Tank Mitigation vs Tank DPS.

[RareItems]

After doing a bunch of reading from all over. Here is how I personally see things.

Item level trumps all. Melding, food and other buffs, while can be optimized in very efficient ways. It is relatively minor in comparison. I am not saying 60-180 of a stat on a piece of gear is not insignificant at all towards gearing and fights but the gain in ilvl is more significant than individual stats. ESP for tanks.

I am going to use wow stats as currently that is the only thing I can think of currently to explain my thought process.

I am using fake numbers here.
Wow stats differ completely as there is a clear ratio gain that is far more noticeable per spec and class. in weights like 2.09 for int 1.6 for crit, 1.85 for haste. ect ect. The difference in how you build your stats can mean the difference between 4% haste and 15% haste. which in fact mean the difference between 5% and 20% dps increase. (This happened to my monk in Legion when I was pulling on average 1.6million dps then I changed my stats and ended up with 2.2million dps. since I had to make a class stat adjustments.)

Now what I have recently learned. The difference on how FFXIV does its stats is a smaller percentage over all. Not insignificant, but nothing that would break your job. From what I have read is that if you want to be the most efficient in what you do

If your planning on doing Endgame content, you have to use Direct Hit unless your doing it with a bunch of casual friends/static. Especially if you try to PUG Endgame content, they see you wearing Tenacity, expect to get mocked for having it in the first 5 minutes lol. Heck someone might leave instantly saying "Guys I'm out, we got a Tenacity tank here."

Kinda like Overwatch competitive, you pick a off meta hero and suddenly everyone complains xD.

[WaterShield]

If your planning on doing Endgame content, you have to use Direct Hit unless your doing it with a bunch of casual friends/static. Especially if you try to PUG Endgame content, they see you wearing Tenacity, expect to get mocked for having it in the first 5 minutes lol. Heck someone might leave instantly saying "Guys I'm out, we got a Tenacity tank here."

Kinda like Overwatch competitive, you pick a off meta hero and suddenly everyone complains xD.

You have an agenda that is clear as day.

TLDR: You don't have to meld at all, if you are good at your job. If you care about min-maxing at all, avoid Tenacity like the plague.

That is all.

[Arthrun]

TLDR: You don't have to meld at all if you are good at your job. If you care about min-maxing at all avoid Tenacity like the plague.

That is all.

Kind of how I see things after going to the research that was provided here.

[Kaedan]

If your planning on doing Endgame content, you have to use Direct Hit unless your doing it with a bunch of casual friends/static. Especially if you try to PUG Endgame content, they see you wearing Tenacity, expect to get mocked for having it in the first 5 minutes lol. Heck someone might leave instantly saying "Guys I'm out, we got a Tenacity tank here."

Kinda like Overwatch competitive, you pick a off meta hero and suddenly everyone complains xD.

Calling BS on this. There are plenty of people that clear Savage without any melds at all.

[RareItems]

Calling BS on this. There are plenty of people that clear Savage without any melds at all.

You can win a Team match in Overwatch with someone AFK too lol.

All those Potions, ilvl450 HQ foods and Tinctures, the gatherers are buying them all to help them gather aethersand better.

[Kaedan]

You can win a Team match in Overwatch with someone AFK too lol.

It directly refutes your false claim that you'll be kicked or ridiculed or people leave for Tenacity melds, seeing as hundreds of people are clearing without any melds at all.

[RareItems]

It directly refutes your false claim that you'll be kicked or ridiculed or people leave for Tenacity melds, seeing as hundreds of people are clearing without any melds at all.

Someone skipped reading the last pages of this thread.

[Kaedan]

Someone skipped reading the last pages of this thread.

Soo... you don't have a valid argument, so instead you just reply with KBW nonsense?