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    ChaseNetwork's Avatar
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    Rein Tenebres
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    Red Mage Lv 80
    This seems like a continuation of that i270 Castrum Abania discussion from a couple weeks back.

    But you know, I had a thought. Retainers! For standard Ventures, they require a light level for each level of Venture.
    Currently, my Dragoon Retainer is only Lv.64, so I can't see the full scope of hunting ventures for up until 70. But I can see the 51-60 range.

    At Lv.50, I had geared it with i130 Augmented Ironworks. (Leftovers from my own leveling).
    Lv.51 - The Dusk Vigil (110 venture. Okay).
    Lv.53 - Sohm Al (120 venture. Okay).
    Lv.55 - The Aery (126 venture. Okay, but getting hairy).

    At this stage, upgrading to Lv.56, HQ Crafted gear would sustain Leveling Dungeon progress. iLvl 139.

    Lv.57 - The Vault (132 venture. Not okay).
    Lv.59 - The Great Gubal Library (138 venture. Not okay).

    I imagine when my Retainer hits Lv.70, I would be able to see a similar upgrade path for the Stormblood domain.

    Which would mean the following. (Actually, found the rest of the retainer venture requirements from gamerscape)
    Assuming a starting i270 Augmented Shire set.
    Lv.61 - The Sirensong Sea (iLvl 245 venture)
    Lv.63 - Shisui of the Violet Tides (iLvl 260 venture)
    Lv.65 - Bardam's Mettle (iLvl 266 venture)
    Lv.67 - Doma Castle (iLvl 272 venture)
    Lv.69 - Castrum Abania (iLvl 280 venture)

    At Lv.66, you can upgrade to HQ, Crafted iLvl 279 gear, which still wouldn't quite make the 280 cut for Castrum Abania. A couple pieces of gear from Doma Castle and Lv.68 HQ, Crafted gear would be necessary to bump you up to 280.
    For the most part, I would say no gear upgrades are necessary for the 1st 5 levels of a new expansion (assuming capped gear from previous expansion). But you'll need to seriously look at doing a full replacement of gear after that.

    Does this seem agreeable? To match up iLvl with Retainer requirements at level?
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    RokkuEkkusu's Avatar
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    Mikeru Takeuchi
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    Quote Originally Posted by ChaseNetwork View Post
    This seems like a continuation of that i270 Castrum Abania discussion from a couple weeks back.
    Indeed it is. I wanted to also bring up a past topic about item level requirements in leveling dungeons. However, I wanted to open the floor for discussion on how people would want to set it with all of the horror stories in a certain thread about the HW and SB leveling dungeons.
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