What is PLD BiS?

Admittedly, Anecdotally I feel like I take less damage, however that is not proof in itself, so I'll have to do some testing to make this into an actual fact. I'll see what I find today, and post back tomorrow.

http://i.imgur.com/fUhcIpt.png

Nice diagram. going by the diagram my parry rate should be 25-26%, since i got 500 ish (+-30, depend on what i feel like using). losing 5% is not that much anyway (to me that is). spending weeks farm ing myth tome for 5% parry rate increase.... I will have to pass on that ><

http://ffxiv.ariyala.com/LYUK

PLD is a tank not a DPS, if you can punch out some decent DPS while tanking, that's great. But your first priority should be holding hate and mitigation. Accuracy(as needed) and as much parry as you can get.

That being said, once 2.2 comes out aiming for this set as an i90 starter you really can't go wrong. Plenty of accuracy for any end game currently, probably for most new end-game content as well and 609 parry.

You could drop some accuracy for events that don't need it, but most of that gear also comes with the highest parry for those slots.

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Originally Posted by Classikal

http://ffxiv.ariyala.com/LYUK

PLD is a tank not a DPS, if you can punch out some decent DPS while tanking, that's great. But your first priority should be holding hate and mitigation. Accuracy(as needed) and as much parry as you can get.

That being said, once 2.2 comes out aiming for this set as an i90 starter you really can't go wrong. Plenty of accuracy for any end game currently, probably for most new end-game content as well and 609 parry.

You could drop some accuracy for events that don't need it, but most of that gear also comes with the highest parry for those slots.

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You selected Allagan Helm but you use Relic sword and shield? lol...

Use Allagan Blade and Allagan Shield, change Hero's bracelet to Allagan and Valor shoes to Allagan's. 480 accuracy but you have 620 parry

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Originally Posted by Ooshima

You selected Allagan Helm but you use Relic sword and shield? lol...

Use Allagan Blade and Allagan Shield, change Hero's bracelet to Allagan and Valor shoes to Allagan's. 480 accuracy but you have 620 parry

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Good call on those changes, minor tweaks, but should be slightly better.

I was trying to stay to only i90 gear as it would probably be easier to get, but no point not to put Allagan Blade if I'm gonna put the helm since they are both T5.

Short answer, this:

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Originally Posted by Yotsu

http://i.imgur.com/fUhcIpt.png

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Long answer:
Full i90 with enough accuracy for your target content vs BiS parry based difference is pretty minimal. If you're currently gearing up then it's pretty simple, if you get a higher item level tank piece than the one your wearing and not drop below your accuracy target, it's an upgrade. If you get an equal level tanking piece that has more parry than the one your wearing and not drop below your accuracy target, it's an upgrade.

Proper answer:
Farm to Philo and Myth cap, then ask again next Thursday.

If you even care about about BiS and whatever non-sense, save your myth incase i90 crafted gear is coming (we should know by tomorrow) and buy up materia IVs. T5 is beaten by people around i75-i80 so its not like BiS is really needed for high end content.

iLVL>accuracy>nothing else really makes any difference.