Revisiting DEX

[Alistaire]

1) I would like to see a source to back up your claims.
2) Even if we - for now - assume that your claims are correct, it seems that people speak without getting get their facts straight. We do not meld DEX for parry. The bonus DEX gives to parry is exactly that, a bonus. We meld DEX for blocking. Blocking and parry are 2 different things. Get your facts straight before talking.

3) If we assume you are correct that 15 parry = approximately 1% parry, then how the hell does that make it a bad stat. If you could meld 120 parry which we cant, but lets say we could, that is an 8% parry rate. How on earth is 8% parry rate compared to a loss of 392 hp a bad trade off?

Do you people even know what you are talking about.

Well, it's various sources from being interested in the possibility myself, as a tank and as a crafter, mostly from reddit. http://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/commen...yo/parry_stat/ was the first I could find just glancing thru things, I'll admit I have a low need to satisfy people like you so I don't really feel like going thru all the research I looked into.

And yes DEX affects block rates as well, because I didn't mention that part I don't have my facts straight? lol Anyway, it had slipped my mind to mention it because it's as little an impact as the parry rate increase.

And parry and block rate boosts are bad because the content is such that you cannot rely on them. They do not reliably increase your eHP. And you sound like someone who doesn't even know what that is, go google it. "Do you people even know what you are talking about." Thanks, was a good laugh reading that.

[Truedragon]

Well, it's various sources from being interested in the possibility myself, as a tank and as a crafter, mostly from reddit. http://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/commen...yo/parry_stat/ was the first I could find just glancing thru things, I'll admit I have a low need to satisfy people like you so I don't really feel like going thru all the research I looked into.

And yes DEX affects block rates as well, because I didn't mention that part I don't have my facts straight? lol Anyway, it had slipped my mind to mention it because it's as little an impact as the parry rate increase.

And parry and block rate boosts are bad because the content is such that you cannot rely on them. They do not reliably increase your eHP. And you sound like someone who doesn't even know what that is, go google it. "Do you people even know what you are talking about." Thanks, was a good laugh reading that.

Youre telling me I dont know what Im talking about but youre posting hearsay from over a year ago. That is as useless as the stuff I just washed down the toilet.

Seriously, I need facts. That means math. Not your opinion. If you put DEX on something, you do it for the block rate. Not for the parry rate. The parry rate has its own materia called parrying.