Marrs said:
How is affinity mab calculated? I can't even find anything on "affinity" on ffxiclopedia. Only reason I bring it up is, if its not % based like the ele staffs, in the end, the ele staffs may still win (or at least get to a point catching up to the trial staffs) in both categories. Being that at 99 you'd throw down more dmg than at 80, and a % would adjust to that now higher amount of dmg in the same sense it always has (a % of it) as opposed to mab where it would simply help in the same way it always has in calculating that number. This is of course assuming these staffs dont get more trials before or on 99. If this is confusing think about the aspect of how taxing the rich 1% takes much more from them, even though to the lower class 1% is still much less.
The 25% increase you get from the affinity is calculated just like the elemental staves are. Its not calculated with MAB, otherwise they wouldnt beat the elemental staves.