HP gear works, it's just not always enough for the gap you need to make up for. Assume like Isaac said you gain 400 HP from equips; that's the same as ~22 points into HP, or 22 DEX' worth. If you really wanted to get a lot of HP, you'd be adding at least 40-50 points into HP one way or another.
The thing I don't like about adding points into HP is that it's a static increase. Each point in HP should add, like, 0.2 extra HP per level or something. That way people might actually have incentive to sacrifice some DEX like they were meant to, since even just 5 points at level 10 would become 150 extra HP at level 160. (Plus the ~90 from the initial investment.)
The thing I don't like about adding points into HP is that it's a static increase. Each point in HP should add, like, 0.2 extra HP per level or something. That way people might actually have incentive to sacrifice some DEX like they were meant to, since even just 5 points at level 10 would become 150 extra HP at level 160. (Plus the ~90 from the initial investment.)