Fending Accessories Strength Gain

[Chrono_Rising]

4.2 is next month, which means new crafted accessories and once again tanks will need to pentameld to reach BiS. Please scale the strength stat on Fending accessories so that tanks are not forced to pentameld their gear.

[Tint]

i would also prefer that the STR stat is capped on the accessories, so we actually have a choice with materia melding.

[Joe777]

While we're at it let's give all accessories capped strength so staves and pickaxes and frying pans all hurt enemies a lot too to close the gap on DPS even more.

[aqskerorokero]

There is a easier way to do it....please change tank icon in to red icon.....

[Kabooa]

At the least, Strength should be capped without needing materia. This at least removes a major part of the inequity between crafting and raid drops.

[shao32]

Capping str Will only let us have Direct hit as the only choice for melding

[RLofOBFL]

If they capped STR, our dps would go up by a ridiculous amount(over 500). Super Unbalanced. I just wish STR would raise by 5(ish) per 10 ilvls instead of 1.

[Crater]

If they capped STR, our dps would go up by a ridiculous amount(over 500). Super Unbalanced. I just wish STR would raise by 5(ish) per 10 ilvls instead of 1.

The STR cap on Fending accessories at a given iLevel is not necessarily the same as the STR cap on Slaying accessories at the same iLevel. The STR cap on i350 Fending accessories could easily be set to, say, 80, while the VIT cap could be 150, and the gear could come with both stats capped, allowing tanks to have the same melding choices as every other role.

[Visanis]

People seem to be missing the point here. What is not being asked for is it to be increased to be as much as VIT.

What is being asked for however, is a meaningful increase that actually makes it worth upgrading to a higher ilvl item instead of just pentamelding a crafted one. For example, the current accessories give 120 at ilvl 320, to 129 at ilvl 330, to 137 at ilvl 340 for your main stat. On top of that, VIT accessories give 40 STR at 320, 41 STR at 330 and 42 STR at 340.

Why "upgrade" when you only gain 2 STR when you could have 76 more DH?

[Chrono_Rising]

People seem to be missing the point here. What is not being asked for is it to be increased to be as much as VIT.

What is being asked for however, is a meaningful increase that actually makes it worth upgrading to a higher ilvl item instead of just pentamelding a crafted one. For example, the current accessories give 120 at ilvl 320, to 129 at ilvl 330, to 137 at ilvl 340 for your main stat. On top of that, VIT accessories give 40 STR at 320, 41 STR at 330 and 42 STR at 340.

Why "upgrade" when you only gain 2 STR when you could have 76 more DH?

Exactly. We don’t need our strength capped necessarily, but it should rise like our vit stat to out pace crafted sets. It would be nice to be able to have choice when melding our accessories.