PLD dps needs to be buffed, current dps a joke

[Xenosan]

^ That's true. The silver lining though is that % reduction buffs/debuffs stacking is multiplicative not additive.

Haven't tested for confirmation, but theory crafting wise: STR/INT Down + Path would mitigate more damage (though marginal) than Reprisal + Path. Same reason why you usually don't want to stack Rampart + Sentinel (Although Dark Mind is throwing a wrench in this rationale), and Inner Beast provides a full 20% damage mitigation opposed to PLD/DRK's Damage Reduction CDs due to their tank stances having 20% reduction builtin - which reduces any buff's damage reduction by a couple %s (and becomes greater with each CD stacked). It's one of the reasons I think SE has Oaths/Grit on GCD + MP cost, Rampart/Shadowskin.. these CDs are 'more effective' when not in tank stance and they don't want us stance dancing around them exploiting that - obviously hi inc damage and tankbusters are an exception

Since STR/INT down is applied on a different variable in the maths, it doesn't suffer the diminishing returns of stacking like straight damage reduction buffs/debuffs do.

Same is true of slashing/blunt/piercing Damage Increases (Dancing/Eye/Disembowel/Dragon Kick) vs Attack Power (Berserk) vs Damage Increase (BfB FoF) vs STR/DEX/INT+ (X-Pots, Hawk Eye)

edit: a few pages back was talking about this.. why I mentioned an example of PLD having both INT and STR Down, WAR having Path, and DRK having some other unique mitigation debuff (absorbing physical/magical attack power?). That way all 3 tanks have a different form of raid wide mitigation debuff utility that can stack without diminishing or irrelevant returns