Thread: VIT vs. STR 3.2

But still for some reason [Slaying] > [Fending] in terms of DPS. Just a little better, like 5%.

Originally Posted by Deceptus

Maybe you shouldn't be in DPS stance when you're tanking.

I think you forgot to read the part when I said "I was in tanking stance" I was only WARNING to any tank that TRIES to tank in dps stance, they will lose hate.

Originally Posted by repoe

Old i150 Penta melds > i210 Fending and slaying.( In terms of overall attack power. )swapping out slots as you get i220 pieces and melding STR,CRIT Det where Applicable

I wouldn't suggest melding Str just yet, since there miiight be more changes to values coming in upcoming patches, and also you get pretty much the same value out of Vit than you get with Str. If Yoshi P decides he wants to make Vit contribute .5 and Str .4 you're pretty much screwed, and it's not likely to be the other way around since Str tanks was what they were trying to avoid.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I got the impression from looking at the new tome equipment that the stat increase from 210 to 230 or 240 didn't seem too big compared to other times. I was talking with some buddies that maybe they intentionally didn't make the main stat cap out so that people would be forced to meld the gear's main stat materia onto the available slots to compensate for this "loss", thus making materia and crafters more useful in a more demanding way. I should have explained that beforehand in my previous post. This was all theory, though, since neither of us has been arsed to get new equipment yet because we've been busy.

Supposedly you can't meld main stats onto gear that already has that main stat on it. So you aren't supposed to be able to on left side gear.