how much more do you expect to proc with 255 dex compared to 255 dex?
even if you selected ogre/barb for your starting race and had 70 dex, focus would add 67, and once you have avatar for +100 to str/agi/dex, you would max out your potential dex by only getting 18 from gear. anything above 88 unbuffed would have diminishing returns. we would never expect to have 100% up time on avatar, especially pre-velius, so having gear provide dex above that isn't inherently bad, but putting starting points in it is a waste when it's so easy to buff.
hp has no caps, though.
did you raid on live? you play off 150 hp as negligible but it's not. squeezing as much hp possible out of gear was always the goal pre-POP.
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