I'll try to make this as short and straight-forward as I can:
I just finished the 5.3 MSQ, which means just 2 more to go before I'm done with the story until Endwalker. Question is... what should I focus on once I do? I'm a little lost, and not because of a lack of options but rather an overabundance of them. I want to do everything, and obviously I won't have time to get it all done before the expansion is upon us and I embark on another emotional roller-coaster. And so I turn to you, veterans of the forums, and your infinite wisdom.
One thing is for certain, I'll keep doing my daily roulettes for Tomestones and hopefully buy a few 520 gear pieces before Shadowbringers bows its reverence, but then what? I kinda what to level a gathering job (Got my eyes set on Botanist) and a Crafting job (Carpenter sounds like a lot of fun!). I'd like the means to earn some Gil and buy myself an apartment in Ishguard when the time comes, and crafting/gathering sounds like a good way to do that.
I also want to level a tank (I hear Warrior is the easiest to play for my newbie self) and a caster DPS (Summoner, maybe, since it's already at 50?) to complete the two associated questlines in the Crystarium and unlock the elusive 5th questline I keep hearing about. This, of course, would be quite the undertaking and I'm not sure there's enough time left x.x
I currently have both MCH and WHM at 80, planning on maining MCH but keeping up to date with WHM for roulettes (faster queues, plus as much as I like DPS, I love healing). I bought a full Exarchic set for my dps and have been buying 490 pieces with my tomestones for the WHM. Is that sufficient to go into endwalker? or must I invest the gils in a 2nd Exarchic set, least my healer class be rendered useless?
Should I focus on unlocking all the optional dungeons, trials n stuff? I unlocked the Ruby weapon trial but it looked extra complicated in the guide I watched so I haven't dared queue up for it. Should I? Is there a point? What about the alliance raid? (don't even know what it is to be honest)... Are relic weapons still a thing? Should I try to do my MCH one or is that stuff for the more hardcore raiders?
I tried looking up guides n stuff but they all tell me I absolutely need to do about a million things I clearly won't have time to complete before it's too late.
HALP!