STR tank items :C

[Reynhart]

Up till this point, raiders have typically invested in pentamelded jewelry for progression instead.

Wich they can still use, since STR AND VIT will affect our damage rating.

The way I see it, they'll change the ratio so that by going full STR or full VIT, you'll end up with the same damage output.
The STR build will have the drawback of giving less HP...like it does now, and no one cares...

And besides, current accesories will still allow you to trump anything besides Midas Savage...where it would be useless anyway, compared to lore gear or proto-Midas stuff.

[MrsFluffyButt]

Wasn't there a sad twonk who posted this type of thread in General Discussion....is this a conspiracy theory between two whiners who want SE to hand out free gear for nothing?

[Syzygian]

The STR build will have the drawback of giving less HP...like it does now, and no one cares...

They specifically said that if you are wearing STR gear you will do *less* damage.

[Reynhart]

They specifically said that if you are wearing STR gear you will do *less* damage.

Indeed.

But probably nowhere near the point where it's a really big deal, since you'll replace all gear for Midas Savage anyway.

[alsims2007]

They specifically said that if you are wearing STR gear you will do *less* damage.

Possibly only because their is usually a bit less str on acc than vit.. Or was it the other way around.
Either way tanks will likely benefit from melding a single grade 5 str materia into all their vit acc (remember all gear will be meldable). This change will probably end up being a tank buff. Just sucks day 1 of 3.2

[JoelStrife]

Luckily for me i'd only purchased helm, chest and arms, I feel the pain of strength tanks tho.

[Reynhart]

I feel the pain of strength tanks tho.

Again, it doesn't matter.
3.0 gear will be obsolete, be they STR or VIT accesories.
It's probably why they waited 3.2 to do the change.

[Jpec07]

Did I miss something? Aren't our Tomestones of Law getting converted into Tomestones of Esoterics when 3.2 hits? Could have sworn I saw that there. If that's the case, then couldn't anyone who needs to switch gear in preparation for the patch just farm a bunch of Tomestones of Law, and buy in bulk on the 22? A full set of Eso accessories @ 375 Eso apiece will cost 1875 Eso, plus at least one Illuminati Gobcoat. I dunno about you guys, but if that law-to-Eso conversion is a thing, I'm not worried at all about being able to get appropriate gear in time.

[Instrumentality]

Also a note to the OP, from the live letter I got the impression that STR accessories will still be good, and that a mix of VIT and STR accessories will be the meta, the purpose of which was to make it so that VIT isnt useless. This change doesnt flip the roles, it just makes the two stats competitive with each other.

Why would they explicitly tell all tanks to have a complete set of vitality and put all of your points into vit assignment for when 3.2 hits?

It makes no sense for anyone to change anything if strength would be just as powerful going forward as it is now, because tanks would still have the exact same incentive to roll on it that they do right now.

[JoelStrife]

Again, it doesn't matter.
3.0 gear will be obsolete, be they STR or VIT accesories.
It's probably why they waited 3.2 to do the change.

My understanding of the patch is that damage is going to scale on vit not str, surely adding vit not str acc will make all the difference moving forwards? or am I missing something.