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[Bixby]

You've got GC gear pretty much correct.

Tomes & dungeons are mostly reversed, though. Tomestones of Soldiery give i100 gear, which can be upgraded to i110 (via Hunts, Syrcus Tower, or 2nd Coil). Tomestones of Poetics give i120 gear which can be upgraded to i130 (via Final Coil). The highest gear you'll get from a dungeon is i90.

There's also:
Syrcus Tower ("easy mode" 24-man raid): i100 armor (can't be upgraded)
Second Coil: i110 gear
Ramuh Extreme: i110 jewelry
Shiva Extreme: i110 weapons, jewelry
Final Coil: i130-135 gear

Coil & ST are raids, the Extremes are arena boss fights, so I'm not sure if you're putting those together with dungeons. But the lines get blurred a bit among all those things. Your likely progression will be to use a little crafted/GC gear to get into the earliest 50 dungeons, then mix and match your way through dungeon drops & tomestone gear, work on your relic and possibly get a few weapon drops from primals and/or coils (if you do coils) and/or tomestones, working your way through more difficult content.

I wouldn't worry too much about regretting things. You might have to spend a little more time on something than you would otherwise if you buy something "early," but it's not likely to be a massive loss. Going from fresh 50 to raid-ready happens fairly quickly, and nothing is irreversible.

[OUTIILAW]

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Mkay. So what I'm look at is when I hit 50 get GC armor and weapons.

So dungeons, raids, and primals give tomes (still dont really understand what these are)/ drops; and these tomes (ilvl100-up)/ drops (ilvl90-down) is where i'll be getting my armor going towards end game? Haha. Sorry for going in circles.

[Bixby]

Mkay. So what I'm look at is when I hit 50 get GC armor and weapons.

So dungeons, raids, and primals give tomes (still dont really understand what these are)/ drops; and these tomes (ilvl100-up)/ drops (ilvl90-down) is where i'll be getting my armor going towards end game? Haha. Sorry for going in circles.

Don't be sorry. It's a confusing mess these days, honestly, even without having to figure out what's old info and what's new (people still talk about "philo mats" when philosophy hasn't been obtainable for months). The progression from fresh 50 to best-in-slot is not a clear line, but a bunch of blurry zigzags.

GC weapon when you hit 50, yes. GC armor, I personally wouldn't bother; you get your Artifact armor (the armor that makes you look like your job from classic FFs) from job quests at 45 & 50, and that's good enough to last until you get upgrades. The only slots you'll need to fill in are accessories, and I'd suggest getting those off a crafter/the market board. There's i48-i49 jewelry that will get you started for a reasonable price, and when you're done with it, you can convert it to materia and sell that; the GC gear you'd only be able to turn in for GC seals, which are easy to get.

Tomes are just another kind of currency, like GC seals and allied seals. You get tomes from (mostly) level 50 dungeons, primals, and raids, plus a few other sources (hunts, treasure maps, beast tribe dailies). At 50, the daily roulettes offer bonus tome rewards on top of whatever the content itself rewards.

[OUTIILAW]

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Awesome! Thanks! Ok I think I understand a lot more now. Haha. GC weapons at 50, Artifact Armor at 50 (completely forgot about those), and tomes to gradually get higher ilvl equipment for end game?! Haha. I just hate waste...when it comes to time, spending currency, etc. So the more waste I eliminate the more i'll enjoy the game. Haha.