Lol, sorry to break it to you.
Got any other sources to quote apart from PSOW? Have you witnessed it?
I've witnessed a FOnewm do more damage then a FOmar with the same level grants before. Me and my friend did its on blueburst.
A part of me doesn't and doesn't want to believe you. Did you make sure that they were both level 200 maxed out / same level with the same MAG? ...
Maxed MSTs, according to ragol.co.uk:
1340 for FOmar
1284 for FOmarl (Pathetic! But it's me, and I'm proud to be FOmarl.)
1500 for FOnewm
1750 for FOnewearl (Scarily high MST!!)
Edit: Need verification on FOmar's Grants boost. Anyone else?
See, Fonewm still higher than FOmar
That was max MST counts... NOT damage. FOmar has a 30% boost on Grants, simple as that.
If you look a bit under the first post i had there damage added up. And i don't think FOmar actully gets that boost. Im rpetty sure only FOmarl does but i could be wrong.
FOmar does get the boost, and I believe a simple calculator is quite subject to flaw. The only way to really try it out is to experiment on the field of battle!
Ok yeah i just noticed they do get a boost off Grants. Doesn't explain why FOnewm does more than a FOmar.
But still FOmarl does the most.
FOmar does get a 30% boost to Grants, and is better at it than FOnewm or FOnewearl, these figures are off.
Grants is barely affected by MST (unlike other attack techniques), so the boosts (natural and Caduceus, etc.) and the Grants level are what matters.