I feel like i should share some of my knowledge this being the official forums and all so here it goes, my stats are STR: 102, DEX: 103, VIT: 109, MND PIE and INT: 55. I'll explain why; Attributes in game give diminishing returns on your character the higher level you are, according to a test done by two pugilits (myself and my good friend Mr. Clint Eastwood), the magic number is between 120~130 with 102 str +26 from gear heavy strikes were landing for within 5 points of damage of 150 total STR Pugilist on yellow mobs to solo (Amalj'aa by Red Labyrinth). 22 points of str from 128 to 150 made almost no difference on mobs of this difficulty which equates to even less difference on mobs of higher difficulty. However, from 102 str vs 130 str damage was about 20 poitns lower on heavy strikes and 15~ on flurrys.

Seems to me like a good sweetspot for STR is about 120~130, Iv'e been an advocate of a more balanced attributes set for a while, and i don't think they're broken I think we as a community need to come together and conquer it more logically instead of pouring every point into the first 3 like cavemen. PIE MND and INT are invaluable to me as a sub THM and greatly boost my ability to cast certain spells as a PGL, we should all be experimenting in this manner.

Also best way to fight as a pug is the 4 step combo Light > Heavy > Flurry > Flurry wash rinse repeat, always keeps your evasion buff up and do the best possible damage and tp gain. if your practice this style you'll get to where it comes out automatically and you don't have to to stop and think whenever you need to interrupt the string for other abilities, ws, or spells.

As far as gear goes i like to stack STR and/or DEX up to 120~130 over base, and VIT is at 109 because it's the exact number to hit 2k hp at 50 PGL. I look for Evasion gear but id sooner equip a piece of damage gear over evasion because i feel that the damage i could do would help me hold hate better, and hate > survivability imo when it comes to tanking, though they're both essential. Evasion gear for super challenging unrealistic things of course like soloing Tarbh ^^;