evasion

Title said it, if both are same value, which is better, evasion or evasion skill?

I have been working on capping skills for my (Thief) Maat fight, but have been at a quandry as to what to get skill off of. in the past i capped it while steal farming, pulling Tough mobs to a zone after stealing, thus getting skill from their crippling strikes, but allowing Tough and greater...

Okay, this is starting to get to me now. For a very long time I have been clueless as to the details of Evasion. I think I may have asked on here before but, it obviously didn't stick in my head. It is my understanding that "Evasion Skill" being that which increases the chances of an opponent...

So I need to get my Ninja up to 37 to support the Ranger to 75. I'm pretty much decked out in all the available evasion gear right now, but I've noticed there is /nothing/ as far as upgrades go for my purposes. Is it worth using some fairly embarassing (defense wise) gear simply because of the...