Shield block rate has a hard cap with any shield (other than Ochain) of 65% according to BGWiki.com. Parry rate caps at 20%. With Inquartata, we are able to increase the parry rate to 33% so 1/3rd of the time we block out-right assuming we have sufficient skill to hit that 20% cap. With RUN at the very least, our inquartata needs to be able to get us closer to 50% (be it cap increase or job traits) along with battuta allowing us 70-80%. Only then is a 30% uptime on Battuta warranted. Additionally, we need to have gear available to get the skill high enough so we aren't floored at 5% vs. NMs. The parry can work, but we need to be able to parry comparable to shield's block rate. SE is doing some funny business to block rate of new shields so hopefully they are playing with Parry as well.