just hit 50 on an alt as paladin

[jamesrandal]

so, how do you go about gearing now? still got paladin quest blues and level 49 sword. cant afford 90k gil i115 gear.. dont wanna run level 50 dungeons because everyone will expect a speed run(i dont even know how to in each hard mode dungeon anyway) aggro will definitely be an issue with hw geared dps. help

[SpookyGhost]

Do the main story quest, iirc you get a weapon before you have to go fight anything, and then different gear and different weapons from there.

[jamesrandal]

ahh so they changed it? nice

[Vials]

Falcon's Nest gear vendor then HW dgns upward.

[Dualblade]

Falcon's Nest gear vendor then HW dgns upward.

He can't get to Falcon's Nest yet, his alt isn't in HW content yet.

[jamesrandal]

Thats correct, but what level will i be when i hit HW 0_0

[Dualblade]

Thats correct, but what level will i be when i hit HW 0_0

Level wise, you don't need t be higher then 50, though I think you might hit 51 with the MSQ stuff. And of course ilvl wise 130 is the highest before HW stuff.

[Jpec07]

You also get a fair amount of Poetics just from doing the HM primals, and from running your Main Scenario roulette every day. I was able to get my WHM to 120 before doing the Chrysalis - and if you're feeling industrious, you can even open up CT and try to get a run in of that every night.

If you're in blue 130 gear (which you can do with just Poetics now), you won't need to replace anything until you're 55 at least--and even then, only the gear from the Aery is (slightly) better. You could probably even go without replacing most of it until you hit the Vault or Great Gubal Library.

[Reynhart]

Do the first steps of the relic quest. An i90 weapon can carry you up to HW.

Don't panic for speedruns. Being a first time clearer will give bonus poetics for those that come with you, and with the Anima weapon, they'll thank you for that

[Ipkonfig]

Just because he can't go to HW himself doesn't mean he doesn't have friends or FC mates that could pick him up a set. That said I think the pieces are like 15k each so if you aren't rolling in Gil or have generous friends it probably isn't worth it. Since once you make it into HW you start getting HQ versions of that gear as quest rewards.

That said as long as you upgrade your weapon you shouldn't have threat issues in level 50 dungeons. It scales everyone back so it's more like they are in top end level 50 gear not 60. You won't be able to stance dance as much but as long as you are in Shield Oath and spamming the Rage of Halone combo you should be fine.

I wouldn't waste much time focusing on gearing yourself with 50 gear.. you'll get rid of it pretty fast once you hit HW.