PLD Novus: Parry or DET?

[ArkAurelius]

I melded mine Acc/Parry because it was cheap and at least somewhat useful. I'm going to go back and respec it for Acc/Det/Crit (I see no reason to max out Acc with tank gear having so much) since I have more $$ to throw at it.

Even if its expensive as hell, meld parry/det. But don't meld acc/parry on the shield. Accuracy Parry is the same as the Ironworks Shield, which is ilv120, while the final stage in Aegis Shield is lv125 and will have the same exact stats (cept block rate/strength)

[Ashkendor]

Even if its expensive as hell, meld parry/det. But don't meld acc/parry on the shield. Accuracy Parry is the same as the Ironworks Shield, which is ilv120, while the final stage in Aegis Shield is lv125 and will have the same exact stats (cept block rate/strength)

My shield's already been respecced for crit/det. I'm leaving the accuracy on the sword, though. I already yanked off all the parry and am redoing those slots with crit/det. It shouldn't be expensive at all since tier II materia are easy to come by (I spiritbond while farming things like fleece that I use a ton of anyway) and tier III materia have tanked in value due to changes in spiritbonding (i90 gear no longer a 100% chance for tier IV). When I originally did my Novus, it was right around the point that it was released so most of the materia were really expensive, plus I was broke. I'm in a lot better position now to get it all fixed up the way I want it. ^^

[Trixxy]

Parry is a trash stat, get some Det instead. /thread

[Credor]

Parry is a trash stat, get some Det instead. /thread

Is not. Parry must be maxed to shows good return. For pally, BiS parry (~620 with food) gives 23% to mitigation chance, with decent shield overall chance on passive mitigation will be >50% and dmg mitigation 31% (from shield) or 26% (parry).

[keroo]

In my opinion. Zodiac weapons are for stacking sub stats so you can recognize the enhancement. So if you wanna go Det go for ruby rings with vitality materias instead. Parry is a good option when you wanna get survivability but it's RNG based, but once stacked, it's recognizable which is good for zodiac weapons.

[SirTaint]

Is not. Parry must be maxed to shows good return. For pally, BiS parry (~620 with food) gives 23% to mitigation chance, with decent shield overall chance on passive mitigation will be >50% and dmg mitigation 31% (from shield) or 26% (parry).

How does that make it good?

[Credor]

How does that make it good?

How good is cross-skilled Foresight? or Rampart?
These skills are for not dying. With BiS parry - pally has statistical passive mitigation (parry + shield block) of every hit about 15%. This is better than Foresight (about 8% mitigation) and not very low from Rampart (20%). OK, is RNG, but has chance over 50% and high dmg reduction.

[Ashkendor]

How good is cross-skilled Foresight? or Rampart?
These skills are for not dying. With BiS parry - pally has statistical passive mitigation (parry + shield block) of every hit about 15%. This is better than Foresight (about 8% mitigation) and not very low from Rampart (20%). OK, is RNG, but has chance over 50% and high dmg reduction.

The difference is you don't give up damage (and therefore hate generation) for Foresight or Rampart.

I honestly wish parry was better, but it scales like absolute crap. :|

[Izsha]

Yeah the total mitigation #s always sound good, until you realize most of that mitigation Come naturally from base parry and your shield regardless of your gear, and in exchange you gut your ENTIRE gear set to focus on parry (including lolfending accs). Opportunity cost is not to be just trivialized. That's 250+ crit/det you throw away and str on accs which make you fewer parries stronger not to mention deeps and threat.

[ZDamned]

Not to mention Parry doesn't work on the actually lethal parts of T13's Tank Crush mechanic......