(02-17-2015, 03:26 PM)SessionZero Wrote:(02-17-2015, 02:32 PM)Sounsyy Wrote:Does this dissertation have any effect on PLDs?
Yup, there's bit about 2/3 of the way through on PLDs and how Parry affects them. Basically, your shield will do more to help your block rate than stacking Parry will. And, since your shield block is checked before weapon parry, that makes the parry you're stacking for the weapon extra useless. I've been running a full STR PLD on both characters for a while now and the only downside to doing it is that the STR accessories don't have VIT.
... Which sucks if you're dealing with, say, Cloud of Darkness and healers that like to slack off.
I still have over 7k with it, though, and I'm i122 on Chachan.
It's just so "delightful" that I have to jump around hunting tank items for the left side that DOESN'T have parry on it. The only pieces I have left are really a couple Poetic pieces... and junk I can't get unless I try to run Coil.
I don't really NEED it since I'm not doing anything beyond WoD, but it's quite annoying that there's such a useless stat out there that most tanks won't even be aware about.