Quote Originally Posted by Stormfur View Post
I play a samurai, and everyone tells me there are different pieces of gear that are best in slot. I know I should go for pieces with Direct Hit and Crit, but I've crafted all my own 230 gear and penta-melded it with relevant materia - but I'm told that's still not good enough and that stuff like the Ala Migan coat is better.

Help!
BiS is a mathematical meta designed specifically for min-maxing of stats in order to optimize the output (damage typically, but can also be healing and such) of a particular job. The issue with trying to be "BiS", though, is that it can actually be situational to the fight so one duty can have one BiS build while another can have a different BiS build. On top of this, you generally only need to be BiS for 2 things: FFLogs and Savage progression raiding. If you're not doing either of these than BiS doesn't much matter.

All of that being said, if you want to figure out your BiS you can always use the tools on http://ffxiv.ariyala.com