Question about end game gear

[Quinnie]

Hello!

There are lots of options. Crafting is one way, but unneccessary and much more work. Most end game dungeons have gear in, currently ranging from ilevel 55 to i100. As your ilevel goes up, you'll be able to unlock higher dungeons. There's also the 24-man raids, Crystal Tower (ilevel 80 gear), Sycus Tower (i100) and World of Darkness (i120), and the 8-man raids Binding Coil of Bahamut (i90), Second Coil of Bahamut (i110) and the Final Coil of Bahamut (i130). Coil is the hardest content in the game when released, and as most players are overgeared now Binding Coil and Second Coil are much easier, but Final Coil is the hardest content in the game at the moment so you won't be aiming for that just yet any way. There's also hunts, which you unlock from your Grand Company, which you could farm seals for.

You'll also start collecting two types of tomestones: Allagan Tomestone of Soldiery, and Poetics, which you collect and trade in at Mor Dhona for i100 and i120 gear.

Personally I'd unlock Crystal Tower straight away and grab gear from that, and work your way up unlocking all the dungeons which you'll grab gear from & lots of Solidery to spend. Aim to unlock everything, and you'll pick up lots on the way! i100 is enough to get you through nearly all content. I'm not sure if there will be enough time now to get a full set of Poetic gear (you can only collect 450 tomes per week) by Heavensward's release, but a mixture of that and WoD pieces are achievable and what most players have now. With Heavensward it'll all be obsolete any way.

Edit: Oops, typo. Not tombstones. Don't want to be collecting those.