Please Remove or Repurpose Parry

[Dante_V]

As a tank it doesn't really matter to me either way. They can keep the parry and I will just keep avoiding it as much as possible. I can't wait until some other 200 options come along so I can get rid of the DRK chest and pants. Hopefully the Void ark chest and pants have better stats or maybe I will find some in the airship quests.

[Ralvenom]

As a tank it doesn't really matter to me either way. They can keep the parry and I will just keep avoiding it as much as possible.

It's attitudes like this that show ignorance on what Parry actually does. "OH, NO! RNG! AVOID RNG!". /facepalm

[CGMidlander]

It's attitudes like this that show ignorance on what Parry actually does. "OH, NO! RNG! AVOID RNG!". /facepalm

Lol what?
Knowing how much parry sucks ATM, it'd be more ignorant to not avoid it.

It's random physical mitigation that no longer scales with STR, in a game where the only things likely to kill you are predictable tank busters and/or magical damage that you can't parry, that you will prep cooldowns for anyway.

The parry stat itself scales poorly and has a negative impact on your damage output because of how secondary stats are allocated in gear. (A piece that doesn't have parry will have crit/det/skspd instead, or accuracy, which allows for shifting of gear pieces elsewhere to hit a certain accuracy goal)

[Syzygian]

Lol what?
Knowing how much parry sucks ATM, it'd be more ignorant to not avoid it.

It's random physical mitigation that no longer scales with STR, in a game where the only things likely to kill you are predictable tank busters and/or magical damage that you can't parry, that you will prep cooldowns for anyway.

The parry stat itself scales poorly and has a negative impact on your damage output because of how secondary stats are allocated in gear. (A piece that doesn't have parry will have crit/det/skspd instead, or accuracy, which allows for shifting of gear pieces elsewhere to hit a certain accuracy goal)

TBs are indeed predictable and easily mitigated which is why i find this mentality hilarious. If you die to a tb you or your healers or both are bad and/or not paying attention. If you die to anything else it just sucks/was bad rng.

[Duelle]

Yeah, that makes more sense. The only thing is, I'm not sure SE would ever do this. Why? Because then people would go, "THEY'RE COPYING WOW! I CALL BS!". And that would be a giant sh*tstorm...

Taking from something that works is a little more important than being a unique snowflake. FFXIV was built on this very principle (and I suspect it's a good part of of why ARR was so successful), so if the complainers that don't understand the "a good composer borrows, a great composer steals" principle want to cry over this, I say let them.

[Ralvenom]

Taking from something that works is a little more important than being a unique snowflake. FFXIV was built on this very principle (and I suspect it's a good part of of why ARR was so successful), so if the complainers that don't understand the "a good composer borrows, a great composer steals" principle want to cry over this, I say let them.

Yes, agreed. However, you should probably do it in a unique way, so it's not a direct copy.

Lol what?
Knowing how much parry sucks ATM, it'd be more ignorant to not avoid it.

It's random physical mitigation that no longer scales with STR, in a game where the only things likely to kill you are predictable tank busters and/or magical damage that you can't parry, that you will prep cooldowns for anyway.

To quote from a current, well done guide:

Parry is better the more you MT, DPS is better the more you OT…

You should ALWAYS gear for what's best for the encounter, not just gearing for what's best for dps. Anyany who thinks gearing for what's best for dps "all day errday" BECAUSE EVERYONE DOES IT is dumb.

[Exodus_Kenpachi]

You should ALWAYS gear for what's best for the encounter, not just gearing for what's best for dps. Anyany who thinks gearing for what's best for dps "all day errday" BECAUSE EVERYONE DOES IT is dumb.

I don't think you understand the way parry works in FF14. Nor do I think you understand how tanking effectively works.

There is not a single encounter, primal, levi, or raid in FF14 where you would gear yourself for parry over DPS. Not. A. Single. One.

Any guide in which tells you to stack parry as a MT should be looked at with a grain of salt.

[Ralvenom]

I don't think you understand the way parry works in FF14. Nor do I think you understand how tanking effectively works.

There is not a single encounter, primal, levi, or raid in FF14 where you would gear yourself for parry over DPS. Not. A. Single. One.

Any guide in which tells you to stack parry as a MT should be looked at with a grain of salt.

When did I say you stacked it? Never. Quit putting words in my mouth, so to speak. And quit questioning guides that you clearly haven't read. All I said was, it is STILL useful, despite what the idiots say.

[FallenWings]

Lets leave the name calling back at the playground now. DPS is universally good (in 99% of cases) whereas having a better chance at being better at tanking a certain damage type is not usually worth the cost of the former. More DPS is better MT and OT.

[Syzygian]

I favor parry on my left side while using str/melded right side. Ive yet to suffer considerably lower numbers than other tanks i've raided with. DPS secondaries just aren't that great on tanks unless you're a war and have an ss quota to meet. I'll fully admit to my bias however as i main drk and get ogcd dps returns from parrying.