Quote Originally Posted by Noxifer View Post
(On that note... I wonder if the addition of NIN had any bearing on their decision of removing STR/DEX affecting parry potency/rate. Since their main stat would potentially have boosted their parry rates to insanity, I mean. Sure, Bard already 'did that', so to speak, but... Ranged vs Melee. I dunno. Just an idle thought.)
Doubt it. I suspect the changes to remove the Str/Dex effects on Parry and Block Strength/Rate were more an early (and misguided) attempt to kill the "Str over Vit" meta-game. A member of the design team may have erroneously though that tanks were going Str for the mitigation benefits rather than the damage benefits.