Quote Originally Posted by Emstidor View Post
Then I dare you to prove that anything at least in these two lines:
To take this into further perspective, Castrum Abania is a Leveling Dungeon. The actual 70 dungeons start the next dungeon after that,
With Ala Mhigo, Kugane Castle, and The Temple of the Fist requiring minimum 280.
is wrong, if "everything" is wrong.

I wont argue that 270 gear is the greatest thing to be doing, of course.
270 gear is 53% the potency of the 290 gear limit in Castrum Abania.

I will admit "opinion" for it being normal to be 270~ when progressing through the 4.0 MSQ. That's the highest gear you can get in 3.0, and you go through the gear offerings during progression so fast that you can't really spiritbond it, and once used, you can't MB it. Most people also aren't set up to Desynth much of anything at those levels for a long time, which makes them worth chump change at NPC market. That leaves the Materia offering VERY enticing. I was 270 when I cleared Castrum Abania, by the way. Completely Augmented Shire geared. Didn't have any hiccups during the run. However, an opinion can not be wrong. You may choose to not like my opinion, but tough.

Now, I suppose it may be not necessarily be correct that 270 would be minimum to enter Castrum Abania.
Honestly, Square Enix's ranges of gear access aren't the most consistent.
The Drowned City of Skalla has a minimum entry of 300, and syncs down to 370. 300 gear is strangely enough 83% as potent as 370 gear. With this one, lowest gear might be the Lv.68 crafted set, which as stated, is the highest gear you could get by this point. I'm not sure what all pieces the MSQ would have given you by then. (basically no accessories if you didn't do any sidequests, as I know MOST OF YOU don't do).
Kugane Castle and The Temple of the Fist have a range of 280 to 340, 280 being about 65% the potency of 340 gear. With this one, lowest gear would be 276 (Lv.65).

But well, I did fine with 270 gear in there, so screw it, eh?