Ok, this does deserve its own topic.

There is a wonderful resource for getting decent enough gear for leveling milestones (where you don’t have to think about minimum item level for the first few dungeons each expansion) in the form of poetics vendors.

…For *almost* every slot.

What I still don’t know after leveling 7-8 jobs past 50 is how one gets weapons on par with poetic purchases within the same realm of access as poetics.

Things I am aware of:
-Gil vendors. If this is the answer, fine, it’s one slot, I’ll consider that handled.
-Deep dungeon weapons. Way too insular a grind that will not feed your other slots enough if you’re using it as your primary weapon source.

Is there a poetic equivalent in regards to access and relevant item level for weapons? I’ll be honest, anything beyond a straight tomestone purchase is still a mystery to me as it relates to walking up to the line of vendors that make up each prior expansion’s endgame, and the tomestone guy doesn’t sell weapons. Is there an accompanying weapon source to the raw tomestone vendor that’s fed by diligently running the MSQ daily or something similar?