Importance of Gear

Ok, so its been a long timex since I actively played, I just got back in a few weeks ago and was continueing on with my BRD, in all honestly, until close to endgame does gear matter outside of what drops from MSQ or Duty Finder? Just wanting to know so I can figure out where to put my focus on.

I've played off and on for years but this is honestly the farthest I've been (I'm just in post ARR, not even to HW yet)

You can clear the normal content by rolling your forehead over your keyboard.
No, it doesn't matter. Gear only matters in the content you actually get it from (Savage and extremes) Which usually boils down to the current 4 savage fights and an extreme.
You just have to roll your forehead over your keyboard a bit less in normal content once you get better gear.
FF's endgame is very shallow compared to that of some other MMO's unfortunately, and a lot more niche than in, say, World of Warcraft. Where the endgame is the main appeal, and where the game begins.

I did all of the Endwalker MSQ (until the free lv89 gear handout) using Nier raid gear so it cant matter that much

When you're doing the story there is very little concern to be paid to the gear - For the most part, the MSQ will naturally take you through the gearing process to where it isn't really a concern - You may bump into some issues with accessories since those are typically awarded through side-quests and dungeons - But you can get tomestone gear once you reach the appropriate level caps for the expansion, which will last you long enough until the level cap of the next expansion (Plus whatever drops you get from doing the dungeons.

Just equip what you can when it awards you with gear, and you'll be fine.

For each expansion, you will get free "base level endgame" gear from your job quests (so keep up with those) and then a second higher IL set from post-credits MSQ. on top of that you can buy the top-tier tomestone gear yourself, and levelling dungeons are guaranteed to drop at least one piece of gear that you need per run.

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Originally Posted by GoatOfWar

You can clear the normal content by rolling your forehead over your keyboard.
No, it doesn't matter. Gear only matters in the content you actually get it from (Savage and extremes) Which usually boils down to the current 4 savage fights and an extreme.
You just have to roll your forehead over your keyboard a bit less in normal content.
FF's endgame is very shallow compared to that of some other MMO's unfortunately, and a lot more niche than in, say, World of Warcraft. Where the endgame is the main appeal, and where the game begins.

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Yea I played WoW for years and your right about that.

Ok cool was just wanting to make sure I wasn't basically setting myself up for failure by not ether buying gear via the market boards or taking the time to grind out some gear with ether Duty Finder or taking the time to produce it myself, my BRD is sitting at LV 56 currently and its not like I'm really runnign into any trouble unless I mess up by staring off screen for a hot minute.

Kaurhz, thanks for mentioning accessories, I had noticed a lost of the post ARR quests drops a crap ton of accessories, most of which I have just turned into the Immortal Flames.

And once I reach endgame (whcih i know will be a few months off but) I will then turn to figure out the best routes for gear. Post ARR is slwoly draining my ability to function do to the low exp and just filler stuff.

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Originally Posted by Iscah

For each expansion, you will get free "base level endgame" gear from your job quests (so keep up with those) and then a second higher IL set from post-credits MSQ. on top of that you can buy the top-tier tomestone gear yourself, and levelling dungeons are guaranteed to drop at least one piece of gear that you need per run.

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Yea not gonna lie, I didn't find out until last night were a vendor was for those and by the time I even noticed that was a thing I was capped on tomestones lol

It's not super important but you will have people complaining that your in 83lvl gear in a 85-86lvl dungeon. More so if you're tanking. About halfway or so between leveling in expansions is a good time to update your gear. Post lvl expansion item sync is more then enough for non savage+.

Each dungeon has a minimum item level. Sure, for EXs and savage you want to push your ilevel as high as possible, but for anything else, min ilevel is fine.

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Originally Posted by Bsrking5

It's not super important but you will have people complaining that your in 83lvl gear in a 85-86lvl dungeon. More so if you're tanking. About halfway or so between leveling in expansions is a good time to update your gear. Post lvl expansion item sync is more then enough for non savage+.

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Yea, I was thinking about that actually, as far as tanking goes I fully plan on waiting until after I've made it through to endgame before going back to level up the tanking classes (or healing for that matter) and by that time and have even better gear understanding I will make sure to have the best Ilvl possible before attempting those, mostly becuase it doesn't bother me so much if I die, but If I cause the direct death of another player I actually feel bad.