Quote Originally Posted by Gamemako View Post
Ha, you're totally right. For some reason, I looked at them and saw the same stats as the previous tier. Sort of a facepalm-worthy mistake, innit? Yeah, if you're prioritizing VIT over all else, then you'll want the Allagan axe. The feet also go back to Allagan, resulting in -31 parry and +4 VIT over the previous set. You'll have +18 ACC as well, which is meaningless when you're already at cap, but you maximized parry after VIT anyway.

Allagan Battleaxe
Allagan helm
Warrior chest
Warrior arms
Allagan belt
Warrior legs
Allagan feet
Allagan neck
Allagan ears
Hero wrists
Allagan ring
Hero ring



That was never really the point. Melded accessories offer you the highest mitigation, and also offer higher damage output and recovery from attack-based abilities (Bloodbath, Second Wind, Inner Beast) to boot. It would also let you progress more evenly since 3/5 BIS accessories are random drops and only accessible once you have a pretty high gear level. The enmity is there and all, but you never needed it at that gear level in the first place.
Since I don't have the WAR body yet (but have the other pieces for your BiS minus right side) I can't say if i prefer to lose on the dps stats over the VIT/Parry without testing them out. I know a MT's focus is suitability and holding aggro, but I'm a firm believer that there's a soft ceiling to effectively doing your job, and being able to do your job as well as put out numbers.

On that note; I've had great luck with my left side drops, but I've gotten only one right side, and it's the one piece not BiS for vit/parry maxing, which is part of the reason i got so interested in the crafted gears.

Secondly, using numbers i got from my DPS friend, the values of STR vs Crit on the allagan legs the crit comes out on top by a bit; wouldn't the allagan legs be a slight bit better than warrior?