Quote Originally Posted by Lozza View Post
They were astounded when I told them that the only HQ piece I'd seen in the last few days of looking was a belt that was listed for 800k, when they learned that the NQ stuff was listed for 300k they offered to craft me a HQ set for free but then realised we weren't on the same server.
iirc, there are vendors that sell NQ items for a few thousand gil, no need to spend 300k on a NQ item for tank leveling.
If you want gear that's a bit better than NQ, there's always the GC seals green items that can be good, depending on your level. I used the GC seal ones when ARR came out, since I didn't have any gil to rub together. The seals were easier to get, due to old gear from dungeons.