Question about the weathered auroral gear via tomes

Hey everyone quick question. Bard is my primary, so as soon as I hit 50 I didn't go too far because I did Ifrit hard first and sucked at it so would just do low level roulette to get tomes and then keep at it doing Ifrit to top up my tomes when I'd only need a few more. Was a good way to see how I was improving as going through it without dying was like a success, then Garuda, Titan etc. On my Bard I have the whole weathered gear set from Revenants Toll just at ilvl 100 still. I just unlocked World of Darkness so can upgrade them that way also. Anyway I have like 1200 tomes now as I still do Bard while leveling my WHM. Was just wondering though with the expansion coming I don't know how that affects things, but is it worth spending those tomes on my WHM to gear up? Or is it better to run dungeons instead? By the time I hit 50 with WHM I'm sure I'll have at least 2000 tomes since doing story quest roulette usually has a new person then it's like 220 tomes. Just don't want to waste them so wanted to see if it's worth it using them for WHM gear since I'll be at the 2000 cap soon, or if there's better gear I should focus on instead? Thanks!

I would have the gear ready if you can. Although, if you get really close to capping soldiery, you could always spend it on the materials in the "other" section. That can net you some gil.

Great thanks I just didn't want to get all the tomes and upgrade the WHM gear and then the expansion comes out or something and now they aren't really worth it anymore or whatever, or wasn't sure if they can be spent on other things etc. Thanks!

If you have nothing else to spend Sold on, I'd recommend getting the gear for healer to give you a stepping stone into the next tier of content. Once you hit 50 on healer, the dynamics of a dungeon change dramatically and the less of a gear divide there is between yourself and the rest of the party (specifically the tank) the better off you'll be.

Great thanks that's what I figured, and that's why I wanted them because even as Bard it was hard doing the level 50 stuff without good gear especially low vitality, and Healer is way harder so wanted to be ready to go when I hit it. 41 now, getting there! :)