Some Advice?~

[Espon]

I would of asked for help killing the adds if you needed it. Most of the time in AK though, I see everyone killing the adds.

Your gear doesn't look bad for the content that you're trying and a level 55 weapon is more than fine for AK or Ifrit. If you've already defeated Ifrit, I would recommend doing Garuda or Mog for their weapon for the added ilvl. For a DPS class, CT only requires the bare minimum to complete (half the people in there are probably spiritbinding junk anyways) so I would recommend doing that to get something before the end of the week. The main thing is pretty much not dying and you'll get the job done.

If you think you're still not doing enough damage then maybe you need to take a look at how you're using your skills and if there's anything that can be done to improve upon it.

Can the golem adds be stunned? If you can, then get Heavy Thrust and/or Disembowel up and you'll do a *lot* more damage to them. Worst to worst, get Heavy Thrust up from the boss when you see an add coming. And make sure you do the combos. Sounds silly to say but it's very common for Dragoons to not do them. Don't forget to use your Jumps between GCDs and power them up when you can. Now, you won't be able to do the Impulse to Chaos combo if you can't get behind it (unless you take a pot shot to the boss and finish the combo off on the add), but True Thrust to....the name totally escaped me....(with Life Surge if you can) will take a big chunk out of its life. Try to avoid Blood for Blood if your healer isn't good, but if you can count on him/her, it'll help.

Golems can be stunned, however they should never be targetting a DPS unless the tank is doing a pretty miserable job.

[Shirana]

@Espon
It's not that I didn't ask for help, it's just what i was told to do for the 3 attempts we tried it and I could not keep them dead like I was told to .-.
Was told I should be able to do it on my own with good gears but I could not. So I feel like I let our group down lol
It was my first time so idk what you're suppose to do, I just did as I was told by the tank

Edit:
@KikInperi - that's how I am 8D rarely talk in public but I help people and explain tactics and such. The bad experiences I had were with parties that I told I was new to said content but they all ignore me/don't tell me tactics but happily shout at me if I mess something up lol

[Espon]

@Espon
It's not that I didn't ask for help, it's just what i was told to do for the 3 attempts we tried it and I could not keep them dead like I was told to .-.
Was told I should be able to do it on my own with good gears but I could not. So I feel like I let our group down lol
It was my first time so idk what you're suppose to do, I just did as I was told by the tank

The thing is, you don't have good gear yet so they're expecting too much from you. Every time I run AK, I quickly pick up and tank golems and the 2 DPS burn it down quickly; no matter how good their gear is. If they were smart, they would of recognized that their strategy wasn't working and adapted. It's not like this boss has some kind of time limit, either.

Another boss in AK this can apply to is Demon Wall. While it's possible to kill it before the gnats spawn with great gear, if I clearly see that we're nowhere close to winning after the second Repel, I'll tell them to kill them since otherwise the fight will likely be too chaotic. It's pointless to keep trying a particular strat if people lack the gear for it.

[Shirana]

@Espon
Eh well sadly I didn't know any better. I did what I was told. 3 wipes later tank said we lack DPS, voted abandon and it passed so we quit and I felt guilty for it :x
for all I knew that is what is suppose to be done for that boss. I was left on my own to DPS each one 100% of the time and off tank each one at the same time 75-85% ish of the time which meant our one healer was healing two tanks lol of course I used buffs and such to make it easier but I really don't like being any sort of tank while on a squishy character >.>

[TrystWildkey]

Golems can be stunned, however they should never be targetting a DPS unless the tank is doing a pretty miserable job.

Wait, wait wait. I am really sorry to jump in the thread like this, especially since I don't have any advice for the OP sorry dude ><

I've run AK twice, as pld. The first time, I couldn't make it past Demon Wall. I was told to ignore the adds, but then after my failure, someone else told me to ignore the wall and grab the adds >< So, the second run I got through it, but my LS helped and I'm pretty sure they carried me through it (which makes me feel bad).

Regarding the golems, I was also told to completely ignore them as the tank, and just keep the soulflayer behind a pillar. Was that wrong??

[Espon]

Wait, wait wait. I am really sorry to jump in the thread like this, especially since I don't have any advice for the OP sorry dude ><

I've run AK twice, as pld. The first time, I couldn't make it past Demon Wall. I was told to ignore the adds, but then after my failure, someone else told me to ignore the wall and grab the adds >< So, the second run I got through it, but my LS helped and I'm pretty sure they carried me through it (which makes me feel bad).

Regarding the golems, I was also told to completely ignore them as the tank, and just keep the soulflayer behind a pillar. Was that wrong??

The only golem that should be ignored is the big one that marches through the middle of the room. The other two should be picked up, however, as it keeps them off DPS and the healer, and allows certain abilities to spread their damage, such as Bane. Another bonus is that you can also stun them to prevent the AoE attacks they do.