Anyone compile a list of things to do to prep for NIN?

[UltimateAoe2]

I can't speak on it either way. There hasn't been any conclusive evidence it will be STR or DEX, so essentially people have been smart and collected both over the last couple of months. If you haven't started by now, I wouldn't bother past i90 accessories.

People like using Fuma gear as an example, but nothing is stopping SE from creating similar looking gear, tossing DEX on it, calling it something else, and giving it to Ninja. We've seen this happen very recently with Guardian Gear from Syrus Tower for DRGs and MNKs (two sets of similar looking gear, but different stats).

You're forgetting the Solidery gear for Bard is the same as Monk, just coloured purple.

[ZReport]

That's just them being vague so they don't admit it, Fuma and stat logic goes for STR, what goes for DEX ? Nothing...

You're still missing the point. They can change a damage calculation in the system so that it's bound to DEX or whatever non-STR stat they want, forcing you to have to gear for that non-STR stat. And nothing is still stopping them from creating a Fuma Lookalike armor and putting whatever non-STR stat on it instead for Ninja.

You need to think abstractly and stop looking at what's currently in front of you. Everything changes. This is a [good] developer way of thinking.

You're forgetting the Solidery gear for Bard is the same as Monk, just coloured purple.

I didn't forget my mans, it was just point the fact that Sycrus Tower gear is a very obvious example of what I was talking about. It is however also a good example of what I was describing as well.