Quote Originally Posted by SwordCoheir View Post
Honestly, they could do something similar with that worthless Parry stat and increase it's ability to block/parry to something significant while using the characters ilv vs mob's ilv difference to scale it's maximum potential. At least it wouldn't be a totally dead weight stat when tanks are forced deal with it when upgrading gear.
As things are now, when I see Parry on Pld weapons/shields the first thought that goes through my mind is "wasted stat."The reason for this is because Parry scales for crap, and Pld's have shields! Why the heck would I want to increase my Parry rate when I could just lift my left arm up?! Further, given that Pld's have the absolute lowest Dps of ... well, everyone, when I see anything other than Det and Crit on a sword I can't help but cringe. One stat is useful. The other is crap.

Now, if it worked the way you specified here, I may have to actually change my thinking. I'd probably still prefer that Det/Crit split on my sword, but if I saw Parry on my shield I might not immediately think it's a waste.