PLD theorycraft?

[SeraviEdalborez]

I think you're still missing my point. You're arguing that parry/block isn't reliable enough for huge hits, which I'd agree with, that's a stupid reason to stack parry/block. I'm arguing that parry's utility is that it reduces the amount of damage you take over time, especially in cases where you're getting hit frequently by lots of attacks. Your HP ticking down slower means that heals that don't depend on Mind like regen/medica II (if they are cast before switching to cleric stance), a fairy, benediction, lustrate, stone skin, and so forth are made more effective, reducing how often a healer has to resort to mind-based heals.

The damage you take over time doesn't really matter. It's handled by a "healer autoattack". Furthermore it pays to have a non-parry set in any case, since you can find yourself tanking mobs where parry quite literally does nothing (Leviathan head, Ramuh, T1+2 ADS) or when you are not tanking for extended periods of time.

[dramamine]

The damage you take over time doesn't really matter. It's handled by a "healer autoattack". Furthermore it pays to have a non-parry set in any case, since you can find yourself tanking mobs where parry quite literally does nothing (Leviathan head, Ramuh, T1+2 ADS) or when you are not tanking for extended periods of time.

Oh, I agree on your second point. I've got sets with STR jewelry and VIT jewelry, and if I ever collect enough alternate max-level gear to make it worth while to do a separate Parry/Vit and DPS/Vit set, I'll do that too.

But to respond to your first point, I was just trying to get across the fact that parry's the only secondary stat that you can stack to improve the reliability of the "healer autoattack", and people who say it's worthless seem to forget that.