Why Avoid Parry?

[Izsha]

Couldn't a tank going balanced STR/VIT also be good strategy? That would mean the tank would require less healing but still put out decent damage. The extra MP the healers save would allow them to dps more.

Or is this a case where the extra dps a full STR tank provides trumps the extra dps the healers would provide above?

You just discovered penta melded hybrid accessories. About 2/3 the str and vit combined. There's a reason they have been the gild standard for raid tanks since twintania. At the beginning of patch cycle tanks spend millions and millions of gil to make full hybrid sets. Then as their left side gear improves they slowly replace the hybrids with slaying as able and as the encounter demands. What your suggesting is exactly what's always been happening at the higher end.

Broke tanks just mix n matched slay/fend accessories for a gimpy version of the same idea.