Quote Originally Posted by Vidu View Post
where you can earn tomestomes (law and esoterics) that buy current highend gear
You make many good points, but i do want to correct this. Both the law and the esoteric tomestones have been retired.

The "low" tomestone right now is the Lore(used to buy ilvl 230 gear among other things). Lore's have no weekly cap(you can only hold 2000 at a time, but you can earn as many as you want to put in the time for), are earned for doing almost all level 60 content, are used to buy ilvl 230 gear(plus some other things like quest items and crafting mats), and these are the tomes currently given as a "bonus" for helping newcomers complete level 60 instances(dannykc - as a newcomer yourself you will earn these bonus tomes every time you do something for the first time, as will anyone who helps you).

And that means that the current "high" tomestone is the Scripture. These come from most of the same content as the Lores(you often get some of each when you complete something), but these come in smaller amounts. You can still only hold 2000 at a time, but you can only currently earn 900 of them per week. And as it currently stands(as of my typing this), these are currently only used to buy gear and nothing else. The Scripture tomes let you buy ilvl 260 gear(with armor prices ranging from 375 to 825, weapons are a little more but also require a couple normal-mode raid drops that the armor doesnt require).

Otherwise, what Vidu says is spot on. Continue the main storyline through to see what happens with the Dragonsong War, wrap up some loose ends that have been dangling since before you ever got to Ishgard, and to find out whats leading us into new realms with the upcoming Stormblood expansion. You have beast tribes you can befriend, primals you can fight, ancient history you can try to put to rest(this referring to the Shadows of Mhach storyline), and many other stories to discover. And did you do all the level 50 content that you wanted to? People still explore the Coils of Bahamut and the Crystal Tower to this day if you never got the chance. And if crafting is of interest to you, being up to date on the story gives you more time to devote to that too if you want. As Vidu said, decide what your goals are and youll know what to do next(or what to ask to get pointed in that direction).