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It's an odd design choice, and not one I necessarily like... but...
It doesn't take weeks to grind out getting through Steps of Faith.Â
Personal story time:
I resubbed three weeks ago. Most days I don't do any content and just RP. In that time I went from an ilvl 63 WHM to an ilvl105 WHM and cleared the main story content having not played since before 2.1. In total I probably put 6 hours towards the main story in each week. I finished up Steps of Faith at ilvl96 on Saturday.
Gearing is pretty easy with a mix of dungeons, crafting, Soldiery Tomes, Labyrinth of the Ancients/Syrcus Tower runs. The last two there are exceptionally nice, since now you can run them endlessly while they're unlocked. Every run gives Soldiery and Poetic Tomes, as well as chances at gear. Additionally, each takes maybe 30~45 minutes since most people significantly out gear it and make it a breeze.Â
The hardest part, I would say, is if you don't have a level 50 class yet. That's what is going to take the most amount of time. Once you get to 50 (especially if you already have must-have cross class skills) it amounts to just accomplishing a lot of quests; 90% of which are pretty easy "talk to this guy, that guy, that other guy, then come back" quests.
The required trials are fairly easy all the way up to Steps of Faith, which was just recently nerfed (and might be again by the time Heavensward releases). Take 3 minutes while waiting in queue to watch a video for each trial and you very likely won't have a problem with any of them.
Not everyone will get done quite as quickly as I did (roughly 18 hours), as I got pretty lucky on some drops in ST. Some will get through faster, some slower, etc. But! If you start now and put in an hour or two a day towards it, you can be ready for Heavensward before early access even begins.
It doesn't take weeks to grind out getting through Steps of Faith.Â
Personal story time:
I resubbed three weeks ago. Most days I don't do any content and just RP. In that time I went from an ilvl 63 WHM to an ilvl105 WHM and cleared the main story content having not played since before 2.1. In total I probably put 6 hours towards the main story in each week. I finished up Steps of Faith at ilvl96 on Saturday.
Gearing is pretty easy with a mix of dungeons, crafting, Soldiery Tomes, Labyrinth of the Ancients/Syrcus Tower runs. The last two there are exceptionally nice, since now you can run them endlessly while they're unlocked. Every run gives Soldiery and Poetic Tomes, as well as chances at gear. Additionally, each takes maybe 30~45 minutes since most people significantly out gear it and make it a breeze.Â
The hardest part, I would say, is if you don't have a level 50 class yet. That's what is going to take the most amount of time. Once you get to 50 (especially if you already have must-have cross class skills) it amounts to just accomplishing a lot of quests; 90% of which are pretty easy "talk to this guy, that guy, that other guy, then come back" quests.
The required trials are fairly easy all the way up to Steps of Faith, which was just recently nerfed (and might be again by the time Heavensward releases). Take 3 minutes while waiting in queue to watch a video for each trial and you very likely won't have a problem with any of them.
Not everyone will get done quite as quickly as I did (roughly 18 hours), as I got pretty lucky on some drops in ST. Some will get through faster, some slower, etc. But! If you start now and put in an hour or two a day towards it, you can be ready for Heavensward before early access even begins.
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