Change Stat allocation to secondary Stats

[Jican]

I completely disagree. Aside from a few number that you need to pass the threshold to get a small percentage, there is really a lot of versitility if only you know how and what you wanted to do with the job. I'll use a tank as an example. You have the option to put more points into str, which increase your damage, which you get the most out of for your enimity generation. OR you could simply put more points into vit so you can take those hard hits. There is a min you need to pass for end game, past that, you can do what you want with your points. It's your game style, you do what suits you. If you don't believe me, play around with i90 pentamelded gear and see what you can get out of it. You'll be surprised. The reason people follow the crowd of putting points into main slots now is because this game is so new, it's hard to know exactly how the system computes a lot of stat allocation. It's "safer" to go mainstream, but as soon as you step outside that, you'll find a whole nother world out there. Good luck!

[Yonko]

I completely disagree. Aside from a few number that you need to pass the threshold to get a small percentage, there is really a lot of versitility if only you know how and what you wanted to do with the job. I'll use a tank as an example. You have the option to put more points into str, which increase your damage, which you get the most out of for your enimity generation. OR you could simply put more points into vit so you can take those hard hits. There is a min you need to pass for end game, past that, you can do what you want with your points. It's your game style, you do what suits you. If you don't believe me, play around with i90 pentamelded gear and see what you can get out of it. You'll be surprised. The reason people follow the crowd of putting points into main slots now is because this game is so new, it's hard to know exactly how the system computes a lot of stat allocation. It's "safer" to go mainstream, but as soon as you step outside that, you'll find a whole nother world out there. Good luck!

No the reason everyone puts the point in the main stat (besides tanks and they are a special case) is that doing otherwise is silly. If your a healer the only stat that would help you heal is MND putting points in STR/DEX/INT is a waste. VIT is a special case and is only useful for high end content and even then only to reach HP thresholds. PIE could be argued for a healer if you don't have enough MP for the content but even then it is easier to get PIE than MND from gear.

If you take any other class you can make the same argument. Every class in this game has 1 job and only 1 stat makes that job easier. Tanks are the only job in this game that can be seen to have 2 jobs and that is Tank and deal damage. Which is why they can use both STR and VIT but it is all VIT till they can reach the HP levels needed.

The same arguments can be made with secondary stats. There is a reason that there are BiS lists. People have figured out which stats will improve your performance the most using the system proposed by the OP people would still be putting the points in the same stats as 99% of everyone else. Again go look at the Novus weapon. Removing the gil requirement there is 1 (maybe 2 for some classes (BLM PIE cap)) builds for Novus.

The only use I could see a system like this having is like Nutz said making it easier to hit ACC caps allowing you to equip different gear but even then there would very quickly be a BiS lists.

It is the nature of MMOs when you have a bunch of people working to do one thing then everyone wants everyone to have optimal gear/playstyles so they don't waste time. Now BiS takes awhile to get which is the only reason a system like this would be useful in that you could compensate while you get other gear. But there would be BiS lists and people would do the math for what is the most optimal way to spend the points. People have done that with the Current system and gear they would do it with the new one.