Hey everyone, looking for your opinion.

I recently returned to the game late August after a year hiatus and am still playing catch up. I'm putting off all of Alexander until I've completed everything else all the content patches have added since I've been away, much like I did with Binding Coil. I was wondering, in your opinion, should I put off Alexander and do gear grinding or start tackling it?
I'm a DRG with all my 210 dragonlancers gear, plus a 200 ardent ring. Should I start going for the 230 Slipstream or Yafaemi sets, go the whole hog and wait until Augmented Slipstream, or is the Dragonlancer set good enough for DPS checks, if present? I understand the weapons require drops from Alexander, but I'm just talking the armor sets.