animator, but I would imagine it's something like 65%~70% of all alternator's mab/acc/eva/attk/etc across the board.