Dagger Armor

I did a search and couldn't find anything.

I'm just curious what is the typical dagger class armor progression?
Specifically AW.

I don't seem to hear much about them anymore. Are they that bad now? Would a BD be a better overall class in comparison? If so what is their armor progression? (Comp -> Doom -> Tallum?)

Thanks in advance.

For an AW I would go with p.def which would be: Theca, BW, NM.
In my opinion there are no specific "dagger" armor for a-grade.
some choose majestic just for the 50% stun resist. and some choose doom for B grade just for the dex bonus.

And no. Daggers aren't bad at all now. C5 has been a strong chronichle for daggers. I don't know about the upcoming chronicle tho.

My side of the coin. Hope it helps :)

In my opinion

Plated/Theca/Drake for CG, just chooses what stat you want to focus on

BW/Zubei for BG, BW has great P def, Zubei gives needed evasion, Doom sucks...for any class in light.

Nightmare or DC in AG...DC for pure power, NM for VR effect that can give the edge.

I don't seem to hear much about them anymore. Are they that bad now? Would a BD be a better overall class in comparison? If so what is their armor progression? (Comp -> Doom -> Tallum?)

Not really, the general sets used are Full Plate or Composite => Blue Wolf or Zubei =>Tallum or Majestic.
BD's and AW's are different classes with different purposes. If you solo a lot, AW; if you party a lot, BD.

solo a lot: pl/doom/dc

grouped and pvp a lot pl/doom/nm

get to know some BD/se's as either of these will make any set really shine.

If you PvE:
CG: Plater leather
BG: Plated leather (or doom if you realy realy want that pdef)
AG: DC light (best PvE set, maj/nm is for PvP)

I think it largely depends on your adena reserves. For C-grade Plated leather is the top choice but it costs more than a B-grade set. An alternative would be theca (+Pdef) or mithril (+Evasion). The last one is better combined with +DEX tatoos (for the evasion based route). On B-grade there is also Zubei's (for +evasion) and Doom (+Patk, +MP regen.rate). BW gives more Pdef and Mdef (due to +MEN). In A-grade DC seems to be the best and maybe nightmare (3% VR plus the hold resistance)

For C-grade go Theca if you solo, you'll get pounded a lot and the -HP from PL is noticable. PL for grouping. Get DS + Focus.

B-grade go Doom. With +5 DEX -3 STR -2 CON you'll be critting a lot and landing stabs more often, without taking too much off regular damage or HP. Get Kris + Focus.

A-grade... I'm going DC set and BO + Focus for PvE. Maj set and SS + Crit Dmg for PvP.

Pleated Leather is a nice armor for ANY melee even without mastereis.

Anyhow the +4 STR give so much more bonus then any extra P.def or HP would give, why? Because you have so much more damage, you kill faster, and hence take less damage because of that. Not only that as I said you kill faster, and yep better XP.