<Guide> So now you're 50...

[Kydi]

How would you recommend gearing in the month leading up to HW? I've just returned to the game after about 6/7 lengths (when I left Ramuh EX and T9 were the big things). I have an i91 DRG and an i96 PLD. Is it worth farming tomestones to gear these, or should I just level other classes for a month?

[The_Last_Dragoon]

How would you recommend gearing in the month leading up to HW? I've just returned to the game after about 6/7 lengths (when I left Ramuh EX and T9 were the big things). I have an i91 DRG and an i96 PLD. Is it worth farming tomestones to gear these, or should I just level other classes for a month?

If you "want" to gear up your character you could probably do it by coasting in World of Darkness for the Demon gear. You really only need to finish Steps of Faith and have an item level of about 90 in order to start on Heavensward content, so you should be good if you don't feel like getting gear that will probably be outdated by around lv55. Considering the proximity, I would recommend probably leveling up a side class for the cross-skills or as pure progression. If you do intend to gear yourself up though, I would recommend looking up the WoD fights and then heading in there as Paladin, because they will have better matchmaking in the 50-60 content when it comes out.

Don't forget how useful World of darkness is for getting a few(or even a full set) of left side item level 120 gear. If you are trying to gear up before HW this is the quickest route (presuming rng doesn't laugh and point at you the whole time). And having a few level 120 items will, if nothing else, make those first few quests in HW a little easier.

At this point in time pre-expansion I would agree that gearing up your character as much as possible with the "easy" methods of progression can be a great boon for the start of Heavensward. I would recommend though that since the item level requirement is 90 for World of Darkness that they finish the story first so that they aren't plagued with insanely long Duty Finer times.