I don't find PLD STR gear to be trivial at all, sure you're not going to replace a damage dealer any time soon but over a 3 min test my PLD in STR build did 46k damage, the dragoon I was comparing with did 65k. That's over half his damage. I wouldn't call that trivial. As a WAR I did 55.5k damage, that's practically nipping at the dragoons heels. On neither job am I in the best gear I could be, mostly i90 accessories meaning I can still go higher. Again, can't rep a damage dealer, but if you can do it I think it's just ignorance to brush that damage off as negligible.