Magic Damage or Intelligence

[Klamor]

If I could widen this:
My Paladin has two Untradable Bodies she can wear
Kokoroon's Darkshell Mail - 102 Def, 102 MagicD Str9 Vit 10 Parry 9 Acc 14
Aetherial Mythril Haubergeon - 76 Def 57 MagicD Str 10 Vit 11 Acc16 Arit 15 SkillS 14
Which would you choose and why?

The Mail is higher defense and magic defense, and is actually designed for tanks to wear. The Haubergeon is high defense, with lower magic defense, and is actually intended for use by Dragoon. To answer your question, as the tank you should choose the Mail because that's what impacts your survivability the most.

For additional information. Be sure to keep in mind what color the item is as well. A Blue piece of gear (rarity) will have a higher overall strength (read: apparent power level) compared to a White piece of gear of the same item level. Along with that, High Quality gear is [obviously] superior to Normal Quality gear.

[Mholito]

For additional information. Be sure to keep in mind what color the item is as well. A Blue piece of gear (rarity) will have a higher overall strength (read: apparent power level) compared to a White piece of gear of the same item level. Along with that, High Quality gear is [obviously] superior to Normal Quality gear.

There are only really two different tiers of stats within the same item level: NQ and HQ. Any crafted gear uses either nq or hq stats depending on the quality of the item. Dungeon, raid and tomestone gear all uses the hq stat values for their ilevel. There are a few exceptions though. GC gear and Aetherial (pink) for example. They both mostly use hq stats, but they also tend to have some extra stats on them compared to other gear at the same ilevel. Relic and Anima weapons also start following their own rules later in the line.

[Klamor]

There are only really two different tiers of stats within the same item level: NQ and HQ. Any crafted gear uses either nq or hq stats depending on the quality of the item. Dungeon, raid and tomestone gear all uses the hq stat values for their ilevel. There are a few exceptions though. GC gear and Aetherial (pink) for example. They both mostly use hq stats, but they also tend to have some extra stats on them compared to other gear at the same ilevel. Relic and Anima weapons also start following their own rules later in the line.

You're basically saying the same thing as me...

[Mholito]

You're basically saying the same thing as me...

A lot of people have the misconception that the rarity of the item determines it's stats compared to the ilevel. I just wanted to make it clear that rarity is, for all intents and purposes, completely arbitrary.