Fresh level 60 white mage needs gearing help!

[TrinityArrow]

So I just hit level 60 and I've been running around in augmented ironworks gear. I've been looking at the wiki for gearing help but I'm unsure if I'm going the right path. From what I understand augmented shire armor and accessories are what I should be working on, but what about the weapon? I've started working on the anima weapon quest but it's pretty long and I'm afraid if the wiki's information is outdated I'm wasting my time by doing it. Can anyone give me some advice? (I should also mention that I'm pretty much a complete noob at this game still. I'm trying to rush to catch up to my friends who already play so I really haven't experienced much content besides the main quest the duties that come with it.)

[Squintina]

I wouldn't bother with the 60 relic from a gearing perspective.

There is a shire weapon (and an augmented version as well). If you've got no problem farming poetics, get that. Hunts are a good way to get poetics and you can even use centurio gear for whatever you're missing. I'd recommend joining a hunt Linkshell if you haven't already.

I wore my augmented ironworks gear until I could get (augmented) shire, which I then wore all the way up until 70 for verity/creation, unless a dungeon happened to give an upgrade.
The game does throw gear at you as you level ,but you can just sell those and stay on the augmented gear. Never had trouble with it.

[TrinityArrow]

I wouldn't bother with the 60 relic from a gearing perspective.

There is a shire weapon (and an augmented version as well). If you've got no problem farming poetics, get that. Hunts are a good way to get poetics and you can even use centurio gear for whatever you're missing. I'd recommend joining a hunt Linkshell if you haven't already.

I wore my augmented ironworks gear until I could get (augmented) shire, which I then wore all the way up until 70 for verity/creation, unless a dungeon happened to give an upgrade.
The game does throw gear at you as you level ,but you can just sell those and stay on the augmented gear. Never had trouble with it.

Thanks for the advice! I just have one question. What is a hunt linkshell? I can't find anything on the wiki about it.

[Avatre]

Thanks for the advice! I just have one question. What is a hunt linkshell? I can't find anything on the wiki about it.

Basically just a group chat that calls out when an A or S rank hunt is found. Some of them have people that will call out the special FATEs as well(usually the achievement FATEs). If you are on a map and see someone shouting something about a certain monster being found, or an A/S rank being found, you can usually ask to join a LS to get in on the hunting.

[TrinityArrow]

Basically just a group chat that calls out when an A or S rank hunt is found. Some of them have people that will call out the special FATEs as well(usually the achievement FATEs). If you are on a map and see someone shouting something about a certain monster being found, or an A/S rank being found, you can usually ask to join a LS to get in on the hunting.

Okay I see.... there is so much I haven't done yet. It's kind of overwhelming lol.

[Avatre]

Okay I see.... there is so much I haven't done yet. It's kind of overwhelming lol.

I've been playing for almost 3 years now, and there is still tons of stuff I haven't done. Most of it side quests, but it is still stuff to be done...eventually.

[Squintina]

Thanks for the advice! I just have one question. What is a hunt linkshell? I can't find anything on the wiki about it.

Yeah a linkshell is a chat group. There are various linkshells for many things (and of course the game does a horrible job of teaching about them, a low level sidequest to tell you they exist, and then that's it). A hunt linkshell is a chat where people call out hunts (usually via macros).

There no linkshell searching. Best way to get into one is to ask your FC if any of them are in a hunt LS that can invite you, or the novice network if you're still in there, and if you really have to, you can try to shout in major cities or populated maps.

The other way, which does work, but will be a bit hard if you have no LS already, is if you do see a hunt being called in a map, join it (Party Finder -> Hunt), then before/after the monster is pulled, shout or ask your party for a LS invite.

LS are limited in members so if you do want to participate in hunts for poetics/centurio to get your gear, you'll probably want to join 2-4 of them.

[ChaoticCrimson]

At lv60, going for Augmented Shire gear is definitely the way to go. While you're saving Poetics up, I'd recommend maybe getting some of the lv60 gear from the Ishgard shops if you have some gil saved up. I believe that gear's at about ilvl 255, and should hold up better than the Ironworks gear for any lv60 content. I wouldn't go overboard with spending gil on it, since you'll be updating it pretty quickly, but a few pieces to fill the gaps probably wouldn't hurt. Once you have a set of Augmented Shire gear, you'll be in good shape up until you hit the lv65 MSQ dungeon. Beyond that point, any Shire gear will get more and more impractical as you go towards lv70. From that point you'll want to keep grabbing dungeon gear until you can get to the endgame and collect Creation (and eventually Mendacity when 4.2 gets here) tomestones.

As for saving up Poetics, like others have said hunts are supposed to be pretty helpful (I've not tried it myself tbh). You can do the 50/60 Roulettes for a good portion a day, though a lot of people don't bother with this roulette and it may take longer to queue. Trial Roulettes offer some, and if you're a glutton for punishment then the Main Scenario Roulette offers a nice amount of them. I'd also suggest trying out some older raids and such, as especially with the first time bonuses these can roll in the Poetics. You can use Party Finder to let people know you're doing these for the first time, and many will probably join up for the bonus and lend a hand. You can do them synced if you'd like a challenge, but you may want to run unsynced to make things a bit quicker (Click the gear icon in Duty Finder and select "undersized party". Find out which methods work best for you, and good luck!

[Squintina]

As for saving up Poetics, like others have said hunts are supposed to be pretty helpful (I've not tried it myself tbh)

The reason I mentioned hunts is because pre-70 the HW + SB hunts give Centurio seals and Poetics, both of which can be spent on gear. (The ARR ones give allied seals and poetics.)
At 70, it gives Centurio, Poetics, Verity for both HW and SB, as well as Creation + Cracked Cluster for SB hunts.
So overall they help with getting a variety of currencies that help with various stages of gearing and materia.

The day I hit 70, I had 200+ creation and 500+ verity before I even finished SB MSQ and unlocked the vendor.

[Minako_Nightsong]

I recommend not buying any shire armor(left side) at all. Use your tomes on a shire weapon and shire right side pieces ie the jewelry. You get a box of free left side gear which is 200ilvl including a belt by finishing the 60 class quest. The reason is that you will replace your entire left side by running just five dungeons. You are given one piece of visible armor per run and this piece isn't a duplicate of anything you have. Starting at 61 in Siren's this will be ilvl 260.(?)

As a white mage, you will want to hit your level's dungeon a couple of times to keep your level in line with your main story quest so this all works itself out.