What should I be doing to prep for Heavensward?

[Locarthemanbeast]

I am having a hard time getting through the end game stuff. Not much direction and people are helpful but some times its like decrypting code.

I just wonder what a good level I should be at when the DLC comes out. I keep plugging away at buying the 120 stuff and working on my 110 weapon but I still haven't even gotten to the extreme primal fights and I haven't made it through Coil 5.

Do you guys think I'm gonna be to far behind, or do you think it doesn't matter seeing as the new area and lvl cap raise are coming hand in hand?

[DBthaONE]

The first, and most important, thing you NEED to do is complete the storyline through 2.55. After that comes maybe primals and some coil. As long as you manage to continue to cap and buy poetics gear, you should be just fine for 3.0. Item level 130 is good to have for expansion, but not needed.

Again, the absolute most important thing to to complete the story.

[Frederick22]

This are my advices.

1. Finish MainScenario now since is required in order to move to Heavensward
2. Whatever is your main Job, you should increase him up to Ilvl 130, also get your Weapon Zeta ( Yes well will become useless but still is a ilvl135 weapon, also we dont know exacly what will happen to Zeta, all we know is this "advantaje" )
3. Try go get us much gil as you can, this is optional but I would do it since we dont know what things you need on the future. Maybe you would need objets/gears that would be expensive so I wouldnt take any risks

[Skeith-Adeline]

It depends on what you want to use your time in game for. If you are planning to entertain yourself into battle related content, you'll be behind. In that scenario, I'd personally were you, I'd:

1.) Completely and absolutely focus on finishing the Main Story as fast as possible.
2.) Continue to gear up through The World of Darkness and capping your Poetics each week.
3.) Chip away at the Extreme Primals. They are so easily to out gear (quite heavily at that) that you'll have minimal issues clearing them. You should clear them in no time.
Primals are to me, essentially training manuals for persons. You can use your learned experience through them to work your way through The Binding Coil of Bahamut if you so choose to.
4.) Work your way through The Binding Coil of Bahamut. Similar to Primals (Extreme), Coil is a great way -- and the best way currently -- to grow yourself as a competent person in battle related content.

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Generally however, I'd seek to build a pretty penny preparing for heavensward.

[nuyu11]

I haven' complete yet my main Story T_T
Got few primals need to unlock and Roulette Expert.
Have no clue about crafting and beast tribe...

T_T so many things need to do Heavensward is near.

I was too preoccupied to complete the coil and forget the rest.

[Skeith-Adeline]

Oh woah, okay. Main Story, finish your dungeons lol. Didn't know where you were

[Callinon]

2. Whatever is your main Job, you should increase him up to Ilvl 130, also get your Weapon Zeta ( Yes well will become useless but still is a ilvl135 weapon, also we dont know exacly what will happen to Zeta, all we know is this "advantaje" )

Disagree here.

The upgraded i130 poetics weapon will be fine. Considering the questions being asked, I doubt he's been working on his zodiac weapon build for a long time. If he's sitting on a base or a zenith weapon than he quite simply doesn't have enough time to get a zeta weapon before Heavensward launches and anything short of that doesn't convey the unnamed advantage. I mathed it out a while back and determined that it would take 6-7 weeks of 10 hour days to reach Zeta starting from Zenith. And that's buying all your Novus materia and Zodiac crafted items.

That being said, the best things a relatively fresh 50 can do to prep for the expansion would be in no particular order:

1: Horde gil, ventures, and grand company seals (if your promotions are all done)
2: Finish the main scenario through 2.55. If you haven't had an hour and a half-long cutscene ending with credits, you haven't gotten there.
3: Get your relevant cross-class skills. Your thing up there says you're a thaumaturge. So the long ones are going to be Eye for an Eye and Quelling Strikes. It's best not to be missing buttons going into the expansion.
4: Gear up your main job. i130 is a good goal, but almost anything over about i115 is going to give you a pretty decent running start come HW.

[TheTen]

Okay, let's dial it back and be real again.

The only thing you -need- to do is finishing the Main Story line, because as far as we know right now, you will need that to get access to Ishgard and the new jobs. (Note: this is still shakey knowledge from one single translation, it may change, but personally, I wanna be sure I can see all the new places and things as soon as possible either way.)

You will not be 'behind' if your gear level is under 110. You are not required to do Ex Primals or Coil. There will be plenty of new starters when the expansion comes out, be it people who rolled Au Ra alts, or completely new to the game people, you won't be left behind by everyone else. You will do just fine if you go at a pace that is fun to you. Sure, in the first couple weeks of the expansion, people will probably focus on new content and neglect the old one, but this will balance out.
Run the raids, get your tomes, gear up, but don't burn yourself out over it.

[Kukajoo]

personally im leveling my gathering and crafting classes but i wouldn't say this is really necessary more than just convenient
focus on your story line, get that done and from there you can decide what to do be it leveling a new class or throwing yourself into the coils
the only right thing to to is whatever you enjoy doing really

[Frederick22]

Disagree here.

It was just optional, he can make his Zeta if he wants to. Im aware of the weapon's future, but for now is the best weapon and the easiest ilvl135 to get, depending how far he is on tthe relic quest.