What to expect going into an expansion (SB) if you joined in HW, how to transition?

[Alynn]

I had someone recruit me and give me chocobo feathers for ironworks gear and it was a life saver. Please please please if you have no one that recruited you, look for a code. Those chocobo feathers will help immensely, especially now that you can get i230 gear. Other than that, I felt like it was pretty easy to gear up granted I only focused on one class.