Hey Steel Wolf! I haven't gotten to RP with you personally, but I heard good things. If the endgame is what's making you feel frustrated because you feel like you're blocked off by your ilevel, here's my two-cents:
I got Lurial from i56 to i71 in roughly a week just by running CT and doing 'low level / main scenario roulette' to get the philosophy tomes needed to get Darklight gear and some bits of i80 stuff from Crystal Tower. The gear-score wall isn't as insurmountable as you might think when you're a tank or a healer, because we have extremely short wait times for almost everything. If you've limited time to play the game because of work, just try to squeeze in at least one low-level roulette and main scenario roulette every day before bed. CT is also really, really darn easy for tanks - ESPECIALLY if you are not the main tank. Then it is the most cake-walkiest of cakewalks ever to walk cake.
If you haven't gotten your relic weapon yet, the other-other good news is that most of the Primal Hard Mode fights (except Garuda if you're not 100% sure about positioning) are pretty easy for tanks. For Ifrit and Titan - you don't even have to really move all that much as the main tank. You just get hate, move juust enough to avoid standing in bad things, and let the other 7 poor sods do all the work. Garuda on the other hand is involves much more actually running around and such, but once you know what to look for, it's not too bad. :>
If you ever think about heading back to play the game, hit me up. I can be your pocket healer as Lurial while talking through fights from a tanking perspective because Tiergan, my main, is a paladin. o/
I got Lurial from i56 to i71 in roughly a week just by running CT and doing 'low level / main scenario roulette' to get the philosophy tomes needed to get Darklight gear and some bits of i80 stuff from Crystal Tower. The gear-score wall isn't as insurmountable as you might think when you're a tank or a healer, because we have extremely short wait times for almost everything. If you've limited time to play the game because of work, just try to squeeze in at least one low-level roulette and main scenario roulette every day before bed. CT is also really, really darn easy for tanks - ESPECIALLY if you are not the main tank. Then it is the most cake-walkiest of cakewalks ever to walk cake.
If you haven't gotten your relic weapon yet, the other-other good news is that most of the Primal Hard Mode fights (except Garuda if you're not 100% sure about positioning) are pretty easy for tanks. For Ifrit and Titan - you don't even have to really move all that much as the main tank. You just get hate, move juust enough to avoid standing in bad things, and let the other 7 poor sods do all the work. Garuda on the other hand is involves much more actually running around and such, but once you know what to look for, it's not too bad. :>
If you ever think about heading back to play the game, hit me up. I can be your pocket healer as Lurial while talking through fights from a tanking perspective because Tiergan, my main, is a paladin. o/
