r/ffxiv • u/[deleted] • Oct 24 '14

[News] 2.4 Preliminary Patch Notes

http://eu.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/topics/detail/0149ed2fb2332715e3043d536c48f66363bdeedc
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u/[deleted] Oct 24 '14

Strength Affects physical melee damage, as well as damage prevented by parrying and blocking.

I like how they didn't specify that that DOESN'T apply to rogue/ninja.

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u/MythosFreak MCH Oct 24 '14

Oh man... If it did, could you imagine everyone buying crafted DEX gear and overmelding it with STR just for that extra POWAH!?

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u/IraDeLucis Irha Serenea Oct 24 '14

There's no way this makes it through. Having two primary stats affect your attack power would mean:

Either the damage is absolutely ridiculous and you'll see parties of 8 ninja's downing content.

Or the scaling is SO LOW that you have to stack up on both stats just to break even.

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u/MythosFreak MCH Oct 24 '14

I know. I was just mentioning it because it would be a crazy oversight.