Let's Talk Stats

[Hundred]

Im not interested in the illusion of choice for FFXIV.
Str vs Vit is already enough of a headache here without giving tanks more crap to argue about incessantly.

[RhazeCain]

Well, before you talk individual stats, let's back up and look at a bigger picture.

Philosophy #1: Find minimum defensive stats to live comfortably, then shift additional points into offensive stats.

Philosophy #2: Prioritize defensive stats over offensive. Mostly in prep for very challenging content or some effort to free up healers to DPS.

#1 is my current philosophy, and probably most popular at the moment.
#2 I could respect if SE were to consistently throw challenging content our way. They haven't unfortunately. Alex savage has been a refreshing change for the 1 day I've tried it so far: Warrior MT Faust with near full STR spec & stance dancing made me sweat, and that's awesome. However, Esoterics gear was just released & Alex normal 2 weeks ago (thus I only have half done), so the challenge level is going down fast. And that's after a drought of nothing really challenging since final coil was newly released.

Now consider the effect of your proposed new defensive stats on those philosophies:
#1 you just made it less clear how to find that minimum defensive stats. Doesn't ruin the approach, but I for one would not appreciate the complication.
#2 could benefit. If people actually wanted to use it.

And finally the disclaimer about all "propose change" posts on this forum:
Do you think developers for a Japanese game read English forums? (Not likely)
Do you think developers cruise fan or player forums for their game looking for ideas? (In the unlikely event they do, they had better be very careful implementing what they find. "Be careful what you wish for" is an old cliche - with good reason.)
Do you think these would be easy to implement? Does the positive effect justify the effort/cost and risk of messing something up? (Hint: won't be easy)
...Hope you had fun writing it. The enjoyment of writing/replying is all we'll get out of it.