Thanks Legolas!
They must have changed this feat at some point then, since it does indeed merely grant a +4 skill bonus to the Parry skill. It no longer has anything at all to do with the opposed attack roll as stated in its description. If they're going to start changing feats then they could at least change the feat descriptions so we know what's going on!
I wonder why a 13 INT required for something that skill focus -> parry basically already does anyway? It was much better getting +4 to hit and damage when parrying

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