Quote Originally Posted by Elusana_Celah View Post
What Dement said, if you want to achieve optimum stats and don't have the money or desire to farm gil to go the crafted route, mixing and matching dread / ironworks is the way to go.

Just make sure you glamor yourself up so you don't look like a clown with all that mismatched gear lol.
Less than one month to Heavensward, i wouldn't recommand anyone to buy any upgrade stuff, as you're probably gonna get some from the new expansion for free at higher level.