Just hit 70.. Grind gear or wait for Stormblood?

[SamSmoot]

Item level 289. I could start grinding dungeons for better gear, but I wonder if anything I get will be replaced soon after SB starts by rewards from MSQ and job quests.

Or, since I plan to level crafting (cooking at least), and both gathering professions, might it be better to do those instead while waiting for SB?

[InkstainedGwyn]

You're going to have to work on your gear - the most current MSQ dungeon (which you'll have to do to start ShB) requires ilvl 360.

[Brill_]

You'll want some gear. First dungeon should drop 380/390 ilvl.

[thantaimetmoi]

yes you need up level crafting and gathering 70 too,because 5.0 have content endgame for hand and land
pretty sure you need up item level at least 380

[Iscah]

If you have the funds for it, you can buy some crafted i380 gear from the marketboard immediately and get a headstart on your levels.

Duties should be giving you a lot of mendacity tomes, which get you i360 gear, so you should be able to start purchasing that once you've done a few endgame dungeons - or you can get it from other sources like hunt marks.

You'll want some gear. First dungeon should drop 380/390 ilvl.

Do you mean "should" as in "it doesn't but it should"? Early endgame dungeons drop i300, then i310 from Skalla, etc. - that was the cap at the time those dungeons released, and they don't update those.

[Risvertasashi]

Item level 289. I could start grinding dungeons for better gear, but I wonder if anything I get will be replaced soon after SB starts by rewards from MSQ and job quests.

Or, since I plan to level crafting (cooking at least), and both gathering professions, might it be better to do those instead while waiting for SB?

You can wait until shb and buy vendor gear that's nearly as high cheap and easily but, like Gwyn said, you won't be able to complete the MSQ with your current gear. So if you want to start shb immediately immediately when it comes out, you may wish to work on that.

And, you know, what else have you got to do for 3 months while we wait for it.

[Gemina]

If you want to complete the post SB questline, you are going to have to gear up. Otherwise you're still going to be waiting for awhile for current Genesis gear to get tossed into the Poetics pool. If you want to complete Omega, Tales of Ivalice, and the Four lords you will need to get to i365. You still have plenty of time to get these all done and they will help you immensely with the gearing up process. And I believe i360 will get you through the MSQ.

Getting to i330/340 is easy enough through hunts for Centurios. Mendacity does not have a weekly cap and you can use these tomes to get to i360. If you have enough gil or a generous crafting buddy you can buy a i380 weapon to skip farming Sigmascape V4 for crystalloids. You can also farm St. Mocianne's HM or the Burn for i355 gear, but I recommend the former as it is a far easier dungeon to get through.

Ultimately, it is up to you. You already know the gear you grind is quickly going to get replaced, but if you want to get caught up there isn't a way around that. Besides, a lot of that gear is really good for glamour purposes if you like to get into that.

[Nyxn607]

I hope you mean wait for Shadowbreakers. I would at least grind out 1 set of tome gear for the job you are most interested in maining.

[MorbolvampireQueen6]

Tbh just drop 800k on a 380 weapon on mb and tome farm is good enough

[ElazulHP]

It's a patch out of date but information should still be useful: Endgame gearing for fresh 70s