Quote Originally Posted by DarioSkydragon View Post
You're right about that. My equipment is always discussed with the healers of my group before entering a run. I do not say that your opinion is wrong. But it's your opinion. My opinion is that play tank became more challenging and fun with the whole question of stancedancing, mix str / vit equips and etc. Tanks and healers are the only roles that can get some customization in their equipment (str / vit and accuracy) beyond the traditional crit or det and it certainly improved the game for me. It existed before the HW, but my fear is that we may enter into a linearity that never even existed in the game, as melded accessories there since the time of T1.
From the sounds of things, aggressive "stance dancing" tanking is unlikely to be removed and the changes to materia melding and the tank damage formula are intended to close the damage gap between Str Accessories and Vit Accessories while reducing the power of Pentamelds.