Getting LvL 90- 110 gear for my Bard.

Hello All, didn't know really where to post this question, so I took a chance here.

I have a question, kinda of complex: I have a Level 50 Bard w/ item level of 70. Now he has been at this level since the launch of Heavensward. My next dungeon is Snowcloak but of course I cant do it until I'm item level 80. I know I have to go through the dungeons to get higher gear but once I get the gear & do Snowcloak, will the main story offer high level gear 90-110 while doing the main story quests? Especially since items level 100 & 110 gear are no longer for sell @ mor dhona

Reason why I asking, is because I created a new character a dragoon prior to Heavensward. After Heavenward I launch I started using this new character. And I notice after finishing up the 2.0 story line, all the 70-110 gear items were made available when doing the main story quest. Right now my Dragoon is Item Level 108. I'm about 6 quests away from finishing 2.55 story & enter into Heavensward!

I believe all i90 gear is awarded via MSQ, from what I've read on the forums. Someone will likely confirm, but I believe this to now be the case. Snowcloack, Sastash HM and Qarn HM also drop tokens for i90 gear, but since you need i80 gear to even begin those dungeons you have a few paths open to you. One option, if your goal is to get into Snowcloak, is to run Hullbreaker Isle, Tam-Tara HM and Stone Vigil HM, which all award ilevel 80 gear. That would be the slightly tedious way to gear up for Snowcloak. You could also run Labyrinth of the Ancients, if people are still queuing up for that. LotA dropps i80 gear. All that said I would skip all of that and simply buy the new Heavensward i115 crafted gear. If you know someone with Heavensward they can buy the gear very inexpensively from vendors in Foundation. Or you can simply go to the Market Board for crafted i115. The level requirement is 50, so you'll have no trouble wearing it. It will save you time grinding and allow you to complete your MSQ toward getting into Heavensward.

You can also farm Poetics for 120 gear. Or the 100 (upgradeable to 110) armour and jewelry that used to come from Soldiery is still available for Allied Seals (though I'm not sure what happened to the corresponding weapons — haven't seen them since 3.0 came). So you could farm both tomes and seals 'til you can gear up in some combination of 100 / 110 / 120 gear.

For a weapon, the Relic quest and first couple upgrades can get you to 100 pretty easily, even if you do want to stop before the really grindy or expensive upgrade steps kick in.

Go to the market board and buy your bard the HW i115 white gear, high quality if you can afford it.

thanks guys