Parse/Stats and Basic info for new players? Reference thread

Part 1
I have been doing some looking around and as a numbers guy i like to see parse/stats and see where the numbers point me for a range of things. But seeing as the games been out long enough its really annoying trying to find the right information form the right places. So I'm reaching out to you all that have been playing and been keeping up with the forums and hope that you can post links/point in the right direction to find general information for Tanks.

I personally am looking for info on Pld and formulas for my stats

~what Stats are most important/where do they cap/Tier ranges
~Mitigation stats/ratio
~Parse/ forums that show proof of information
~Any other general knowledge that might prove useful to know (threat generation and things of such)

I don't want this to turn into a troll post or debate of whats better

~I want this to become a reference thread for anyone that is looking for a range of information and as ppl post, i plan to update with a Link post of information that proves correct and reliable.
~Please keep in mind the idea is to post links to reliable information, that being said, give me links to your WoT(walls of text) don't post them here, but feel free to give a over view of what the link contains

I hope ppl reach out and help me make this a good thread to reference when looking for information and data.

(Soon to be post of Links that prove reliable and useful to the community)

Currently out of Order =P

VIT is your bread and butter stat. You want to have that as high as possible. It will typically be at cap for most of your gear anyway, but whenever you can get more, like with bonus attributes or materia melding on some gear, it's the first thing to go for as far as armor stats.

Weapon Damage is by far the biggest contributor to your damage output, and in turn has a profound effect on your enmity generation. Upgrade your weapon every chance you get if you want to keep hate readily.

STR is the next stat on the list. After Weapon Damage, it is the largest contributor to DPS.

Then you wanna go for extra Parry on PLD.

All of this, after VIT, assumes you're not missing targets. Typically as you level up this shouldn't be an issue when fighting level appropriate targets. At endgame though, you will need to reach certain Accuracy levels based on content (namely in Coil). At that point, getting Accuracy to said thresholds becomes a priority.


Also, here's a very nice source of testing data: http://valk.dancing-mad.com/

thx Noctis, alot of info on there for me to look threw, nice that they also included all teh raw data =D