Shire tank gear

With all the Parry on most of the gear instead of FAR more useful stats, is it even much of an upgrade over the Lore?
If it matters, I don't raid. I've only just started tanking so excuse me if this is a dumb question.

The only way to tell would be to add up the stat weights of the increase to vit and str and see if they outweight the prototype gear. But tbh if you dont raid, go with which ever you want.

It's a definite upgrade over lore, going from 240 to 260 the amount of extra STR and VIT will see to that.

Over proto Alexandrian is a little more iffy, 250 to 260 if the secondary stats are decent it could outweigh the slight increase in STR and VIT.

Only left side shire pieces I've gotten for tank is the head cause it has decent secondaries and the body cause the Alexandrian is just as bad. The rest I've stuck with proto Alexandrian for now I'm waiting for the next Mhachi raid to see how the stats are on that set before I decide how to move forward with shire.

And of course if you're rich HQ 250 crafted sets are likely better than most shire pieces.

Don't worry, Parry and Accuracy will probably removed from the game with the expansion, so they have to replace them with one of the stats not on the gear now.
If you don't raid just take the highest ilvl.

Yes it is. Parry might be rubbish but it's a secondary stat, you will still get a big increase in your primary stats which are far more important.

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Originally Posted by Cabalabob

Only left side shire pieces I've gotten for tank is the head cause it has decent secondaries and the body cause the Alexandrian is just as bad.

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The alex chest is the best choice for those who don't use V materia overmelds on the right side. The only shire left side gear that's better than the alex counterpart is the head.

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Originally Posted by aleph_null

The alex chest is the best choice for those who don't use V materia overmelds on the right side. The only shire left side gear that's better than the alex counterpart is the head.

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Proto alex, not alex. Obviously alex gear is better but if they're considering between shire gear and lore gear they probably don't have access to alex gear yet.

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Originally Posted by Cabalabob

It's a definite upgrade over lore, going from 240 to 260 the amount of extra STR and VIT will see to that.

Over proto Alexandrian is a little more iffy, 250 to 260 if the secondary stats are decent it could outweigh the slight increase in STR and VIT.

Only left side shire pieces I've gotten for tank is the head cause it has decent secondaries and the body cause the Alexandrian is just as bad. The rest I've stuck with proto Alexandrian for now I'm waiting for the next Mhachi raid to see how the stats are on that set before I decide how to move forward with shire.

And of course if you're rich HQ 250 crafted sets are likely better than most shire pieces.

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I totally understand. I just want to say, though, that I tried going this route before, but it did NOT work in my favor. Seems that many PF groups set an iLv220 fight to iLv250.

If you don't raid you don't really have to worry about secondary stats, just focus on increasing your IL, since Str and Vit are the things you should mainly be concerned about. If you feel greedy meld your gear with some materia so that you don't feel gross being filled with Parry.

i know about parry rework but nothing about accuracy although i would still prefer a base stats or IL cap over an acc cap for raiding.

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Originally Posted by Legion88

Don't worry, Parry and Accuracy will probably removed from the game with the expansion, so they have to replace them with one of the stats not on the gear now.
If you don't raid just take the highest ilvl.

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