How are you prepping for Samurai/Redmage?

[Neela]

as for the fact that im a glam-collector I already have every upgraded Garlond Set stored and im on the final pieces of shire/alex for SAM atm (SMN/WHM are already BiS cause they are my mains – so RDM could start right away). maybe I'll get some coil-parts for SAM as well after I checked the parts in combination with Garlond for the beginning but not sure if im motivated enough to do so x'D ...

hmm but potd +99/99 could be an option as well.... although I don't like leveling in potd - haven't done it until now and I doubt that I will start with RDM/SAM...

[bounddreamer]

I'm going to have a 130 Ironworks set ready to go on Day one, possibly glamored with the Dreadwyrm set (haven't decided), and I'll have a 60 BiS set waiting for both jobs as well. If I need anything between 50 and 60 I'll craft it myself.

[Maero]

Nothing i guess? I main blm so already have Red Mage gear, and Sam i do not really care for all too much (even if i love swords) but will eventually level it and worry about gear later.
If you have crafter friends that could be another option gear wise.

Too early to tell yet but i am sure they will add new quests with the upcoming jobs in mind and rewards will be gear just like how it was for HW

[Jim_Berry]

My only preparations would be to just unlock the jobs. As I struggled much playing as a DPS (NIN, BRD, DRG), I'll be sticking with my tanks.

[Iromi]

Nothing..lol. Just going to level in POTD, which requires no gear. If I need gear..I have a BIS SMN..but then again I don't really care. Not in any rush..gonna take my time with Stormblood.

[Sentaryuu]

I'm not going to worry about them till I have Stormblood. I'll just lvl Red Mage alongside my main job (or whichever job I choose to do story with: AST, BRD, or SMN) while doing the story using leveling dungeons. Ill get poetics gear when I unlock it and I have lv60 casting gear. Samurai will be leveled sometime after RDM.

[Seoulstar]

I'm just thinking of glamours for the red mage..since Red mage will be the closest thing to me being like weiss..or so I think. Other than that, I'm just getting as much gil, and organizing my SMN gear so I can get to it when needed~

[wereotter]

My main preparations for the new job:
I'm slowly acquiring augmented ironworks gear now. No point in capping out poetics when the 2000 tomestones isn't enough to buy a full set of gear, let along augment it. I'm storing the items in my retainer's inventory, and will probably be getting a group together to get gear from coils if I'm not completed by the time the jobs launch.

For level 60, I was already working on BIS for black mage an monk, so.... I hope RDM likes spell speed! If not, it's just leveling gear to get to level 70 anyway. Also I'll be storing totems from Zurvan for a level 60 weapon, and already have the items in place to buy an ironworks level 50 weapon.

[Silver-Strider]

I'm just gonna craft them gear as I have little interest in either job.
I've already got decent gear for level 60 for them, it's the level 50-59 area that requires some effort on my part. The level 60+ content will get my SAM ready as I'll be leveling MNK 1st but my RDM can stagger behind a little til I bother with it.

[Trips05]

I think you're definitely on the right track in terms of your preparation strategy. I myself am considering a swap to Samurai in Stormblood, and what you're doing is identical to what I have been planning. Farm out as much from Final Coil and Creator Savage as possible, and if you have A12S on farm, I suggest you save 8 pages in a retainer to have them reserved for the Katana, so you have an immediate i275 weapon when you reach lv.60.

Having 99/99 level for PoTD doesn't sound like a bad idea either, though at the present moment the exp gain isn't scaled well from 50-60 (though that could very well change once Stormblood launches). Having those additional EXP buffs could go a long way too.

In terms of relic possibilities, if the next relic stage is similar to Heavensward (where you could skip a stage with a complete anima weapon), it wouldn't hurt to have that relic completed, or even have a second relic as back-up.