I'm also wondering about this as well - but for whm. I keep hearing everyone complain about people going in with af1 and raging about it. So what's the "correct" progression of gear/tokens? And I'm not going to get ALL darklight before going into AK... that's a ridiculous number of runs and you still get ToP doing AK. Should I just prioritize jewelery..? I have bad luck with getting weapon drops too. Is the lvl 44 green weapon from GC alright for AK/spamming Ifrit hardmode until I get an Ifrit weapon? (I don't actually know when the hardmode primal fights unlock so forgive me if I have orders incorrect).

I think it's silly that you have to do AK before unlocking the lvl 50 stuff from GC. :/ I'm almost maxed with my credits - I'd love to spend some on lvl 50 gear.