We Really Need To Talk About The State And Path Of FFXIV

[Reynhart]

Pre-melds, I was not clearing the dummy. After suggested melds, I was clearing the dummy relatively easily.

Just a reminder on what started this exchange :

If the stats “didn’t matter”, why is it that tank BiS for the last two tiers has chosen pentamelded crafted accessories over the Savage or Tomestone accessories?

As a tank who doesn't have millions to spend on Pentalmelded acc, I never had any trouble clearing the dummies as long as I had the ilvl to enter the corresponding content. I don't say that you should keep your materia slots empty or anything (Which, by the way, was the situation I used on my "5% DPS on DRG" example). So again, unless you tackle Savage with a competitive mindset (Which is fine, but hardly shared by a lot of the playerbase) using Tome/Raid acc as a tank is nowhere near "gimping" yourself.

[KaivaC]

With the exception of Warrior, tanks don't have as huge of a rotation on dummies that Dps worry about, plus the differing hp pools that change based on what job you're going in on. You don't really need to pentameld, though I do believe that in the content where it would matter, players do need to meld. Stats matter in the context at least, and the game is currently giving players so many ways to get said materia