BRD DL Vs AK Gear

Hi I finally just got my BRD to level 50 and was wondering which gear set is better? Or should be I mix and matching for both sets?

Gloves / Legs - AK , the rest DL.

okay cool thanks bro much appreciated

All the DL gear is better than AK gear. You might get more crits from the AK ones, but the dex gained from DL gears offset that.
Only the AK ring should be on your bard, but that's because you can't have 2 dl rings.

I'd rather throw off 1 or 2 Dex from Darklight for the Crit I can get from Gloves and Leggings of AK.

I thought its been calculated roughly that at current gear level, 1 primary stat = 7 secondary stats.
If you look at the DL glove, you get 2 more dex than the AK glove. That is 2 primary stats or 14-ish secondary stats.
But you only gained 11 crits if you choose the AK glove.
The DL glove also gives you 8 determination as well.
If I'm wrong about this calculation, please tell me.

In either case, DL gear also gives you more vitality and defense.

It's not exactly 1:7 scaling per se. This was ONLY calculated for determination, which is estimated to be roughly scaling at 1:6 compared to mainstats. For critrate it should be more like 1:2 if I recall correctly.

Can I ask for a source? I got my info from here
http://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/commen...hould_upgrade/

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Originally Posted by Rilr

It's not exactly 1:7 scaling per se. This was ONLY calculated for determination, which is estimated to be roughly scaling at 1:6 compared to mainstats. For critrate it should be more like 1:2 if I recall correctly.

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1 Dex is much, much better than 2 crit.

Toxotes Hands/Legs are the only two pieces that are comparable to DL.
(Of course you want the AK ring because you can only wear 1 DL ring)
As for if they're actually BETTER, that depends on a LOT of factors that haven't been fully modeled.
It's impossible to compare Dex directly against secondary stats without knowing your current gear level as some stats are scalars that work off the current value of others.

So here's what I would suggest:
Don't buy DL Hands/Legs first.
If you happen to pick up Toxotes Hands/Legs in the meantime, then keep them and go ahead and replace the rest of your gear with DL first.
Then after you don't have any other pieces to buy, go ahead and replace the Toxotes Hands/Legs with Darklight.

Approximate stat weights:

DEX 1.000
DET 0.230
CRT 0.223
WD 7.849
SS 0.125

Dex:Crit is roughly 1 : 4.5 because crit is pretty good for Bards. Dex : Det is 1 : 4.3 because Bards have crappy weapon damage.

Det and Crt are roughly similar for Bards point-for-point. Most gear has 50% more crit than det though, for the same item budget.

Comparing AK and DL , I prefer DL in all pieces coz DL give more defensive stat.
And dead BRD deal 0 dps :3

The other problem with getting full DL on bard is it WAY over budgets accuracy. With the full set iirc it puts you around 520 when the turn 5 soft cap is 487. Two other spots where DL should NOT be used (in addition to glove/pant already mentioned, which should be AK) are neck and wrist. Even the ilvl 55 crafted stuff is better than DL.

So technically the only slots bards should be using DL in are:

head
chest
belt
boots (smallest increase over ak gear of all pieces, so get these last)
ear
ring

However, if you do in fact get lucky with spiritbonding aetherial earrings from AV, those can be better than DL too.