Quote Originally Posted by Xyphon View Post
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I know what they're planning to do regarding overmelding. But you'll also still be able to meld main stats on the base melding slot, and the impression I got from the Live Letter was that they don't want tanks feeling the need to meld STR or VIT at all, not just overmelding. None of the other classes really have reason to meld primary stats anymore (though there were a few cases where VIT melds were used to meet HP checks in older raids, that hasn't been common for awhile).

If they keep things as they are regarding the primary stats in terms of damage calculations for tanks, melded accessories will still be rather powerful, since primary stats have such greater value than secondary stats in terms of weights. I don't think they intend for tanks to have vastly better melding options than all the other classes.

I don't think they actually plan to adjust tank damage itself--that is, their DPS ceilings. They're adjusting the calculations to remove the need to meld STR and/or VIT, at least going by the official Live Letter info from the update thread:

Many of those attempting instanced raids in the early stages tend to use advanced materia melding on accessories, which lead to tanks being required to meld STR or VIT. Due to this there were times where the melded accessories were better than the accessories which dropped from clearing the instance. In order to resolve this issue, in Patch 3.2 we will be making adjustments that will change the damage calculations of tanks into a more appropriate state.
Messing with secondary stats and weapon damage wouldn't do anything to make melding STR and VIT less attractive, so I can't see them doing much there.