If it's a choice between a +12.5% PD piece and FG piece I'd take FG. As it's worth having (but not wasting many SP's on), so it's never going to be your 1st piece/choice of AEQ, but it is ok for your 3rd/4th piece. IMO.
You do have the Hail Mary VA so it makes the PD% piece a lil less attractive. There is the option of dropping SAs in FG and use Natural Leader. They are both costly in the end but i think FG + Nat Leader is the higher cost way.