Quote Originally Posted by Arcell View Post
Well I would put Mind as my 2nd stat no matter what now. It affects healing magic potency and the Flat Blade Combo, as per the 1.21 patch notes:



Otherwise I'd say it's a toss up between STR and VIT for the top spot. One offers more damage, the other (theoretically) offers better survivability.
I definitely agree. MND helps us in two known ways. Str seems more attractive because it seems for some reason SE upped our blocking capacity even without a lot of DEX. But I'd like to see actual calculations for VIT redux before striking the gavel. MND is definitely a second stat though.

Does anyone know where we can find data on how DEX effects block and how VIT effects damage redux? I know it does not increase defense for PLD, at least not in a reasonable way, I actually tested that but the descrip doesn't really say def anyways, says reduction, I'd assume that means its damage divided by a percentage of accumulated VIT checked against perspective defense to a final result.

Problem is, MRD seems meant to stack VIT where it's almost like we were given a curve ball there. Wish SE actually had DEX increase our damage secondarily.