Equipment

[Ka1'E1]

I am sort of confused is +dex better or +agility? for a lower level 16-24 what are some good boosts?

[Yoss]

For a dragoon you want as much +dex and +accuracy equipment as possible. 2 dex = 1 accuracy, so +accuracy is better but harder to find until after lvl30.

Best bet is so start off with 2 balance rings (lvl14 +2 dex each) and the battle gloves (lvl14 +3 accuracy). Spike necklace (lvl21 +3 dex +3 str). And then start saving for the expensive stuff like leaping boots (+3 dex) or the emperors hairpin (+3 dex). Not sure what most people did about earrings, but I got a pair of the beetle +1 (Attk+3,evasion -2).

From expereince, especially if you're elvaan, get 2 balance rings...I went from hitting like 50% of the time with 1 balance ring and a spike necklace to hitting about 75-80% of the time with 2 balance rings and the spike necklace.

That was my standard equip until I hit 30, and I never noticed any accuracy issues...unless I had a mithra dragoon in the same equip fighting next to me ^^

[Weezingpipes]

DRG also gets accuracy bonus trait which seems to help a lot, so you have a slight bit of leeway with dex vs accuracy equipment in my opinion. While accuracy is important, I play an Elvaan which means craptastic dex. I'm trying to get a balance which favors dex without sacrificing too much dex for accuracy because critical hit rate is still pretty important I find. Hopefully when I have a bit more cash I can test out the difference between different combos like using Sniper Ring + 4 dex ring or 2 +4 dex rings or 2 Sniper Rings. Because of the accuracy bonus trait, my accuracy is notably better than pretty well anyone except DRG with higher dex races (Galka, Hume, Mithra), so it does give a bit of flexibility in equipment. If you are one of the higher dex lower STR races you may want to try more DEX than accuracy equipment than say an Elvaan would, basically try to get a comfortable balance of your accuracy and critical rate. While no one ever mentions it, STR might be important to for example Mithra DRG since their STR is significantly lower than Elvaan/Galka, their dex is crazy high naturally and seldom miss, it might be the best way to bolster their damage output. Presently for acc/dex gear I use Life Belt, Battle Gloves (there really are no batter gloves sadly for a long time), Brigandine, Centurion's Visor (I'd use Emporer Hairpin or at least Merc Capt. Headgear over this but eh I'm lazy ^^), +3 DEX +3 STR necklace, and 2 Ametrine rings at 52 and have few accuracy issues and crit at a comfortable rate. As mentioned Leaping Boots are great if you can endure the camp or afford them (Winged Boots are basically the same but crafted) to use until AF boots.

Also from all DRG I've talked to, no matter how much +dex or +accuracy equipment you have, they miss a lot..seems about 30-40% or so miss rate. It is just how it is, so more dex/accuracy doesn't seem to help Jump accuracy. If it does, it is fairly negligable difference.

[Riva]

As a Drg, I would ignore Agl and evasion, IT mobs don't miss very often either way.