Stats, Caps and Gear optimization for WAR.

[Kaalan]

Well there's no point feeling like an idiot for a simple question. :P
I checked you on the lodestone, if I were you I'd just buy AF+1 legs, then AF+1 feet and use my philo to grab some mat, either keep them if you can craft yourself, or sell them and buy those accessories.

[Derza]

Losing 6 total crit, for 18 dex ( which would be roughly 2% increase in mitigation ), and 18 skill speed.

Just wanted to point out... 2% parry chance =/= 2% damage mitigation, if you had 405 str you would take 25% less damage when you parry... and 2% of 25% would be a .5% mitigation to PHYSICAL damage only, so really about .4% give or take .05% after factoring in magic damage.

[Coramac]

Ninji is right about the rings. It's pretty obvious why the ring ends up being superior. SE was lazy in their itemization and made a "DPS" ring that was all purpose- has strength and dex- so that it would work for both melee and ranged DPS. The result is it has free stat points. Dex doesn't really matter for melee DPS and strength doesn't matter for ranged DPS. Both matter to tanks and you can meld Vit onto it making it more stat efficient.

[Kaalan]

Again, yes the ring offer a little bit of extra stat, never said the opposit, but, in my server at least, it's going to cost you much more money on the melding to be on par with the rose gold one.
And don't forget that, for this DEX to be of any use, you have to "waste" 1 slot of materia for only 3 DEX.
Again, the extra DEX achieve litteraly nothing unless you hit the next wall, which you won't without using a lot of slot toward DEX, just for an extra 1% chance of parrying, which will reduce by 25% the damage, and works only with physical damage. (so, basically, verry little mitigation)
I'd rather just go for the tank one, stay at 211 DEX and use those slot for something else.

But again, the point is valide, and that's why I talked about it in the OP, the problem wasn't this, it was the attitude.

[Kaalan]

Updated OP with new information thanks to Ninjiitstu's thread with tested numbers this time. It is now clear that more DEX is a good thing so I'll suggest full DPS acc now.
Also replaced "cap" by "threshold" to avoid any confusion.

[ByakkoSeven]

I feel like a free loader doing this but search has failed me, can someone point me in the right direction for PLD stat calculations? Looking for some data on tests for PLD's and a good baseline to start my own testing. Thanks! ^^

[javid]

I don't know how slash resistance works. but I am convinced that elemental resistance gives you a chance to completely resist an elemental attack. with melds I have 293 earth and i've resisted mountain buster from titan twice!! Also for sure storm eye increase dmg out...so maybe more slash res will reduce dmg.

[Krenen]

Hey guys,

I MT Titan since a few days and its still a hard time, always people dying when P5 comes.

But i take HEAVY dmg too even when i manage my CD pretty ok

Found this thread and i think i wanna cry lol, i went FULL vita, on acc i use all the Darklight acc + one ring of fending.

So as far as i understood from what u guys said i look fine on the left side (armors + weap) but my acc are pretty fail coz i am VERY far from any cap.
What would be your advice to improve my gear right now ? know i went 30 vit with the free points.

Thanks all and have fun !

[Krenen]

Character is

Akha Lothbrok (LICH)

[Kaalan]

This is about optimization. You have way enough gear for Titan. That fact that you take a lot of damage is simply that, well, you're a WAR.
Works your rotation, always have a self heal answer to moutain buster while doing your best to keep 5 stacks of wrath, watch a couple video aswell it might help.