"Changing Tank Damage Calculation"

[Shinkyo]

I fail to see why this whole "revisiting" or "revising" earlier gear is certain to be some insurmountable hurdle. They added DEX to old MNK gear in 2.4, I'm fairly certain they could remove STR from our gear if they wished with minimal effort.

I'm not a fan of having this sort of half-measure half-baked damage-scales-off-VIT-but-a-little-bit-off-STR-too just to give the illusion that left side gear's STR would still have some sort of value when, at that point, we'd rather all that STR be VIT since it would be more damage.

Realistically, based on what they've said, they're almost certain to phase out STR make our damage scale off of something else. Even if we're dealing the same damage, it feels like people are going to be butthurt simply because the word "strength" won't be on their gear.

STR is going to be phased out for sure since they've already confirmed you won't be able to meld primary stats on accessories.
But you also need to manage a smooth transition and I doubt people would be happy having their current BIS pentamelded accessories worth nothing in 3.2.
Especially since those tanks may not own any up to date VIT accessories and carry only STR/pentmelded ones.

[AlexiIvaniskavich]

STR is going to be phased out for sure since they've already confirmed you won't be able to meld primary stats on accessories.
But you also need to manage a smooth transition and I doubt people would be happy having their current BIS pentamelded accessories worth nothing in 3.2.
Especially since those tanks may not own any up to date VIT accessories and carry only STR/pentmelded ones.

I recommended a week ago, in this thread, to get VIT accessories, "just in case". I still recommend this in the event SE gives no F's about smoothing a transition. But I personally like to be as prepared as possible.