Returning Warrior

[Azurein]

Hey guys!

So I have been on break from this game for probably a year now. I resubbed just this morning and did my first dungeon in a long time (Antitower). Doing dungeons again is what brought me to this forum. I was having a somewhat difficult time keeping aggro due to my outdated gear. (Antiquated Parashu/Antiquated Ravager top /rest being mix of Yasha (mainly) and Alex gear) My question is: Where do I go from here gear wise? I've looked around Illdyshire and don't see any tome weapons.

Also if there are any new things about Warrior that occurred after 3.0 that you can fill me in on that would be great.

[aleph_null]

The new alex/tome/primal gears are still sold by the same npcs respectively in idyllshire, though the city layout has changed quite a bit. The uncapped tome (lore) gears are i230 and are upgradable to i240 with tokens dropped from the 24 man raids. I suggest focusing on unlocking all the lv 60 dungeons, 24 man raids, and alex normal up to the 12th floor when your ilv is enough. Doing hunts may help too. Also unlock the trials if you want to get the ex trial weapons.

Patch 3.2 made a big change on tank dmg, with both vit and str contributing the same amount of dmg per point (0.45 atk power per 1 stat point), so 1 vit is now more valuable than 1 str. You should reset your job's 35 bonus stat points from str to vit, and your str accessories into vit accessories. There are some rare cases where a str accessory is (slightly) more powerful than a vit accessory due to the secondary stats (crit/det vs sks/parry for example), but that's not very important when gearing up (more hp may help more).

Another big change is that raid/tome gears now have materia slots (can't overmeld), you can meld accu/crit/det/sks etc on them. The right side gears (vit accessories) are capped in vit but has no str so you should meld str on them (str >> crit/det/sks), and the left side gears are capped on both str and vit, so you can meld secondary stats on them, prioritize accu (until cap) > crit > det/sks. Current accu cap is 699 for a8s-a12s and the latest ex trial (sophia ex).

[Azurein]

Amazing...looks like I have my work cut out for me! I appreciate you taking the time to fill me in, thanks!

[TallonOverworld]

First of all, you should progress with the storyline to the current point or at least to the point where you unlock all the dungeons needed for expert and 60 level roulettes and also the latest 24-man raid (Weeping city of mhach).
You can begin by getting dungeon gear for a slight upgrade and afterwards getting lore tomestones (i230 gear) and in addition with the gear of Weeping city(i230) you can upgrade easily.
Last, we have two upgrades in the Alexander series (Midas ->i220 and Creator->i250). You can unlock them after some point so you can begin getting armor from there as well.

I believe there's already many stuff to do so you better get started Welcome back!