PLD: VIT > STR?

[Vmage]

let alone only get like 1 or 2 % increase.

it's actually less than a 1% increase, even for warriors.

for dex:
it's like going from 23%-24% parry (not even close to a 1% increase in parry chance.. a 1% increase would take you from 23% to 24.23%) and your parry isn't going to prevent 100% of the damage from a hit either..

you're looking at giving up 450hp (pre-defiance) to gain less than a 1% chance to trigger 25% mitigation.. somewhere in the ballpark of 0.2% more eHP (less in reality but i'm not bothering with doing the math here, although you can double this number for paladins - because shields)

for str:
you've got your 23% chance to parry/block, and you raise your parry/blocked amount from 24-25% (not a 1% gain.. 1% would be 25.24%)..blah blah math 0.23*(25-24)*2 and this is what you've increased your eHP by.. fractions of a percent

every job has the illusion of choice when it comes to stat allotment, but there's only ever one correct way to spend your points - not sure why they included it in the game.. it's just a left-over from version 1 I guess

tldr- "Always full VIT"