How are you guys preparing for the expansion?

[Onikimaru]

Well, not much really, i've pretty much done everything in the game. Except best tribes...i hate those daily quests.
Here are some precautions i've taken to ensure i get a nice smooth and stress free experience

1 - Due to DRK being my favorite FF job of all time i know i will be leveling it. So i've crafted all the armor i will need for it, made EXP food and saved some poe for the DRK weapon.
2 - I made sure i did not spend any gil as i will be doing the relic for DRK as soon as possible
3 - I've gone out of my way to gather a TON of shards, crystals, clusters and general crafting items i may need incase i hit a bump.
4 - I have capped myself out on wolf marks, GC seals, leves and poetics. People say they're useless but i beg to differ(only recommend if you like vanity :P)
5 - Stacked up on ventures so i can level my retainers while i am out leveling myself.
6 - currently finishing the monster challenge log on my main job so i can have a good leveling alternative while i do fates or am in a dungeon queue.
7 - I have taken the liberty to set up a get hype mix
8 - fixed up my sleeping pattern and taken a few weeks off work(i wouldn't recommend this AT ALL)
9 - Made my Au Ra preset in the benchmark which BTW CAN be used for our main profile.
10 - Stockpile beer and noodles!.(credits to Stanelis for the idea)
11 - i have tried to clean my inventory and my retainers as MUCH as i possibly could...and this one was a doozy since i am a MAJOR hoarder D:
12 - ????
13 - profit!

Hopefully this helps you and anyone else trying to transition into HW have a general idea of what to expect based on what you'll be doing.

[Keydah]

2 - I made sure i did not spend any gil as i will be doing the relic for DRK as soon as possible

The new relic won't come until 3.1, and the new jobs don't get 2.0 relics. You still have a few months.

My pre-Heavensward goals:

1. DRG to 50 so I don't miss any special dialogue. (currently 47)
2. Boyfriend's DRG to 50 for the same reason. (currently 42)
3. Clear out quests sitting in my journal (have a few postmoogle, the last culinarian quest, and ninja relic)
4. Cap GC seals (currently at 30k)
5. Get the poetics MNK body for glamour because it's perf
6. Get 1.5 mil gil (currently at 1.1m)
7. Get as many ventures hoarded as possible without endangering GC seals goal.
8. Not pre-Heavensward, but: Get kobolds maxed and bomb chair bought before it can fly (was that 3.05 or 3.1?)
9. This is a stretch, but SCH zeta. (Currently 1.1k light into nexus.)

[Onikimaru]

The new relic won't come until 3.1, and the new jobs don't get 2.0 relics. You still have a few months.

My pre-Heavensward goals:

1. DRG to 50 so I don't miss any special dialogue. (currently 47)
2. Boyfriend's DRG to 50 for the same reason. (currently 42)
3. Clear out quests sitting in my journal (have a few postmoogle, the last culinarian quest, and ninja relic)
4. Cap GC seals (currently at 30k)
5. Get the poetics MNK body for glamour because it's perf
6. Get 1.5 mil gil (currently at 1.1)

Which is why i've saved a looooot of gil :3.

[Omegakiyohime]

My Pre-Heavensward goals:

1. 50 mil gil - 70 mil (Reached the stretch goal and currently at 73mil!) Started saving at 20 mil with about 100 days until release and a goal of making 333k a day. Ended up ranging from 600k - 2mil on any given day.
2. Brd to 50 (Felt silly buying aiming gear for machinist with no current use. Completed last week). Will be at full aiming (acc leftover from Nin) by next week, with a tokens, a tomestone and sands for the weapon and i130 gear.
3. ADS and PVP rank 45 (Rank 44.5 and 11 wins until ADS).
4: Full Artisan/Foragers/Lucis (4 more lucis to go (should get them this week), 2 pieces of foragers (have the mats, too lazy to craft), 1 offhand (2 days worth of oaknots needed).)
5: Pedigree 9 choco (Nope, not happening.)
6: FC House (Maybe?? I'm considering sacrificing my personal house and turning it into the FC house since none are open on my server)
7: Decide on a male Au Ra look. (Nope. Even more confused that ever. Thought I was going to go Xaela, but the Raen are really growing on me)

[Airget]

My tip would be to wait for the preliminary patch notes to come up and think about what you want to focus on first. What job do you want to do, craft, gather, main story, airship, etc etc and just get a notepad to jot down the location to start each one so that when you enter you have an idea of where you want to go first.

Personally speaking I"m torn between NIN, SCH and WAR, I may start NIN solo and lv SCH when others are on but with that in mind I would check to see where those job quest start so that if they do start at 50 but might be 52 I"ll be ready for when I hit 52.

Then of course airships since I"m interested in that I"ll see how long it takes to get to that point and see if there is any FC xp needed to unlock it and go from there.

But ya I would say if you don't want to overwhelm yourself just think about the things you REALLY want to do first and ignore everything else. If you want to do the main story then just focus on that, if you want to explore then do that. But just focus on what you want to enjoy first and the rest of the content will come to you and you progress.

[Ruri]

I have 99 leves saved, capped poetry and soldiery, Got carbontwine x3 for 3 130 weapons for 3 new jobs, finished all quests in the game except t13 (which I hope to do before HW)

[Lemuria]

I already have every class at level 50. I have my zodiac weapon. I had the story completed less than a week after it was added. I have my pre-order code.

I couldn't be more prepared for the update. At the moment, I'm just killing time.

[Stanelis]

I'm stockpiling beers and instant noodles.

[Radacci]

depends on what you like doing
but if you want to go to expansion zones, then finish 2.55 story.

i'm just finishing my DRG zeta, atm.
leveling up chocobo, if we'll be able to solo dungeons, with them.
encrypted tomes and carbontwines, for ilv130 weps for new jobs.
save up resting status, so you get XP bonus.

but basically just ask yourself what you like doing in the game, and what you wanna do in HW. set goals, and priorities. ask yourself if there's anything you can do about it right now, and do that.

[Onikimaru]

I'm stockpiling beers and instant noodles.

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