Originally Posted by
Chillee
Of course that would be the case for belt and boots, since they have more dps and cdr than plate, and none of those pieces have hate. IMO, courageous shoulders/wrists hate is better than the little dps boost you get from conq wrist/shoulder for a guardian.
The only real question at that point is whether conq hands with all the crit or guard hands, and then it would probably depend on the boss' resistance.
Also, if you wear too much conq gear, you'll fall below 55% mit for t4 on aggressive guard builds, which IMO is more important for a guard since they don't have dt lifetaps and quick c/d on bubble like a conq does. Unless you have a really heavy mitigation build, which would defeat the purpose of stacking crit and dmg anyway.
I also don't think it worked out for DTs and conqs the same way the dev posted above. 1% hate on a DT or conq does not equal the aggro of say 2.5% more dps, which is why all the conqs prefer the 2h sword from the entity vs. the one from memory cloud. IMO, the only reason a conq or dt should wear the guard gear is survivability.