The Tank DPS Thread

[ZDamned]

Heavy Allagan Stats with the Battleaxe. (Best case scenario for Marauder)

Strength: - 143
Vitality: - 161
Parry: - 105
Accuracy: - 107
Determination: - 53
Skill Speed: - 0

AF2 Stats with Bravura +1

Strength: - 143
Vitality: - 161
Parry: - 125
Accuracy: - 66
Determination: - 39
Skill Speed: - 41

Warrior is also boosted more strength from the crystal, AND has the ability to mix and Match gear, Swapping the boots out from AF2 for Allagan.

AF2+Allagan Boots (Bravura +1)

Strength: - 143
Vitality: - 161
Parry: - 119
Accuracy: - 45
Determination: - 50
Skill Speed: - 41

AF2+Allagan Boots (Allagan Battleaxe)

Strength: - 143
Vitality: - 161
Parry: - 82
Accuracy: - 82
Determination: - 68
Skill Speed: - 15

It's safe to say Blood for Blood and Raging Strikes are not going to make up for those consistent stats. Marauder just doesn't have access to the gear.

(Edit adding the Warrior stats with Allagan battleaxe.)

[Stormx]

As you are correct, MRD has more variety in gear, the fact MRD with garuda axe parses within 15% of WAR with AF2 and Bravura. I'm going to say MRD with Allagan axe will more than close the dps gap.

Raging strikes and blood for blood is a much higher dps difference than you are giving it credit for.

[Sigrunn]

DPS MRD w/Titan Axe

http://i.imgur.com/0zfHTzV.jpg

[Gamemako]

Heavy Allagan Stats with the Battleaxe. (Best case scenario for Marauder)

The largest contributor to a DPS difference is going to be the +10 strength from the job crystal. The difference with Allagan vs. AF+1 mix is pretty negligible. You're not losing much on the +ACC -- you will need circa +140 for T5 anyway, and there are options for every slot without +ACC in them. So yeah, the only place you're really losing out on stat points is the additional parry over mix-and-match. Everything else has valuable points in valuable places.

//EDIT: Also, you're HUGELY overestimating the value of secondary stats, which are an order of magnitude weaker than primary stats.