Originally Posted by
Deceptus
This is one instance where World of Warcraft had a good idea. Used to be you could "reforge" gear to change a certain amount of stat you didn't prefer into one you did. Couldn't reforge all of it, but you could reforge a lot of it.
But in the end that just encourages lazy design and itemization because players would almost always change most equipment.
But on topic, yes, piety is the new Parry / Tenacity. It is mostly pointless. You either really need it or you don't.