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    GrimGale's Avatar
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    Grim Gaelasch
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    Moogle
    Main Class
    Scholar Lv 100

    Arbitary Item Level walls.

    I just recently came back to the game, after three months of not playing. I left with my healers with an iLvl of 218. Not great but it allowed me to casually run dungeons and even enjoy the new content as it came out.
    Now, with the additions of 3,5 , story quests and the new 24 alliance Dun Scaith I decided to renew my suscrpition. I managed to do most of the story quests for Hildibrand and The scholasticate, while begrudgingly farming for Lore tomestones since it forced me to run over and over the same old dungeons. I wanted to experience the new content.
    What was my surprise to learn that the ilvl for the new content was 230 for Baelsar's wall and 235 for DunScaith.
    As of now, I am stuck at 229 ilvl. The only thing I am missing is a 230 weapon.
    But it turns out its stuck behind yet another grind fest of 1000 lore tomestones and 30 minute ques for Alexander Fist of the Son.
    Could they have made catching up to do STORY quests any more frustrating and slow?
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    dragonseth07's Avatar
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    Ratithgar Jovasch
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    Sargatanas
    Main Class
    Paladin Lv 90
    There are plenty of ways to boost your ilvl. Hell, Kinna Weapons are mega cheap and i255.
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    Player
    GrimGale's Avatar
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    Grim Gaelasch
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    Moogle
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    Scholar Lv 100
    While that is indeed the fastest solution I have found. The only redeeming aspect is that it allows me to level other classes while filling up the aetherpool. It's still a rather grindy process on top of the lore hunting in dungeons.
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    Chocolys's Avatar
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    Cait Zilla
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    Moogle
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    White Mage Lv 70
    Also If i rememeber correctly you can get a ilvl 235 weapon for 4000x Wolf marks.

    Since the daily Duty Roulette: Frontlines gives 1000x of them just by participating, you can get that weapon in 4 days by just completing it 4 times.
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    Dement Drachte
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    Coeurl
    Main Class
    Warrior Lv 78
    Also keep in mind that while Dun Scaith may be a little difficult, I believe you can skip the ilvl restriction for Baelsar's Wall by queuing with a full premade party. Full parties are often not subject to ilvl restrictions. Dun Scaith you may be able to skirt around by I assume you would need a full premade 24 man alliance.
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    Mikon Chozo
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    Alpha
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    Fisher Lv 100
    its a matter of about 3-4 hours to get the 235 potd weapon, which can be upgraded to 255 if you invest some more hours
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    bardaboo's Avatar
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    Kochie Monster
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    Cactuar
    Main Class
    Bard Lv 60
    Have a crafter friend make you the 250
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    Lodestone Bait
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    Pandaemonium
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    Gladiator Lv 1
    Quote Originally Posted by bardaboo View Post
    Have a crafter friend make you the 250
    I don't think anyone who considers farming like 6000 tomes in 11 months, with the tomes being uncapped in almost 4 of them, anything but trivial is going to have the funds to afford the crafted stuff, even if you only buy the raw mats.
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    Keldon Allond
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    Balmung
    Main Class
    Gunbreaker Lv 80
    It's also worth pointing out that the gear restrictions are there for a reason. If you want to join a random group, the other people will expect you to pull your weight, and as such it requires you to have the gear from the previous tier (not BiS previous tier, just the regular stuff). If you want a group to carry you through while you're undergeared, that's an option as noted above with a pre-formed party, but that would mean they all know that you lack the gear and are ok with it. Forcing random people to pick up the slack for you isn't fair to them.
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    Player Clethoria's Avatar
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    Y'aschas Massif
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    Ultros
    Main Class
    Monk Lv 72
    True the game gives you plenty of options, but I understand your frustration. I was freshly caught up with 3.4 and was loving my pacing into 3.5... until the ilevel wall. Running side content for several hours is in no way appealing when the story is right there.
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