SC Conq Weapon or Dominator first?

[TenTonHammer]

So reading through all of this, what if your an mdps like a choppa, how do you suggest gearing?

Ive talked to people ingame and theyve told me to go 2,2,2 in terms of set with Ruin/Beastlord, Merc, Dom

to maximize 2 set +str bonus and subju weapons for procs

[Darosh]

So reading through all of this, what if your an mdps like a choppa, how do you suggest gearing?

Ive talked to people ingame and theyve told me to go 2,2,2 in terms of set with Ruin/Beastlord, Merc, Dom

to maximize 2 set +str bonus and subju weapons for procs

Spoiler:

Pretty accurate, even tho you can divert from 2/2/2 - especially once you get the fancy stuff, or alternatively a fix 6man that can feed you whatever you need. I'd personally drop Ruin the very second I get just about any kind of critfeed ~ 3/3 conq/dom works quite well for the woundsstack, too.
Alternatively 5/1 conq/BL for the BL str/ws boni (cloak, pocket, helm/chest/shoulder, ring), the wounds and the toughness debuff (that basically translates to 100str ~ it doesn't stack with other toughness debuffs, but it has a constant uptime).

As to SC weapons vs SC gear, unless you plan on playing super-deftard Mara - or a CHO/SL for roaming purposes - the weapons still don't make much of a difference, all things considered. You are better off investing in/saving for dominator pieces to mix-and-match sets, especially if you don't have conq yet ~ dominator makes for <excellent> placeholders. I wouldn't run a full set of dominator, but iirc the bubble proc (with avg. 6k HP, the 180ish bubble is like a 3% heal, basically) has no ICD, so that might be fancy for deftard/roaming purposes - you can still mix-and-match 5/1 with it, or 4/2 it for the armor.
There are plenty of ways to gear mdps, with Mara as always getting the best of everything.

Abbd.: Wounds setboni are really, really fancy. Just saying. Moreso, certain lair gear is incredible...

TLDR: Min/max'ing depends on your respective resources/format. I'd collect as much gear as possible to have things to swap to depending on setups/upcoming sets and changes/test specs/yadayada ~ moreso, I wouldn't spend emblems just yet... with the Onslaught set at the doorstep, there might come new weapons/jewelries (as purple/blue bag rewards for the PQs) yadayada, too. You never know [saving emblems for future-future stuff > spending emblems for things that are potentially outdone by upcoming changes].