Pala - Exo - Inq = 75% Patk bonus, 80% Matk bonus
Pala - Zea - Inq = 109% Patk bonus, 21% Matk bonus
Pala - Exo - Sadhu = 27% Patk bonus, 139% Matk bonus
Divide one by another and you get approx differences in damage:
(ignoring the flat bonuses)
- 2nd build is (109 / 75) = ~45% stronger in physical damage than the first
- 3rd build is (139 / 80) = ~73% stronger in magical damage than the first
So yes, stats do matter much more than before. This doesn’t mean hybrid builds are dead, but they’re harder to build with. To be worth it, the skills/mechanics this hybrid gives you needs to overweight the loss in damage (that is, if you are purely focusing on damage).
Of course if you take paladin, you’re having a big loss of damage since they have very little STR/DEX/INT, but also means you have plenty of extra HP…
(I believe these are the correct calculations? But someone can correct me if I’m wrong)