Frobeus said:
Gregou said:
As we said, M.acc =~ Skill, so Nereid > Insect and Omega > Nereid for debuff of course, for March Nereid > all.
Sorry for loltriplepost but that was just too much brain asplode.
Lol, I think that his statement was missing a comma or something, cause it asploded me first, too, til I reread it. I think what he meant was, "Nereid > Insect" and then "Omega > Nereid" as two separate thoughts.
Also, Im not quite sure what it is you're asking. If you're asking is Macc better than Skill (On debuffs) then it depends on the number. You just have to do the math and figure it out. 1 Skill = 1 Macc (or very close to it). So when you're faced with 3 Macc and 3 Chr vs 3 Wind Skill (Omega Vs. Nereid) then the answer should be Omega. If 1 Chr = .5 Macc, and 1 Skill = 1 Macc (for maths sake, we'll assume it's an even 1), then Omega = 4.5 Macc while Nereid = 3. Omega wins.
And not for anything but there's not a whole lot of Macc gear available to us, anyways, so this whole thing is sort of a moot point. There's not going to be a lot of situations where you'll have to make the choice.
Instead of asking what you should be dumping on your bard as a whole, just take it one slot at a time. If you're curious about the rings, Gregou had it right. Omega > Nereid > Insect. Balrahn's is nice too, if you have it; but I see you have a melee job as well, so the melee ring would probably be better for you, anyways.
Once again, Gregou has already offered you the information you're looking for, on Kaeko's LJ. It has extensive testing on accuracy and skill. People keep telling you the answer and then you keep rebuffing it. Macc is equal to, or VERY slightly higher than Skill. Instead of trying to ask which is better than the other, analyze each slot as it's own thing, and then find the best piece of gear for that particular slot, instead of worrying about your bard as a whole. break it down and take it little by little, and you'll find that gearing becomes a whole lot easier.
Have I sat down and analyzed all the numbers and divided by zero? No, I haven't, and Im not going to. But I am a 75 Bard, I have a pretty good landing rate on my debuffs, and at the risk of sounding masturbatory, slightly above-par gear, and I know my job. After you've been playing the job a while, you mold into it.
Edit: Also, when you're buffing the party:
March = Skill, skill, skill.
Everything else = Skill until you hit the cap, then Enmity down and fastcast.