Quote Originally Posted by Hawklaser View Post
Thanks, so best option after putzing around leveling some odd jobs for subjob use to familiarize with the game and snagging some trust summons, would be using sparks to get initial gear for over 99. No idea how far the 56k I have just from turn ins had ready will get me, as haven't looked too far into it currently.

So on Trusts, should go back and revisit notable NPCs from done missions, like guessing could get one from tavnazia due to having CoP done.

As long as its not as bad as aby with the needing to be over geared and with lots of atma to initially gear up solo should be fine. As kind of end up in a catch 22 if need super high gear to farm alright gear.
Just talk to a sparks npc and browse thru the lv99+ category. And yes, you get Ulmia for clearing CoP. She is great :3

Well, that Catch22 is there because there is very very little in this game that was actually designed to be solo'd. You need to be overgeared to compensate for the 5+ other players that you are lacking. XD

It's not quite as bad as what you are thinking though, since trusts perform around the level of an SoA geared 119 player (with a strict/limited understanding of their jobs.) It is sometimes simpler to solo+trusts than fullparty certain content even. Your trusts' levels are dependent on your ilvl, so you do kinda need both in order to play effectively.