This may seem like a silly question but for a dps is it better to have more stats on your armor at the cost of defensive values or is it better to have as high of a defense as you can? The reason I ask is because I normally only play the tank roles but I've been working on dps classes and I recently noticed on a higher ilvl piece of gear, that it had a leap in stats but a large drop in defense compared to what I was using. I'm not looking for end game raiding, just want to contribute in the dungeons I do as a dps. Hope this makes sense.

Thanks!