Quote Originally Posted by Halivel View Post
Everyone talks only about crit and sks, but what about tenacity? Warrior still can be very useful as MT, but will he be tenacious enough if the tenacity is at a minimum? In my 340 equip, this stat is 1120, while the 370 gear in ariyala calculator says it will be 542 ...
Ten adds less damage than any other stat. The mitigation is nice, but scales at about 1% per 200 points. So lets say you gear heavy for it (2000ish), that's a permanent 10% damage reduction. Its not bad. Just like every stat gives you something useful, it just exchanges damage for flat mitigation. The way damage works in this game is highly predictable (tank busters, raid AOE moves) and healers in this game have ample strength to cover these. You wouldn't play any different with a Ten build (still use CDs for tank busters etc).


The thing about secondary stats isn't that "this ones good and that one is bad". Its that "This one is good and that one is BETTER". People hyperbole the crap outta these. They are all beneficial. None are 'trash' or 'bad' as they all are positive benefits, but its the opportunity cost that matters. Ten is good, but you will be sacrificing whatever you could have equipped in stead (Str, crit, etc).

Ten's defense scaling doesn't change much in actual play due to the rate it scales and how most damage in this game is spikey, predictable, mitigated via actions, and healers are very powerful (compared to many MMOs where healers would never have time to 'dps' etc.)

But ultimately, the truth is secondary stats don't matter very much. Gearing Crit>Det wont make a lick of practical difference from gearing Crit>Ten unless you are the 98% DPS trying to push for 99% on FF logs. These micro optimizations are absurdly small. Ilvl will increase your mitigation and damage far more than any secondary stat choice.