Thread: Is this a better balance; 0.45 per VIT/STR?

Tank DPS got nerfed but from my experiences currently doing the Savage content, DPS stance up-time is higher in progression than it was before because base HP values are so much higher. So no, while I do imagine effective DPS will still be lower, it's not going to be what we're seeing in parses right now -- especially in progression.

Also, it's terrible design for STR and VIT to be even. That there is still talk about STR accessories being better (on a piece by piece basis) for DPS means that tanks will still be dropping unneeded VIT for STR. It didn't really fix the problems. It just made it so that people who don't know how to properly gear aren't punished as hard.

edit: Because the AP was split between STR and VIT, 1 point of STR or VIT is less than half of the stat weight main stat used to be relative to our secondaries. What that means is that while the gap in STR / VIT between slaying / fending right sides will increase with ilevel, 40 points of crit is no longer equal to ~6 points of mainstat -- it's now equivalent to much more. So yea... STR right sides are not dead at all.

Brian, I agree, making them equal is poor design. VIT needs to have slightly more weight than STR, to ensurenthat there is no situational benefit to specifcally melded slaying accessories.

Your point about secondary stats is something I think may be being missed. Advance melds are now exclusively secondary stats, so you will see people stacking more CRT and DET on melded gear, which may help move the needle. I still wish that they could find something to do with Parry, it is what our 'theme' materia grants after all...

I expect that if they don't see what they expected with the rebalance, we may get a nudge on the weight of VIT.

Given that DET affects cure strength too, I wonder what kind of gain to our heals we can expect from DET melds, and perhaps even a MND meld ortwo,if we see diminishing returns on primary stays.