How much item level we need for the new content?

[HyoMinPark]

This still seems very much tuned for DPS rather then tanks or healers, though...

Not really. I did it on WHM and took out all three swords after DoTs > 2~3 Stone IVs and Assize (which only hit two of them)—I didn’t have to use Cleric Stance or PoM. I’m i399 on my healers, but it definitely wasn’t difficult to burn them down quickly.




For people that are concerned about gear grinds—you don’t have to do much grinding, really. Just run Expert Roulette once a day every day, and that will give you 90 * 7 = 630 Genesis (they’ve raised the cap for it to 900).

You can also do Orbonne Monestary to try and get a piece of gear from it. Running all three 24-mans give you tokens to trade in for upgrade pieces for left and right side, so you can get easy i400 gear. The weapon upgrade will probably be added soon, too (I don’t think they added it this last patch... can’t remember).

You should still have semi-up-to-date gear even in “casual” content. Simply because, if you’re too low, you may not meet the item level and you may be a hinderance to your group if you’re on a tank or healer role. No need for unnecessary struggle. You don’t need full i400 Savage BiS, but I think everyone should at least aim for i390 before the expansion ends. That way you can go into Shadowbringers and not have to worry about gear upgrades for a couple levels (and, if you’re leveling DNC/GUN, you can have gear set aside for them when they hit level 70, which is always nice).