Do you think what i-level do I need to just begin MQ in BS ?

[Alise]

Hi, I just come back, and I believe it is only 1-2 weeks before BS early access period. I want to get my gear just enough to continue story in SB. What do you think likely to be the i-level requirement to continue new story?

[Zojha]

Well, it's gonna be i230 at the absolute minimum because that's what you need for the MSQ duty before. So that's a given.

I'd say anything above that is a bonus and you'll be getting plenty new gear via the MSQ from that point anyway. If you wanna be safe, shoot for i260, but I doubt that'll be necessary.

[RaijinSupreme]

early access is 6 days away, and we are assuming that you will need at least a 230 ilvl for SB, since you need a 230 ilvl to end heavensward.

[Moomba33]

Current story ends at i230 so the new story should pick up from there.
Also the expansion is called "Stormblood" (SB).

Early access is in one week on June 16th, full launch on June 20th.

[Edewen]

If it is anything like HW, once you get into new areas, a basic set should be vendor available and the quests themselves will feed you a hq set to sell.. i mean wear

[Matrinka]

BS is the Black Lodge version of the game.

[Aramina]

BS is the Black Lodge version of the game.

That was great.

[The_Shang]

If they're following the same trend as they did with HW, you'll get plenty of free gear to use during SB.

With ARR, the max ilvl was 135, with the minimum ilvl on gear you got from HW quests being 115.
The max ilvl right now is about 275 (some might argue that the Diadem weapons, with those being 280, would be better but good luck getting one), so I have a good feeling the Sky Rat 255's will be handed to you when you start doing SB.

For now, you can make due with the bare minimum to pass dungeons, but be prepared for a hard time keeping up as most players playing right now will likely have passed the ilvl260 mark.

[HaelseMikiro]

What we do know for sure is that the level 63 dungeon will be dropping i270 gear. So the ilvl to get into that would probably be 245-255, and you'll probably get the gear to meet that either in 3 levels worth of MSQ/crafting, or the drops from the first SB dungeon. So I think we can safely go with 230 like everyone else has said so far.
Of course, leveling dungeons have never had an ilvl requirement, but knowing what gear they're dropping can certainly be useful in figuring out a good benchmark for entry, and 230 seems just fine.

[Neophyte]

Well, quests are level bound and leveling dungeons, too. They don't have a min. ilvl requirement (at least until now), that only starts after getting to max level.

But of course you should gear yourself properly. Don't be the equivalent to a tank in Dusk Vigil with pink ilvl 47 weapon and ilvl 30 ring.
Appropiate is anything +/- 15 ilvl compared to the gear you can buy on the market board at the according level.