NINJA and ROGUE confirmed

[MartaDemireux]

Too bad we're in a FF game, and precisely in THIS FF game, DEX improves Ranged attack, Block rate and parry rate.

you can't just take any stat you like from previous FF and match it with the Dexterity...

Yet the same wiki that you quoted for STR does match them for DEX.

But again, how do you explain Shield Lob, Tomahawk and Piercing talon's damage being based on STR when their description specifically calls them Ranged Attacks? How do you explain ARC/BRD's punching auto-attack to be based on DEX?

That's the core of this argument. DEX does not increase ranged damage at all. The tool-tip says it does in the game but in actual practice it does not. DEX increases damage from Bows. If DEX increased ranged damage then Shield Lob, Tomahawk and Piercing Talon would show DPS gains from equipping DEX (they do not). If you take everything you see at face value and don't challenge it you become the dreaded White Knight. Just because the game says one thing you can't deny that it actually does another when it's proven.

In FFXIV the classes/jobs are also built around the stats because their weapons are. The tool-tips seriously need to be re-written to reflect their use.