Quote Originally Posted by Shurrikhan View Post
I'm again not sure why you would assume that.
Because what happens if I want to boost my shield via Determination, but I'd prefer to have Critical Strike and Haste as my focused stats? There's a specific part of my offense I want to focus on, but it's separate from what I want for my defense.

How would decoupling the defensive properties, give them their own categories, and then rebalancing the stat budget where gear comes with 1 Offense, 1 Defense, and then materia serves as your choice for where to further specialize, not serve your model better?