So I hit level 60 as a White Mage...

[EaMett]

Had to re-read the first post because well.. I'm really not understanding why people are even entertaining the idea that you grind 260 gear.
Screw that. It's absolutely unnecessary and a waste of time. Even more so from the fact you're playing the most gear independent class in the entire game (whm).
Finish up your msq to 70, grab some vendor, dungeon, and/or quest gear along the way. And that's it.
Do side quest at your leisure (I know some people love doing them) but certainly don't force yourself into grinding anything at 60, be it quests or gear. The only mandatory grind right now will be the MSQ. If you even consider that a grind.

My one suggestion would be not to insist too much on your lvl60+ class quests if they're too hard. Just do them when you hit 70. Also, lvl 60+ dungeons hit hard so keep your tank topped off during progression.

[Mhaeric]

Had to re-read the first post because well.. I'm really not understanding why people are even entertaining the idea that you grind 260 gear.
Screw that. It's absolutely unnecessary and a waste of time.

Just in case you're including my suggestions in this... I'm not advocating grinding for i260. I specifically mentioned to use whatever poetics tomes you have to get them since they're basically free gear. It's likely that someone who just finished HW will have them capped which should let you get the full set, or at least a good portion of it. Top up the remaining slots with vendor gear (I recommend a market board weapon) then hop right into the SB msq. The i260 gear is better than anything you can get until the level 65 content, so it's worth spending the tomes on them if you have them. If you don't, then just go ahead and use vendor gear.

[Makeda]

There is a vendor in Castrum Oriens that sells 255 or 260 gear for simple gil.

The same gear is now sold, also for gil, in Foundation.

You can get a complete set for every job - right and left side and weapons - for gil alone.

Price is usually much lower than the identical gear on the Marketboard... I highly suspect some people buy it, walk 3 steps to the left in Foundation, and list if on the Market... and then repeat...


At level 63 you can open up the Ruby Tide dungeon - will will give you a FULL SET 'except for weapon' - right and left - at iLevel 270. Because it is one of the best glamours in the game, people are often farming this place - so it tends to have short queues. It also has ALL of the 270 weapons - but they are not guaranteed drops like the other gear...

Here is the full WHM set:



- So it's a very appealing healer glamour.

And I mention if because... given the set you can buy from a vendor with gil, and then this set so early into Stormblood... it is best to just rush right into the expansion and not delay with any silly grinds.

I play four characters and frequently switch which one shows to the left in my forum profile icon, so here is my WHM:
https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes...acter/4912180/
- as of this post just shy of level 65. I'm still in the Ruby Tide gear because I'm a little behind in the MSQ from running Ruby Tide about 10 times to get a full set for the glamour. By the time I hit the next zone... there is quest gear that is, I think 279...

- You can be to that point in about a day or two of solid play if you DON'T grind up the Ruby Tide set.