Quote Originally Posted by Shurrikhan View Post
Staff-wielder, such as an Adept, perhaps? Or maybe a Fencer/Duelist? Corsair?

Though, tbh, I thought Dancer was going to be a hybrid-range Scouting class before its release.


Nope, not since 1.x, where all physical classes could use Dex, albeit to varying degrees (gave Accuracy, a varying amount of effective Attack Power, Dodge/Parry/Block chance, and... Crit chance, iirc).

The only gear differences are split by Role (Tank, DPS, Healer), not Armor Class (Scouting, Striking, Maiming, Aiming, Casting).
From 2.0 until whenever they changed it... either very late HW or Stormblood release, STR still affected Parry % mitigation and DEX affected Parry as a stat. Like every 9 DEX added 3 Parry or something weird like that. I remember on DRG being able to parry for -29% physical damage for a long time hehe. This affected every class, though the option to gear for it was only in accessories, and the returns were so poor that it got cut eventually like all other vestigial things.