PLD Stats Weight for an Excel Solver

[Gamemako]

Weighting defensive stats versus offensive stats is a non-starter. Their relative value is too complex and depends too much on encounter and strategy.

There is no choice to be made on equipment regarding VIT and defense, either. Increasing item level increases VIT and defense both. You might consider that the Parry stat could make up for one or the other, but that is difficult to do; magical attacks cannot be parried. This means that as you go up in item level, it's nearly impossible, even with the complete omission of parry, for a piece of armor not to be better defensively with increasing item level.

EHP... Equivalent HP?

Is that calculating the Shield Oath +20% damage resist as +20% hp?

Effective HP, and Shield Oath is a 25% increase in eHP (1/0.8=1.25). And no, it's not the end-all-be-all target. Going from 7000 to 9000 HP in Ifrit HM is totally useless.