Ninja: Walk in shadow.

[NoctisUmbra]

No it isn't your exact reasoning for balancing stats is too make it fair for accessories working with an even amount of classes. So if one VIT accessory works across 4 classes, against DEX on two classes the same issue would come up that tanking accessories have more use than DEX accessories.

No, because there are always either 1 or 2 tanks in a given party. VIT is the tanking stat. Tanks either get all the tanking gear on an instance where they solo, or they compete against 1 other tank. Regardless of how many tanking classes are added, that doesn't change.

However, there are 2-6 DPS in any given party for content, and among them there is variance in primary stats. This variance has to be balanced to a reasonable degree.

[JakzChurchill]

No, because there are always either 1 or 2 tanks in a given party. VIT is the tanking stat. Tanks either get all the tanking gear on an instance where they solo, or they compete against 1 other tank. Regardless of how many tanking classes are added, that doesn't change.

However, there are 2-6 DPS in any given party for content, and among them there is variance in primary stats. This variance has to be balanced to a reasonable degree.

I cannot honestly agree with your point, having mained Monk, Dragoon, Black Mage and Scholar I have dealt with fighting for gear a lot, the times when i don't worry about the fight? when I play Monk and Dragoon.


why? Because they only share half their gear, and even then it's only in places where accessories drop that even happens. By this point adding an extra STR based class is of benefit to STR classes as it decreases the likelyhood of there being a duplicate of your class in the party. If monk and dragoon shared all their gear I would be more inclined to agree with you, but they don't.


Either way a standard set up that the content is designed for is 2-3 melee, 1 caster and 1 bard. So adding an extra melee doesn't change how many you will fight against in a party, it will just annoy bards who are now fighting against a melee.