Parry...

[SirTaint]

You're right about how much (little) VIT an OT Warrior would actually need. However, the reason I don't respec 30 Strength is because 3/5 of my Accessories are still i90 and can be swapped out for i70 crafted accessories. (-15 Vitality, +27 Strength, + A ton of secondary stats). If I wanted to take it a step further, I'd swap out Ribbon of Fending too. (-23 Vitality, +36 Strength, + A ton of secondary stats).

As you can see, I'm trading VIT for STR at a much better than 1:1 ratio, plus I'm gaining a ton of secondaries. Much more profitable than swapping 30 VIT for 30 STR.

I wouldn't respec +30 Strength AND wear i70 accessories. That's suicide.

Just get i100-110 str accessories. No different then OTs using i90 str accessories last month.

[bokchoykn]

Just get i100-110 str accessories. No different then OTs using i90 str accessories last month.

Yeah, I'll just reach into my bag of unlimited Soldiery Tokens, Oils of Time, and High Allagan Accessories...

I spend my Soldiery on tanking pieces and I pass High Allagan Accessories to my Monk and Dragoon, not that I can beat their Need roll anyway.

i90 STR Accessories can't give both Vitality and Strength.

i70 Accessories give both and a greater sum of both combined, plus way more secondary stats.

[ZDamned]

@Bokchoy: I did totally misinterpret that DPS Statement! =P
I also meant as an OT My Paladin can hit 245 in DPS accessories. I wouldn't tank ANYTHING like that, unless my group wanted me to. =P

@MythToken
Please stop talking about extremes here. Once we find a good HP level, you can slowly change out accessories in favor of Strength, but don't cut off your bonus stats. IMO, i like the 7200 number for T6 and T7. So For those turns I will slowly swap out my accessories in favor of DPS, but never will I dip below 7200 HP on my Paladin.
For Warrior, Vitality is EVEN MORE Valuable, because it scales better than any other class purely because of Defiance. Making it harder to justify removing those points.

Remember that this game is very situational! Each turn has a better way to run.

T8 Solo tanking is just a strategy to make the fight easier on the group, but not a crutch for a bad group. Also, gearing up with that Turn IF you fail to meet a DPS Check for it, will help you meet that check next time anyway. =P

I personally want to try solo tanking T7. I feel like the added DPS will help cut through the rough patches. There is so little DTpS on the MT in this fight, that CDs are almost totally unnecessary, so I feel like using them on Adds will actually make them useful. Then it will get the group out of the final phase even faster. May even skit the final ADD's Petrifaction all together, as well as limit the boss to only using it once.

[Basilisk]

Glad to see im not the only one using the i70 accessories lol.