Quote Originally Posted by grandm View Post
i didn't say or think its harmful. i just don't see the point in it, as you pointed out stat allocation will only add a tiny boost to stats, and won't even start till level 30. most ppl will aspire to materia or a good set of U/U gear or endgame and the stat points will be lost, drown out by the effects of other means of enhancing stats. its not that i'm against the system coming back, i'm just not sure its needed
Level 30? Now that's something I haven't read. Even if it is, let's look at it this way:

You're a gladiator, you're partying. Tanking stuff and all that. You put +15 on your VIT, allowing you to tank better. 2 hours later, the party disbands and you want to level up a bit more or solo guildleves. Bam, you take these 15 points from VIT and put it on STR in just a few clicks, allowing you to kill stuff slightly faster. Then, for whatever reason you switch to Archer, and it automatically remembers you had + 15 DEX set for that class.

If you wanted to do that with materia, you'd need 3 different melded gear.

This is hardly game breaking, will surely please all the min-maxers out there and, as I've just shown, pretty useful.

I'd expect you'd have a bit more points than that at 50 so it is something that makes enough of a difference to push your desired build a bit further, as well.

Having trouble evading Ifrit's moves as a DD? Put points on VIT to increase your HP. Not being hit at all? Crank up that STR and kick it's ass. Missing too much? DEX+, baby! All easily accomplished by a few clicks, assuming they also learned that the previous system's cooldown was retarded.

It's indeed not "needed" as much as it is a very nice bonus and, aside from cookie cutter builds that will plague every damn leveling system anyways, does help making your character a bit more unique, even if it's just because you like to have a bit more VIT and the other guy prefers more STR.