Quote Originally Posted by Gamemako View Post
That was never really the point. Melded accessories offer you the highest mitigation, and also offer higher damage output and recovery from attack-based abilities (Bloodbath, Second Wind, Inner Beast) to boot. It would also let you progress more evenly since 3/5 BIS accessories are random drops and only accessible once you have a pretty high gear level. The enmity is there and all, but you never needed it at that gear level in the first place.
I have yet to see this actually proven in practice or theory adequately. And depending on your other gear it is debatable due to the value you must reach in str/dex to reach the next tier where you actually get any benefit at all. Depending on the rest of your armor you might not and it is all wasted.