do percents even matter on force weapons?

[iamthehbomb]

Just as the topic states, I wanted to know if the photon percentages on a force weapon make a difference (for people who don't attack with them). Obviously, hit% could help as far as using the weapon's special. But when you are casting with a certain weapon because of the boosts it gives your stats -- do the %s help in any way?

EXAMPLE: I piped for branch of paku paku a million times and have like 12 of them now, but I was unlucky and couldn't get one with %s. Does this make the weapon worse in anyway?

[VulpesMundi]

Weapon percents do not effect spell damage. Spells have a set base damage and then are effected by MST. Hit percent also doesn't effect a special attack's chance of success. It only makes the attack more likely to hit. Whether or not the special takes effect is unchanged. Theoretically lets say a special attack has a 1/2 effectiveness rate. A hit bonus will improve your ATA and the chance of the attack hitting, but the special will still have a 1/2 effectiveness rate and may still fail.

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