Explorer's critial ring

When they came out they were the best rings for any job with high critical, but nowadays, with so many weapon attack rings out, is it still good?

For anyone that doesn't know what the stats are on an E. Critical ring, they are these:

+180 HP, +100 MP, +2 W. Att., +10% critical chance and +10% minimum critical damage

A comparison with a stats/weapon att ring, equivalent to the critical one to make it easier to visualize how good the crit ring is right now would be appreciated.

Thanks.

I still use mine. Never replacing it.

I wish I had picked up the Magical Ring instead of the Critical ring. I think it's more difficult to obtain +min.crit.damg% than +crit.chance%. And now that I/Ls are getting 25% more max critical damage too, it becomes even more relevant But still not replacing my Critical Ring anytime soon.

That minimum critical dmg is only gms exclusive tho, ems never had that. But you should never replace it as long it has min crit. Not even 20 w.att rings can make up for it, unless you're a DRK with more min crit than max crit.

It's one of those rings where attack can't compensate vs the crit that you get.

I imagined they were still good but seems they are far better than I thought.

Thanks again.

This assumes you're one of those classes that has 135% min crit, from a 4th job mastery skill, and 150% max crit.

 Spoiler

Crit Rate	Avg Dmg Bonus	10% Crit Ring	Damage Increase
5%	2.13%	7.13%	+4.90%
6%	2.55%	7.60%	+4.92%
7%	2.97%	8.08%	+4.95%
8%	3.40%	8.55%	+4.98%
9%	3.82%	9.03%	+5.01%
10%	4.25%	9.50%	+5.04%
11%	4.67%	9.98%	+5.06%
12%	5.10%	10.45%	+5.09%
13%	5.53%	10.93%	+5.12%
14%	5.95%	11.40%	+5.14%
15%	6.38%	11.88%	+5.17%
16%	6.80%	12.35%	+5.20%
17%	7.23%	12.83%	+5.22%
18%	7.65%	13.30%	+5.25%
19%	8.08%	13.78%	+5.27%
20%	8.50%	14.25%	+5.30%
21%	8.93%	14.73%	+5.32%
22%	9.35%	15.20%	+5.35%
23%	9.78%	15.68%	+5.37%
24%	10.20%	16.15%	+5.40%
25%	10.63%	16.63%	+5.42%
26%	11.05%	17.10%	+5.45%
27%	11.48%	17.58%	+5.47%
28%	11.90%	18.05%	+5.50%
29%	12.33%	18.53%	+5.52%
30%	12.75%	19.00%	+5.54%
31%	13.18%	19.48%	+5.57%
32%	13.60%	19.95%	+5.59%
33%	14.03%	20.43%	+5.61%
34%	14.45%	20.90%	+5.64%
35%	14.88%	21.38%	+5.66%
36%	15.30%	21.85%	+5.68%
37%	15.73%	22.33%	+5.70%
38%	16.15%	22.80%	+5.73%
39%	16.58%	23.28%	+5.75%
40%	17.00%	23.75%	+5.77%
41%	17.43%	24.23%	+5.79%
42%	17.85%	24.70%	+5.81%
43%	18.28%	25.18%	+5.83%
44%	18.70%	25.65%	+5.86%
45%	19.13%	26.13%	+5.88%
46%	19.55%	26.60%	+5.90%
47%	19.98%	27.08%	+5.92%
48%	20.40%	27.55%	+5.94%
49%	20.83%	28.03%	+5.96%
50%	21.25%	28.50%	+5.98%
51%	21.68%	28.98%	+6.00%
52%	22.10%	29.45%	+6.02%
53%	22.53%	29.93%	+6.04%
54%	22.95%	30.40%	+6.06%
55%	23.38%	30.88%	+6.08%
56%	23.80%	31.35%	+6.10%
57%	24.23%	31.83%	+6.12%
58%	24.65%	32.30%	+6.14%
59%	25.08%	32.78%	+6.16%
60%	25.50%	33.25%	+6.18%
61%	25.93%	33.73%	+6.19%
62%	26.35%	34.20%	+6.21%
63%	26.78%	34.68%	+6.23%
64%	27.20%	35.15%	+6.25%
65%	27.63%	35.63%	+6.27%
66%	28.05%	36.10%	+6.29%
67%	28.48%	36.58%	+6.30%
68%	28.90%	37.05%	+6.32%
69%	29.33%	37.53%	+6.34%
70%	29.75%	38.00%	+6.36%
71%	30.18%	38.48%	+6.38%
72%	30.60%	38.95%	+6.39%
73%	31.03%	39.43%	+6.41%
74%	31.45%	39.90%	+6.43%
75%	31.88%	40.38%	+6.45%
76%	32.30%	40.85%	+6.46%
77%	32.73%	41.33%	+6.48%
78%	33.15%	41.80%	+6.50%
79%	33.58%	42.28%	+6.51%
80%	34.00%	42.75%	+6.53%
81%	34.43%	43.23%	+6.55%
82%	34.85%	43.70%	+6.56%
83%	35.28%	44.18%	+6.58%
84%	35.70%	44.65%	+6.60%
85%	36.13%	45.13%	+6.61%
86%	36.55%	45.60%	+6.63%
87%	36.98%	46.08%	+6.64%
88%	37.40%	46.55%	+6.66%
89%	37.83%	47.03%	+6.68%
90%	38.25%	47.50%	+6.69%
91%	38.68%	47.50%	+6.36%
92%	39.10%	47.50%	+6.04%
93%	39.53%	47.50%	+5.72%
94%	39.95%	47.50%	+5.39%
95%	40.38%	47.50%	+5.08%
96%	40.80%	47.50%	+4.76%
97%	41.23%	47.50%	+4.44%
98%	41.65%	47.50%	+4.13%
99%	42.08%	47.50%	+3.82%
100%	42.50%	47.50%	+3.51%

Let's see, I'm not sure if I'm thinking this through correctly, but the damage bonus from using a critical ring should increase with minimum crit until it reaches 140%, and then decreases from there, so long as you don't have SE or Decent SE. And of course, your crit rate can't be higher than 100%, so starting at 91% crit, the damage bonus decreases.