Originally Posted by
Zepheron
You can bridge the desynth gap also with gear in Idyllshire. Poetics gear has 2 tiers. the lowest is a high fail rate until you get to 200 + skill. once you cap 220 you can switch to shire gear and then move on to the first tier crafted stormblood gear. It is a pain, but it will get you where you need to go. The dungeon gear first level you will need at least 235 desynth skill but then you dont care about fails because you are farming free items from then on. I hope this helps.