Originally Posted by
bumchaka
Well let's consider the following, and please correct me where I'm wrong. The Nightmare Tear provides +10 to all base stats, of which we benefit from Agility and Strength, I guess you can argue Stamina as well since it provides that much more survivability. So if we were to lose the Nightmare Tear, we're effectively losing +10 Agility and +10 Strength, so like.. ~20 AP and a tiny bit of crit. In return we gain 100% Arpen vs the 99%. Now it comes down to what will benefit more? I don't know the answer to that question which is why I proposed it. Set aside your "meme gem" comment as you referred to it as, it's still beneficial. Unless you know for a definitive fact that one outweighs the other. I don't mean to downplay what you're saying or that it may sound silly to use the arpen/stamina gem but what concrete numbers do you have to support the claim that one is better than the other? That's why I asked Fluffy as it seems he's tested and weighed out these numbers to a serious extent given his responses/creation of the guide.
TL;DR - What's better? +10agi/str or ~+0.7/0.8% arpen (the difference of arpen cap vs not).