Quote Originally Posted by Dyvid View Post
First this is FFXIV first true expansion so we have no idea what ilvl you'll need for the 52 dungeons. Second it's not WoW so we don't know if gear will be worthless @ 51, but we do know gear doesn't drop randomly from monsters in the field like WoW. Third it's known that zodiac weapon will carry forward to Heavensward, also you can goof off at Golden Saucer for the next two months.
Yoshida has said that our lv50 gear won't become useless when we hit lv60.