Several Newbie questions !!!

[Iscah]

Just want to point out that, if OP does reach Stormblood content before the expansion drops, they will need better than i300 gear. It is all dependent on the pace at which they are going. If they want to stick with just i360 Mendacity gear, fine, but it won't last them nearly as long into Shadowbringers as i380 will.

The thing is that it's inefficient to be buying i380 gear now.

They have a while to go before they need it, can pick up other gear from SB quests in the meanwhile, and in a month's time there'll be gear of at least that level being sold on the marketboard as everyone tries to offload the Lv70-74 gear they get from quests but is weaker than the Scaevan gear they already have.

[HyoMinPark]

The thing is that it's inefficient to be buying i380 gear now.

They have a while to go before they need it, can pick up other gear from SB quests in the meanwhile, and in a month's time there'll be gear of at least that level being sold on the marketboard as everyone tries to offload the Lv70-74 gear they get from quests but is weaker than the Scaevan gear they already have.

Eh, I disagree. Because you can upgrade it to i390 and it will last a couple levels. Which is what I did for my alt since I don’t want to grind out Genesis on her. i390 Scaevan/i390 Augmented crafted will last just as long as the i260 Shire gear did—until roughly level 73/74 when you replace it with second dungeon gear/crafted stuff from the MSQ, which is enough for me to make it worth it.