Fending Accessories

[Dement]

I honestly don't see how tanking in this game is completely broken. It's about the only thing that has customization options. Do I get aggro? Yes. Do I hold aggro? Yes. Do I take all the heavy hits? Yes. I'M A TANK! However, beyond that, I have the ability to choose how "comfortable" I am with my abilities and those around me by swapping accessories around to meet my needs and insure that I'm able to maximize my damage. If anything, the only thing that is "broken" about it is that tanks can't lot on DPS accessories that drop from dungeons/raids.

[Kumori_Kumo]

There is nary a thing about Tanking in FFXIV that isn't horribly broken

Play Global Agenda sometime; you'll appreciate FFXIV tanking a lot more. :P
Now it's true that it isn't optimal, but frankly it kinda doesn't have to be. Sometimes you want gear for bleeding-edge engagements and other times you just want to have an enormous health bar and laugh at the pitiful bugs trying to harm you.

About the only thing I'd like to see is a way for Parry to be useful as anything more than fuel for some random abilities.

[Nyalia]

Btw, for those who care - to meld 5 accessories with 3 Grade IV materia each, it takes, on average, 53.5 of the materia total (or 10.7 materia per accessory). Of course, that assumes your luck is exactly average.

[Dante_V]

Crafted accessories can be expensive but are definitely worth it in my opinion. An extra 150+ Str (over full vit acc) is nothing to scoff at while maintaining the vit meta (about 16k hp). If you can't afford the crafted go for a split, or maybe even try and get one or two crafted pieces. Every little bit helps. This also allows you to invest esoteric into left side equipment first instead of using it on accessories.

[Sandamar]

Sadly It Is true tank need crafted 4 melded accessories to BE optimal pretty unfair compare to the other job though
I would suggest every static that do sell run to gave money to the tank for those accessories they really make a huge difference

[Iagainsti]

Currently I'm using the i190 Vit neck and ring, i180 Vit earring and ring, and i190 str bracelet and I'm fine in SA1. Once I get the savage Vit ring, I'll swap to the i190 str ring.

Crafted accessories are overrated.

[Nadirah]

Can't add str. To fending as SE will consider the 155 str on tanks during testing.for dps check on raid. Thus making crafting advantage 0

They kinda wanted to remove "crafting advantage" entirely, if you hadn't noticed.

[Sandamar]

Lagainsti i was using 2 slaying and 3 fending i had 2 fending lvl 210 one slaying 210 and the rest was 190. Which Is in total 138 vit and 87 str
With my crafted accessories i now have 140 vit and 155 str which Is 2 more vit and 68 it Is quite a difference. Ofc the difference will BE smaller with full 210 but even then you only get 147 vit and 94 str

[Iagainsti]

Lagainsti i was using 2 slaying and 3 fending i had 2 fending lvl 210 one slaying 210 and the rest was 190. Which Is in total 138 vit and 87 str
With my crafted accessories i now have 140 vit and 155 str which Is 2 more vit and 68 it Is quite a difference. Ofc the difference will BE smaller with full 210 but even then you only get 147 vit and 94 str

One: that's a I, not an L
Two: I can do math friendo, Reread my post. I know the difference, I stated it's overrated and really unnecessary for current meta. I'm pretty casual and what goes for a "static" in my FC progression is no problem so far. SA1 on farm and we took down 2 last week, and we are content with our accessories being dropped and selling those crafted accessories for big $$.

[M60-Maniac]

problem ive found is, the ilvl diff is so drastic, i had fully penta melded i110 accessories on the day they came out, and at the time they were 20 ilevels lower than the top gear available, but now they are 60 ilevels different, i think ill wait for the next tier of accessories before i get melded ones, plus i wont buy them ill make my own and need to finish crafts