How to Dragoon per Second: A DPS Paradigm

[MarinDoDouce]

Hello,

My dragoon is my only job, and I try to have the best stuff, as everyone. But I don't know how to choose between different gears. For example for feet, I have :
+ Prototype Alexandrian Sollerets : IL 250 / STR 89 / ACCU 72 / VIT 98 / CRIT 51
+ Shire Pathfinder Sollerets : IL 260 / STR 96 / CRIT 76 / VIT 107 / SS 53
+ Diabolic Sabaton of Maiming : IL 260 / STR 96 / ACCU 76 / VIT 107 / DET 51

I know that STR is very important, as CRIT and DET. So how can I make a choice ?
Thanks for advices

[aleph_null]

Hello,

My dragoon is my only job, and I try to have the best stuff, as everyone. But I don't know how to choose between different gears. For example for feet, I have :
+ Prototype Alexandrian Sollerets : IL 250 / STR 89 / ACCU 72 / VIT 98 / CRIT 51
+ Shire Pathfinder Sollerets : IL 260 / STR 96 / CRIT 76 / VIT 107 / SS 53
+ Diabolic Sabaton of Maiming : IL 260 / STR 96 / ACCU 76 / VIT 107 / DET 51

I know that STR is very important, as CRIT and DET. So how can I make a choice ?
Thanks for advices

There's this thing called "stat weight" which pretty much gives a value for crit/det/sks in terms of str. Check Dervy's site for details: https://dervyxiv.wordpress.com/stat-weights/

Then you can use Ariyala's website (http://ffxiv.ariyala.com/DRG) and click on the BiS solver to show stat weights for every piece.

[MarinDoDouce]

Thanks , its exactly what i needed.

[Sentinillia]

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It's 99% of the time the best to go with the piece with the highest STR value. There are some cases where a piece of gear will be loaded with enough bad stats for a lower ilevel item to be better but this is rare.
If you don't feel like consulting a website whenever you're choosing a piece of gear (which you should, mind you, if you want the most out of your resources) there's a simplified priority list of stats:

ACC(up to 699)>STR>CRIT>DET>SKSP

Looking at stat-weight alone for a single piece of gear can be deceiving as it doesn't account for accuracy and massive spikes/drops in skill speed which can make it worse that it looks on paper. Not having enough accuracy makes all your other stats worth less since you aren't actually hitting your target and having too much or too little of skill speed can mess up your rotation big time. Linking your full gear set would be helpful when looking for gear-related advice.