How do I get to ilvl 180?

[DrHfuhruhurr]

I'm at ilvl 142 and the msq is blocking me from continuing. What's the best way to get to 180?

[magnanimousCynic]

Do daily Centurio hunts for i180 and i200 gear. if you don't have them unlocked go to the Forgotten Knight in Ishgard to unlock the first 2 or 3 tiers. After that go to Idyllshire and unlock the last tiers there.

Another way to quickly gear up is to do Aetherochemical Research Facility for the 150 Lore per run for the i230 Lore Gear.

[ADVSS]

I'm at ilvl 142 and the msq is blocking me from continuing. What's the best way to get to 180?

Centurio hunts in the forgotten knight in ishgard will give out 200 pieces, as you get higher i level doing dungeons should get you some lore and scripture tomestones, which give 230 and 260 gear as well. Im guessing you have to complete the ARF before you can unlock the alternate non story related 60 dungeons, so id get the filler gear from daily/weekly hunts to get you past that ilevel gap

Do daily Centurio hunts for i180 and i200 gear. if you don't have them unlocked go to the Forgotten Knight in Ishgard to unlock the first 2 or 3 tiers. After that go to Idyllshire and unlock the last tiers there.

Another way to quickly gear up is to do Aetherochemical Research Facility for the 150 Lore per run for the i230 Lore Gear.

beat me to it.
If I remember correctly, you have to unlock grand company hunts before youre allowed to do centurio hunts, i could be wrong, but if youre having trouble getting them unlocked you should swing by the GC place and do that

[DrHfuhruhurr]

I don't think I can use the board at forgotten knight, but I guess I could do Aethero. But ugh 150 a run. What about pvp? How does that work, since there's different PvP skills do I need a different hotbar layout?

[ADVSS]

I don't think I can use the board at forgotten knight, but I guess I could do Aethero. But ugh 150 a run. What about pvp? How does that work, since there's different PvP skills do I need a different hotbar layout?

like 6 or so skills, i forgot about pvp gear i think the garo stuff if its still around, isnt all that bad? still replace it as soon as possible. and make sure youre signed up as a mercernary/freelancer or you could be waiting for ages.

[TarynH]

like 6 or so skills, i forgot about pvp gear i think the garo stuff if its still around, isnt all that bad? still replace it as soon as possible. and make sure youre signed up as a mercernary/freelancer or you could be waiting for ages.

Also, do the daily frontline roulette, if you go for Garo gear. You get a free 1000 marks from it. There's also a FC action to boost marks payout from pvp, if you're able to use it.

[DrHfuhruhurr]

Nah I don't have an FC. Are they going to relax any of this for 4.0? I might just wait till then.

[Frizze]

A lot of people put up PF groups to grind lore tomestones in ARF. Most of these people are working on anima, and they need a practically endless supply of them. You need roughly 13 runs worth of lores(if i did the math right, upgrading your jewelry and belt alone would give you about a 185 ilvl), if you go that route. The biggest effective difference in your gear would come from your weapon though. So the quickie way would probly be to do some PotD runs. Your immediate goal would be to clear floor 50, while getting your gear level to +30/+30. Doing so will let you trade in your aetherpool gear for a padjali weapon(ilvl 235). Clearing enough floors of PotD to accomplish all this will also get you something like 3-4 ARFs worth of lores. It would also mean you can skip upgrading one of the other pieces and still hit the i180 goal. You can mix in a few hunts(HW hunts of rank A or S pay out enough seals to start getting armor after only a couple kills) to speed up the process. And i know this is a silly question, but do you have gil/crafting friends? Because there are crafted sets as high as i255. Id say mix and match a bit, and you can get there in a couple hours. And while you'll need to increase that level even further as you go, the higher you get it the more options you have to keep it going up.

[Rongway]

I don't think I can use the board at forgotten knight

Unlock the board's first two tiers by talking to Aytienne inside the Forgotten Knight. (Lv53:"Let the Clan Hunt Begin" and Lv56:"Better Bill Hunting")
Talk to Yloise in Idyllshire for the third tier (Lv59:"Top Marks").
The Elite tier is from Ardolain in Ishgard (Lv60:"Elite and Dangerous").

[DrHfuhruhurr]

Hmm none of them offer quests so I probably missed something. Think I'm just going to wait for 4.0 and level some alt jobs or something. This is like a never ending set of nesting dolls.