VIT will scale with attack power, STR will scale but not as much

[AlexiIvaniskavich]

OK, there was a post earlier in this thread about accessories, and parry and future possible uses for STR rt side gear. I have gone through some numbers to show comparisons.

**********FULL DISCLAIMER**********
This is based upon the presently assumed stat weights for secondary stats. (as theory crafted by Dervy)
For simplicity I am treating VIT and STR as equals on damage calculations. This has been stated this will not be the case in 3.2.
For illustration purposes, I am basing this off present WAR stat weights. (.133 DET, .158 Crit, .125 SkS)

Total relative power > build type for the particular piece
Neck :
ESO+(f) 49 > parry/acc
G(f) 55.952 > crit/acc
ESO+(s) 57.702 > crit/sks
G(s) 52.586 > det/acc

Ear :
ESO+(f) 52.75 > acc/sks
G(f) 54.586 > det/parry
ESO+(s) 50.857 > acc/det
G(s) 57.809 > crit/det

Wrist :
ESO+(f) 52.857 > acc/det
G(f) 52.75 > parry/sks
ESO+(s) 51.74 > acc/crit
G(s) 56.357 > sks/det

Ring :
ESO+(f) 54.586 > det/parry
G(f) 53.74 > acc/crit
ESO+(s) 52.5 > sks/acc
G(s) 51.74 > acc/crit

Of course, SE has stated that they are reducing the amount that str effects damage, and increasing the amount that vit effects damage (to the point that VIT will be more impactful that STR). If we simply reduced the value of STR by a little over 5% (6.5% to be precise) the relative power on all (s) pieces would reduce by 3 points (I was going for simple math). This very small reduction would make fending pieces BiS for dps on every piece except for the earring and wrist by a very small margin ( .223/earring and .482/wrist)

With a miniscule reduction to the damage value on STR, even a perfect crit/det build won’t really hold up vs. a sub optimal det/parry build. The only place where a STR v VIT piece could come into question, is if the VIT piece is a acc/parry type build or acc/sks – parry/sks. Based on present gear, the largest split between these numbers is on the ESO neck piece (8.702 of damage stat). If SE puts the value of STR 19.15% lower than the value of VIT, these two pieces become equal.

While we don’t yet have exact numbers for stat weights, I feel safe in saying that SE is not going to only have placed a 6.5% difference in damage value between the two stats. I wouldn’t be surprised if the difference was at 25% or more, just to completely squelch any future thought of using str on a tank.