Quote Originally Posted by Vyrerus View Post
From 2.0 until whenever they changed it... either very late HW or Stormblood release, STR still affected Parry % mitigation and DEX affected Parry as a stat. Like every 9 DEX added 3 Parry or something weird like that. I remember on DRG being able to parry for -29% physical damage for a long time hehe. This affected every class, though the option to gear for it was only in accessories, and the returns were so poor that it got cut eventually like all other vestigial things.
Sorry, you're correct; I misspoke. It was never worth enough to be worth taking DEX over Strength for any normally Strength-based class, but yes, they did have an effect, even if they didn't have any influence on gearing decisions outside of Piety on BLM.