Fresh 70 and Shadowbringers iLvL

Hello FFXIV community!


I started FF14 a couple of weeks ago to join my friends, and I reached 70 yesterday.
As a WoW refugee, I really love the game so far. I feel a bit bad because I should had start FFXIV earlier. :D

As you know Shadowbringers will release soon but I've some concerns about:
I'm only iLvL 300 now and I would like to start the new expansion at its release day... But I read that post-Stormblood last MSQs, require and iLvL 360 and I must complete them in order to get access to Shadowbringer MSQ (or maybe I'm wrong ?)

So is there a way to get iLvL 360 faster or are there any cath-up mechanics ? I would consider to buy skip potions but I don't know if the new ones will be available at launch.
My goal is just beeing able to play Shadowbringers the 28th june and not weeks after.


Thanks. :)

Just play the MSQ. The post leveling MSQ isn't so long.
For Gear you can buy ilvl 380 from the Marketboard or you just buy tome gear along the way you complete the MSQ.
The lower tomestone gear is ilvl 360 and you will earn many tomestones on your way through the MSQ and maybe unlocking the rest of the dungeons.
It's still more then 3 weeks till Shadowbringers launch and enough time to get some decent gear and complete the post leveling MSQ to be ready for the next expanson.

Just wanted to add this link: https://ffxiv.consolegameswiki.com/w..._70_Gear_Guide

I find it pretty neat as I can see tiers of gear and where they are from, then you can decide the steps you'll take to get to the ilvl you desire.

As Legion88 said you can always buy crafted gear to get an iLvl good enough for the expansion that is also very easy to get if you have the gil. But depending on the time you want to put in you can also easily get some other good quality gear without spending any gil.

Thank for your replies.

Buy iLvL 380 items from the Marketboard is not really an option for me, I just have 1.5 Mil of gils and I would to save a bit.

Get tomes. Spend tomes.

If you do MSQ get that done no matter what. Tack on a daily lvl 70 Roulette, change that to Expert Roulette when you get it unlocked, and on days you can do Alliance Raid Roulette. Doing just that between now and like June 20th, you will easily make it to i370+

Tho without the MSQ being done, you are not touching Shadowbringers on day 1. Gear tho, that can be handled in as little as 25min a day.

you mentioned starting a few weeks ago to join friends...are any of them crafters? You don't necessarily have to buy crafted gear if you have friends.

Jump on a hunt train, and Centurio seals can get you up to 340, I think. Weekly B rank hunt bill helps with that. Remember HW hunts also give seals, so, shouldn't be too long to get that far. From there, just spend whatever Genesis tomes you've got on Scaeven 390, and spend Mendacity on Ryumyaku 360.

Between seals and tomes from that, plus whatever tomes you can scrape together from dungeons/roulettes, shouldn't have much trouble meeting minimum.

These are just easy mode options. Obviously you've also got dungeon drops that can help with that, or do some raids, whatever. But seals/tomes just kinda happens on as you go anyway, so, simple way to upgrade.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by groothewandrr

...

---

Unfortunatly, no one among them have enough crafting level to make any high end items. Also, they are relatively new to FFXIV.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Hasrat

...

---

About Centurio seals, best items are 330. I do some today to remplace my rings, collar, etc... Indeed, it's a good idea to start.
Ok nice, it's crystal clear now. :)

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Crowzer

About Centurio seals, best items are 330. I do some today to remplace my rings, collar, etc... Indeed, it's a good idea to start.
Ok nice, it's crystal clear now. :)

---

Yeah, but, like you said, is a start. Any upgrade can be nice. Don't forget, you can also buy the items to upgrade the 330 to Augmented 340 with seals as well.

One additional thing that came to mind: Wouldn't be a bad idea to hold onto your Poetics as well. If you've got a good stash of them, when expansion launches, all the Genesis/Mendacity items should be available for Poetics. So, by then if you're still missing some stuff and didn't have enough to upgrade to Scaeven, you should be well set to buy all you need with Poetics at launch.

Although, thinking about it, you're still looking to hit 360 before then, so you can run MSQ all the way through, so, maybe that's just a "just in case you don't quite make it" idea.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Crowzer

Thank for your replies.

Buy iLvL 380 items from the Marketboard is not really an option for me, I just have 1.5 Mil of gils and I would to save a bit.

---

Even if you can't buy everything off the MB, snagging an ilvl380 weapon off of there would help a lot, as weapons tend to be the hardest gear to upgrade. Not sure what they're running for on Cerberus currently, but I usually see them going for 50k or less, which should still leave you plenty of gil left over (and running roulettes will help build that back up relatively quickly). Just make sure it's High Quality - look for a glow to the weapon's appearance and a little HQ marker next to its name.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Hasrat

...

---

Oh ok ! I didn't know that I can use any Poetics for old previous gear. Good to know, and if I cannot reach iLvL 360 before Shadowbringers, I have an another option.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Seraph522

...

---

I tried to look after of MB but I didn't find any and even other gear (or maybe I didn't use the MB correctly) and yes if I can find a weapon for around 50K I'll buy for sure.

To find gear on the marketboard, you just click the button for your weapon type or gear piece on the left side of the menu, and it will give you a list of everything you can buy for your currently equipped class.

I agree with the others - buy your i380 crafted weapon from the marketboard, since that's the slowest piece of equipment to upgrade through other means. (Endgame dungeons normally drop armour, but no weapons.)

Spending tomes will be your quickest way to start getting "strong enough" gear, and roulettes are your best route for earning tomes. Now that you're at Lv70, the daily roulettes that previously gave you EXP bonuses now have tomes instead.

Mendacity tomes will buy you i360 gear, so just that will be enough to get you through to the end of the game - and you should be able to get some stronger Genesis items and dungeon drops along the way.

Don't feel like you have to stop following the MSQ until you've geared up, though - once you're past the Stormblood credits, the next dungeon only requires (from memory) i310, and it increases gradually.

Make sure you unlock all the side dungeons so you can run the Lv70 roulette for more tomes:
- Temple of the Fist (Rhalgr's Reach)
- Fractal Continuum Hard (RR)
- Kugane Castle (Kugane, outside the Ruby Bazaar office)
- Hells' Lid and the Swallow's Compass (part of the Four Lords questline, which branches off the post-Stormblood MSQ)

Also St Mocianne's Arboretum Hard, which I think was also unlocked from Rhalgr's Reach and is required for "expert" roulette along with some MSQ dungeons.


You can also do the Ivalice raid quests as an alternate way to get gear (the first quest 'Dramatis Personae' is in the marketplace at Kugane), or the Omega raids (from RR) which are more like trials.

What you read was correct, the final group instance for the expansion has a listed requirement of ilvl 360. With that said, its possible to bypass that restriction. In order to que via the duty finder and get matched with random people you need that level gear. But if you bring a full party then those requirements are waived(it also waives the role requirements - if your group wants to try to clear the dungeon with a non-standard composition feel free). So if you cant quite get your gear there in time and your friends dont mind carrying you a little then you can still get that last instance done before early access. But youre going to need that gear for the expansion anyway, so keep working at it.

Haha, I was a bit blind on how to use MB. But unfortunately, all i380 crafted items are pretty expensive for me (400-500k) and the book (weapon) for summoner is around 550k...

And yes daily roulette is indeed good for getting tome. I "faming" the PvP one because no matter what, you still gain 20 Genesis and 50 Mendacity after each games.



Actuallya and for MSQs, I thought each quests on had an iLvL requirement. Now, I'm starting 4.3 questline and still requirement so far (except for dungeon, like Iscah said).

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Crowzer

Actually and for MSQs, I thought each quests on had an iLvL requirement. Now, I'm starting 4.3 questline and still requirement so far (except for dungeon, like Iscah said).

---

Yeah, the quests don't have iLvL requirements - although I actually think it'd be better for story pacing if they did.

If you're in 4.3 you'll want to be... i335, I think? (need to check that) before you get on the boat to the castrum, because that eventually leads to a battle instance with a dramatic lead-up that's a bit disappointing to get rejected from if your gear isn't high enough! A level check before that point would be ideal.

(Apparently post-Heavensward had a similar issue where you could get blocked from proceeding to the Final Steps of Faith battle.)


If you can't get your crafted grimoire, the Lost Allagan i330 weapons are the highest "easy to purchase" ones you can get. Everything else requires running trials or raids to earn tokens, or the time sink known as Eureka.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Hasrat

Genesis tomes you've got on Scaeven 390, and spend Mendacity on Ryumyaku 360.

---

Alliance Raid Roulette = 100 Mendacity and 50 Genesis. Do this daily. Add in the other suggestions and you should have no problem.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Iscah

...

---

Ok I will buy the Lost Allagan, better than my current i290 book. :D
And yes, I prefer to gear-up a bit and avoid of beeing a pain for other players in dungeons.

Speaking of that, I will have enough Mendacity tomes to buy 3 items. And one item (except torso and leg) with Genesis tomes. What I should get first ?

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by NosamKin

Alliance Raid Roulette = 100 Mendacity and 50 Genesis. Do this daily. Add in the other suggestions and you should have no problem.

---

I don't think I have access to Raid Roulette yet and beside I never did any Raid so far in FF14.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Crowzer

Ok I will buy the Lost Allagan, better than my current i290 book. :D
And yes, I prefer to gear-up a bit and avoid of beeing a pain for other players in dungeons.

Speaking of that, I will have enough Mendacity tomes to buy 3 items. And one item (except torso and leg) with Genesis tomes. What I should get first ?

---

Always upgrade your lowest ilvl items first. If all are equal it goes chest > legs > hat,hand,foot > belt and jewelry - in terms of stats allocation.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Crowzer

I don't think I have access to Raid Roulette yet and beside I never did any Raid so far in FF14.

---

Google "Crystal Tower FFXIV" and find the quest that starts it in Mor Dhona.

It unlocks the lvl 50 24 man raids which are fairly faceroll at this point. They are the equivalent of Wow's LFR in difficulty. Some things still kill you because you are synced down but they are being run A LOT right now because there is an event (so quick queues) and the story of Crystal Tower may play into Shadowbringers somehow.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by XenabelleS

Google "Crystal Tower FFXIV" and find the quest that starts it in Mor Dhona.

---

The first quest is "Legacy of Allag" from the 'Outlandish Man' standing near the aetheryte plaza in Revenant's Toll.

Keep in mind that it's set in post-ARR, so you'll get characters like Cid who are still at that point in the plot and not the "current version" of themselves that you've interacted with since.

Don't bother looking into Eureka. Even if you had the raw time to invest in its already impressive time sync, and you had someone to guide you every step of the way, the logograms alone would do you in. Last I checked, you'll likely dump 2-3mil gil buying what you need off of the market board. If you were to farm them yourself, you're talking about already adding a potentially excessive amount of time to the experience.

Eureka is for glamour. Not a smart option given your current restrictions.

You could try and run Heaven on High for the weapon. At 70, you'll get tomes of Mendacity and Genesis to work towards your weekly cap and buy ilvl 390 stuffs - and the empyrean weapon you can get from there is ilvl365. If you are lucky, you'll get drops that sell for decent amounts. However, that can get really monotonous in a hurry.

As for what to buy first with Genesis - I usually go for jewelry first, because they are the cheapest at 375 a pop.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Crowzer

Haha, I was a bit blind on how to use MB. But unfortunately, all i380 crafted items are pretty expensive for me (400-500k) and the book (weapon) for summoner is around 550k...

---

Yet one more extra consideration: With the implementation of the World Visit system, you may try hopping to other worlds in your data center to see if prices may be cheaper.

As for the HoH suggestion, suspecting that if OP hasn't run any raids to even unlock that roulette, probably also hasn't run any PotD to unlock HoH.

I have unlocked PotD at lvl 17 from quest (in fact, I try to unlock everything but it's a bit laborious) and I cannot do HoH because I must have a certain lvl on PotD before.
Same for Crystal Tower, I actually have access to but still haven't been there.

For Eureka I'm not doing it, but might try juste once, to see what it looks like.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Hasrat

...

---

That's a good idea!
I see there are a few websites that show the currents price on each server if I find a good price I'll hop.