There was some discussion of this conflated with and lost in the discussion of the other Fighter PRE (which was resolved with re-typing Kensai STR Surge), but I'd like to draw attention to this one last time:

With the change of Exceptional +1 stats on ToD rings re-typed to "competence" bonus, it produces the counter-intuitive result that the +1 CON bonus from the Band of Siberys (of the Stalwart Defender ToD Set) no longer stacks with the +2/4/6 CON bonus from Stalwart Defender Stance, which has always been typed as a "competence" bonus.

For the same reason, none of the +1 STR bonuses on any ToD rings will stack with the +2/4/6 STR bonus from Stalwart Defender Stance. (DoS pallies need not worry since their +2/4/6 STR/CON bonus from stance is a "sacred" bonus.)

I can not know the minds of the devs, but it seems intuitively that this is not a planned result. I understand the need to "type" the previously untyped "exceptional" stat bonuses. But this change seems to arbitrarily nerf Stalwart Defenders.

Was this an intended nerf? Or the unintended result of a global change to ToD ring stat bonus typing? If the latter, I'm making one last public appeal to have the ToD Ring +1 or the SD +STR/CON bonus retyped so they continue to stack with each other as they always have on live.

Thanks.