Originally Posted by
KageTokage
There is a rather glaring disparity in the gear requirements for the level 60 RDM/SAM quests vs. the other level 60 job quests; the reason being that when they released the "normal" ilvl at that point in the game's life was much higher then it was for the other jobs due to level 60 vendor gear being available and what not. The same also applies to the level 60 introductory quests for some of the SB questlines like WAR as well as the level 70 DNC/GNB (Which expect you to be in the ShB level 70 gear at minimum).
I was rather caught off-guard by how badly the SAM quest floored me when I tried jumping into it immediately after hitting 60 like I did with all of the other jobs, but simply upgrading to shire gear fixed that.