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You seem to be comparing 60 SSI with 40 SSI in the charts you have posted. I'm sure there's a substantial benefit from that 20% difference - but that again wan't what I was asking.
What is the benefit of 60 SSI over 55 SSI - that very *specific* instance. The posted charts (
http://users.lmi.net/~noodle/netathene/guilds/Posts/) show no difference at any stamina level. What this means is that if I have 55 SSI and you have 60 SSI as long as our stamina is the same, we hit at exactly the same speed with any and every weapon available, including bows. Clear?
Connor's example is perfectly valid - his 55 SSI is better than 50 SSI because there are points in the stamina/SSI charts where the benefit of 55 SSI over 50 SSI is real and relevant giving a bigger stamina buffer. But again - it's not what I was asking.
I guess I should make it clear WHY I'm harping on about this point. The reason is that that last 5% SSI to 60 SSI total is particularly hard or expensive to get and to get there you have to make significant compromises elsewhere in the template. Slightly easier for archers/bokuto wielders, much simpler with Assassin pieces. But is 60 SSI actually worth making that effort and sacrifice for? Or is the chart wrong...wouldn't be the first time.
Three times is enough to ask a question - the answers people have give are all correct but they are not the answer to the question I have asked. A little focus please..;p