(01-29-2015, 08:49 AM)Steel Wolf Wrote: Though I can assure you that you can make great progress in iLevel and whatever else without ever setting foot inside of Coil.
I can absolutely confirm this. Just by doing your roulettes - after unlocking them, of course - and capping your poetics tomes (which I do regularly just by doing Expert and Trial roulettes once a day after work), you can pick up i100 and i120 gear. A run in the Crystal Tower instances or two for more gear of the same level and items to upgrade the tome gear... and I have two characters sitting with i116 load-outs.
It might be even easier now with the three new dungeons straight up dropping green i100 gear, it's just a matter of getting them unlocked.
It was surprising how quickly Chachan got geared up once he started unlocking the level 50 dungeons. Remember, a lot of the first times in dungeons will provide EXTRA Soldiery for you and those with you - and people love that stuff. A run with people willing to help you (out of kindness or F R E E S O L D I E R Y) through all the level 50 dungeons and trials should easily get you up to at least the ilevel you need to get into Crystal Tower, which will only help you further.
And this was with a healer and tank, respectively. Just be open with how new you are to things, keep and open mind, and reach out to folks. You'll get there soon enough.
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