Quote Originally Posted by Valknut View Post
Someone mentioned early on in EW that melding an gearing tenacity was around 8% less damage taken. As a low end content player, that seemed like a significant amount and I have geared that way ever since.

Has it ever helped me? No idea

Would DPS Materia have ever helped me get faster clears? Very likely not in PUGS

Would be nice to see the difference of Direct hit to Tenacity in the main post. Best case senario and all. Just so us less HC players could see what the big difference is.
8% really isn't that significant if you aren't taking much damage to begin with. Whether an enemy hits you for 10,000 damage or 9,200 damage, the difference is meaningless if you're still nowhere close to dying and the healer can still heal you to full in one oGCD.

I don't consider myself a hardcore player as I don't do Savage content, but I still find defensive stats to be completely useless and will immediately pull wall-to-wall the first time I step into a new dungeon.