Level Up And Get Weaker

So I been working on my staff trials and spent hours solo'n slimes in the mire. Sometime in the middle of which I get an xp invite and go from 79 to 80. Afterwards I return to my slimes and notice that my Lunar Bay's are significantly weaker. Before they were doing 950-1200 but now at lv80 I'm lucky if I get over 900. I'm using all the same gear, subjob, everything. The only thing changed is my level.

lv79 -> 950-1200
lv80 -> 800-950

Don't get me wrong, I completely understand why this is happening. What baffles me is why the developers would design things in such a way that you get weaker when you level up. It makes absolutely no sense to me.

/end rant

Delvl and to test it!

I think BPs have some type of thing where damage is affected by max summoning skill-current summon skill... aka the bigger the gap, the less they do? I don't know, that's what I've noticed, though I have no parses, no physical evidence or anything. Just an observation.

Have you considered the possibility that it's affected by moon phase?

Or day/weather.

Since your stats should have 0 effect on the dmg other than skill and resist rate

i would think a move called "lunar bay" would DEFINITELY be affected by moon phase..especially since its Fenrir..but I'm no smn..just an educated guess based on Fenrir's buffs

ok I did but I'm getting the same numbers and then I realize the moon phase changed.

Boy, I feel dumb now.

But smn IS still weaker at lvlup cause wards dont last as long

Wards most likely aren't lasting as long because duration is based on being over the cap for your lvl. since I doubt you recapped skill already you are less over the cap for your new lvl

Its lasting the same amount for me. I dont know what you're talking about. I'm lv.80 on my SMN and my skill is only 260ish. The only thing it has effected is the strength of the wards (Like Earthern Ward)

Everything else is still lasting the same time.

your skill is no longer capped. Thats causing your buffs to last for a shorter amount of time. Moment I hit 76 on summoner, my hastega went from 3min to 2:30 because of the uncapped skill.