Question about Tank stats

[Ashelia_Ferron]

Which begs the question... why do we even have the option to choose where to allocate points when there's one "right" answer and several "wrong" ones?

Because it used to matter, and now it doesn't, and they haven't bothered to change it

[Noxifer]

Because it used to matter, and now it doesn't, and they haven't bothered to change it

And to give us an illusion of choice! Mustn't forget our precious illusions, you know.

[SpookyGhost]

Because it used to matter, and now it doesn't, and they haven't bothered to change it

Can still allocate to VIT as a DPS/Healer to meet HP thresholds, though.

Also the whole MND/INT split for SCH/SMN.

[Noxifer]

Can still allocate to VIT as a DPS/Healer to meet HP thresholds, though.

True. Though we'd still be able to do that through materia (if necessary) if stats were auto-allocated.

Also the whole MND/INT split for SCH/SMN.

I... have to say that this is actually an argument against stat allocation. If they had stats auto-allocated, they could adjust the MND/INT balance depending on which job you had active. They wouldn't have to be class-based, but could be baked into the "bonus" to stats you get from the job stone.
(Speaking of which, I wonder how they solved that with the new jobs... Did they assign those three jobs a "dummy class" that's never applicable, but still manages to keep track of point allocation?)