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    Hiraeth Petrichor
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    Please Change the Wording for STR and DEX!

    I've noticed in FFXIV that STR is worded to increase the attack power of melee attacks and DEX increases the attack power of ranged attacks. However, in practice this is not the case!

    This is evident with the following abilities:
    Shield Lob
    Tomahawk
    Piercing Talon

    These abilities are specifically stated to be ranged attacks but DEX does not increase their damage. STR does because their equipped weapons gain Attack Power through STR. Mages also have Attack Power values based on their STR which goes unused except for their auto-attacks.


    I suggest altering the tool-tips to the following:
    STR: Increases the Attack Power for Swords, Axes, Lances, Fisticuffs, Rods, Staves and Books. Increases the amount of damage you block or parry.

    DEX: Increases the Attack Power of Bows, Twinblades* and Guns*. Increases the rate in which you block or parry.

    The alteration would pose no change to actual game play but would better inform players of their attacks and what their weapons need for stats. This also opens up the use for DEX as the primary melee stat for new classes which could be added such as the new Rogue (historically this type of class has been about dexterity and not brute strength) and potentially Fencer (real-world application, they are dextrous, not about brute strength).

    (*: I'm running on the assumption that Guns will use DEX in similarity to ARC and that Twinblades will use DEX based on the recent .dat mining of traits. Traits can be found HERE and my rough translation can be found at the bottom of the post HERE)
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    Last edited by MartaDemireux; 06-17-2014 at 04:42 PM.
    * I fully give permission for any of my written ideas to be used by SE without recognition.

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    Kiraan Kosmos
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    You have to see this as a whole and not a per ability basis.

    STR is for melee physical damage class/job
    DEX is for ranged physical damage class/job
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    Kuwagami Tarynke
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    Seriously though, your solution would force them to change the stats every time they add a new type of weapon. Not worth it for 3 attacks.

    Honestly, before reading that, I was just assuming "Ok it increases my damage with melee/ranged type weapon". These 3 attacks fall under
    - sword and shield
    - axe
    - spear
    which are melee weapons => damage increased by STR. As simple as that
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    Jeyrr Stenn
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    Rogue and Ninja are going to be DEX based classes as well, despite being melee.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jacost View Post
    Rogue and Ninja are going to be DEX based classes as well, despite being melee.
    100% wrong. Stop spreading false information. Yoshida confirmed already we should keep our melee DPS gear if we want to get a head start for Rogue and ninja
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    Shio Ban
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    Quote Originally Posted by kiraan View Post
    100% wrong. Stop spreading false information. Yoshida confirmed already we should keep our melee DPS gear if we want to get a head start for Rogue and ninja
    I'm hoping it's not Dex, but a lot of people seem to believe it might use it.

    (I personally thought they'd save Dex for the gun based class they have in the works)
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    Blackiron Tarkus
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    Quote Originally Posted by kiraan View Post
    100% wrong. Stop spreading false information. Yoshida confirmed already we should keep our melee DPS gear if we want to get a head start for Rogue and ninja
    Did he say which dps gear? Because archers/bards are dps too.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Marxam View Post
    Did he say which dps gear? Because archers/bards are dps too.
    Quote Originally Posted by kiraan View Post
    melee DPS gear
    Not pretending kiraan is right or wrong, just underlining the info you missed

    you can see here it's going to be dext for rogue/ninja, if the traits which are here are for ROG/NIN
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    Last edited by Kuwagami; 06-17-2014 at 03:23 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Marxam View Post
    Did he say which dps gear? Because archers/bards are dps too.
    Pretty sure he outright said melee dps.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kanti View Post
    Pretty sure he outright said melee dps.
    Personally i'm assuming that when it gets to the point where LNC and PGL gear splits, Rogue will use PGL gear. But prior to that most stuff is for either.
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