Quote Originally Posted by Mitsuhide View Post
Tanks dont really have a "choice" as they will be forced by the Content and/or the Community to take a certain path just like the current situation.
Vit would be more relevant if it raises your pDef and mDef, then you would have a real choice between Def or Offense Tank.
And people dont buy Pentamelded fending gear because of the option to do so, its just they to go if you want to be viable at the current End Content and either go slaying or fending doesnt give you the benefits a pentamelded acc give.
I absolutely do have a choice. I choose different setups depending on the needs and vit necessity of the fight. When learning I lean towards higher vit, after clearing and learning i genrally go towards slaying/penta. Once we get it down enough I push it with as much vit as I can. At this point the dps are geared enough for me to go 100% vit if I wanted to. The only time when there is no choice is on the bleeding edge of content and we are well passed that at this point. when we were going for the first week clear of A1S I absolutely went with the penta set.

And honestly raising Pdef and Mdef would literally have no affect on vit. The HP meta is the only reason it's relevant. After accounting for the tank buster and preceding auto attacks, str will always out value defense from a raid perspective unless the damage of the fights are severely ramped up.