[Fern]

Dev nerfed the STR-whoring tanks (to an extent) but not the spellcaster doomwalls. STR autohitters, while good, don't tend to be as good as someone ditching STR entirely in favor of magic and more DR stats with SAN sometimes thrown into the mix, albeit not necessarily.

I'm of the opinion that the reason we're in the spot we are is because Silence became a scarce enough status to the point Mages don't ever have to worry about it, specially if they have a Heron Feather or a Throatopener. Some people straight up do not grab Silent Prayer because of how rare Silence has become.

I think the only thing that should be addressed for now is magic tanks, and I'd say it would be best done by:
1. Making Silence more frequent of a status, not excessively but enough that it isn't considered inexistent.
2. Not making it completely shut down everything mages do. I think a reasonable compromise would be making it so Silence instead does:
A) Makes Spells work at half damage or effectiveness
B) Makes Spells work at half damage or effectiveness and does not let you cast Invocations.

Removing the HP gain from STR hurts the non-meta builds more than the meta itself right now. Magic tanks would be largely unaffected if STR hypothetically stopped giving HP, since they don't need it. They don't even need that much VIT, usually just leaving it softcapped and then pumping defensive stats up the wazoo.