Start Prepping TODAY! - How I'm preparing for DAWNTRAIL!

[@calumbeattie5337]

On gear, remember that the quest that unlocks the new jobs will give a coffer giving you free ilvl 525 gear. So unless 5 item levels means a lot to you, you only need Cryptlurker accessories (and you don't need the earrings if you have the Azeyma ones). As for dungeon gear- remember that every clear of a levelling dungeon gives you a gear piece you can equip on the job you ran it with. This means if you already have the complete set of NIN gear for (say) Vanaspati, then you're first clear of that dungeon as VIP will give you the VIP weapon (as it's the only part of the set you don't already have). So you don't really need to be crafting these and they'll just fall into your lap as you level.

[@sharlayanforum]

All facts!

[@subparSamaritan]

Your spreadsheet was exceptionally helpful, thanks for sharing!

[@sharlayanforum]

Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching!

[@josemolina4200]

Ditto I set one up for myself. Im a big fan of organizing stuff because my mind is a mess most of the time haha

[@danthefool21]

First time finding you sir. I love the chill nature of the video, your voice helps with that. Too many "loud boys" out there. Keep it up. Subscribed.

[@sharlayanforum]

Welcome aboard! I was always told I have the face for radio, so I figured why not! 😉

[@mrdarkstar3756]

Just want to add. I completed all the thavnir quests ready to turn in on early access. That should get your viper or picto to 81, then do your wondrous tales double turn in for 82, then complete log stuff for 83. People yrnd to go nuts doing fates in zones while waiting in ques, so it's a good idea to join the action.

[@sharlayanforum]

Stocking up side quests is a great option! And yeah, grinding away on FATEs is almost always a great method for the first few months of an expansion release, especially while sitting around in queues. Thanks for checking out the video!

[@qamarqammar7629]

Not that I've ever done this or anything ;) but spend down your Poetics on the new weapons or gear before turning in that Wondrous Tails which will overcap your Poetics since it gives 500, and before converting old currencies (Comedy etc) into Poetics. Judging by past expacs we should get a 515 weapon and job gear for the left side when we start the jobs at 80. So a Poetics weapon will be nice (530) but not necessary. The only thing we should be lacking at 80 are the accessories. The first leveling dungeon in Endwalker (Zot) only requires ilvel 500. The main thing is get to 81 so you can enter it so the tips mentioned here will more than do that.

[@sharlayanforum]

Yesss. Overcapping bad. :C Definitely the first thing I'll do it grab the new weapons to make space!

[@danferrusquia2819]

Item level during the leveling process isn’t super important unless you’re a tank or healer. (For the DRK mains in the audience, item level is that blue number next to your character’s face in your Character window. It shouldn’t say 480 when you’re queuing for the level 95 dungeon)

[@sharlayanforum]

It definitely isn't important, but being prepared is never a bad thing! Thanks for checking out the video!

[@danferrusquia2819]

@@sharlayanforum fair enough but I’m terrible at inventory management 😭

[@sharlayanforum]

@@danferrusquia2819 Aren't we all!

[@JohnCraftable]

Don't forget when you log out in Ul'dah or Gridania to get either Viper or Pictomancer, to log out in the inn and not just standing outside somewhere because you get a larger well-rested exp bonus from inns.

[@sharlayanforum]

Good point! Definitely! My rested XP has been capped for so long I forget about it lol

[@qamarqammar7629]

As far as I know there is no difference between logging out in any Sanctuary (there will be a moon icon next to your experience bar) which includes the whole city and logging out in an Inn. The Inn does not give you more, but is nice for RP :).

[@sharlayanforum]

@qamarqammar7629 This is correct. Anywhere that you have the moon means you're accruing rested XP, its always at the same rate. Good advice to be sure to log out in a sanctuary though! I think the advice of logging out in an Inn comes from the days when city-states like Gridania and Ul'dah were'nt counted as Sanctuaries, so the only way to get rested XP in them was from logging out in an Inn.

[@MrT3ik0u]

Something you didnt mention : If you're a Savage raider, keep in mind Viper and Picto will have p12s weapons!! So you kan keep a weapon coffer or 8-16 token to buy them!!

[@sharlayanforum]

Also for the eden weapon, if you're so inclined to farm those coffers/tokens! Thanks for the comment!

[@MrT3ik0u]

@@sharlayanforum truuuuuue I totally forgot about that! 😂 Thanks!

[@aromenoir9552]

Also TOP viper weapon will may be available on 7.0, so keep a tokens

[@mynameischris378]

I clicked onto this video and immediately started putting stuff into my desk, and I jumped when I heard you say "My name is Chris". Reason? My username.

[@sharlayanforum]

I'm watching you watching me watching you...

[@seniorderpface]

Bit late of an add but gear your retainers it's not as hard as it seems just grind some gathering scrips you can chill do it spearfishing while waiting in queue for Pandaemonium raids to get tokens to get i640 for combat retainers. Combat is ilvl based so kinda have to work for that recommended ilvl to have at start is 630, Gatherers only need main hand, off-hand, chest, gloves, legs and boots then they are set since they are gathering rating based. Took me about wanna say 3-4 hours to gear out 5 retainers.

[@sharlayanforum]

Definitely! Gotta keep those helpers hard at work! :P

[@leocreuu3254]

My prepping is getting trough 8 dlcs to try to get to the ends when it comes out

[@sharlayanforum]

Truuuuuuueeeee

[@leocreuu3254]

@@sharlayanforum turns out I rather just get the xp from the story with the new jobs so I learned how to craft for the last 3 days🥲

[@DaneeBound]

Spend like the last 4 months basically getting Augmented Credendums for everything. Only like two weeks away from getting that done, Maiming’s the last one.

[@sharlayanforum]

Getting the work in!

[@Retractthepast]

Doing anima weapons for my paladin but just hit 90 and almost done with endwalker. Cant wait for the viper class. Never committed to a dps role.

[@sharlayanforum]

Almost there!

[@femthingevelyn]

also! make sure you may want go save at least 600 tomestones to grab the cryptlurker weapon for viper and. pictomancer if youre interested in them

[@sharlayanforum]

Definitely! We all know what the real endgame is, after all...

[@Zephhi]

You don't need melded gear but yeah you should have like lvl 80-90 gear to save time so you can start that MSQ as you get Viper/Pictomancer to 90

[@sharlayanforum]

Certainly don't need it, but everything helps! The augmented 80 gear starts to fall off pretty hard around 86 or so, in comparison to its counterparts.

[@Zephhi]

@@sharlayanforum I mean I was just saying that because you're probably more concerned with having the item level to queue for dungeons rather than actual stats

[@sharlayanforum]

For sure! I just like to meld my gear because again, every bit helps!

[@Plaste776]

You don't even need gear honestly, base items are fine lmao

[@sharlayanforum]

@Plaste776 this preparation isn't meant to be something that everyone is required to do. I like to contribute as much as I can in content, so having the stats at the end of the leveling phase is an important part of the prep for me. If it's not on your radar and you want to just blast to 90 and not worry about gear, that's okay too! But that's why I'm doing now and not then, so I don't have to worry about it when I'm in the moment leveling.

[@Rafaelsilva-ce2kp]

Tbh you only need to have a lvl90 job with the msq done, some inventory space and around 500k gil. For every expansion you will find vendors with cheap previous lvl cap+1 gear that will forfeit any useless grind for tomestone gear at this point, farming anything after X.5 patches is useless in this game, except for glam or hardocre raiding ofc

[@sharlayanforum]

I can understand not having interest or seeing the value in wanting to prepare, but some do. Thanks for the comment!

[@StratusJumper]

New sub champ. Good vid.

[@sharlayanforum]

Thanks for the sub!

[@HyouVizer]

just have LV80 and LV90 gear sets for melee dex and magic dps and half assly cleaning out inventory eh lol. I do have my Viper glamour set ready too ✨️

[@sharlayanforum]

Yeah, that's definitely all that's needed! And MSQ... Everything else is just gravy on top!

[@Snowinmyears]

if you stay ready you ain't got to get ready; organize your inventory 😂

[@sharlayanforum]

@Snowinmyears true and real

[@filanfyretracker]

I am still working through Endwalker as I recently kicked back into 14 do the post EW dungeons(for MSQ progression) need ilvl 600+ or will I be able to keep the hammer down on the MSQ and not have to brake to farm before the 28th.

[@sharlayanforum]

You should be fine to just push on through! I'm sure that you'll gather enough pieces throughout the post-msq dungeons that getting through them won't be an issue!

[@GimmeTOKYO]

Just an aside, it's actually been disproven that the Bozja earring doesn't give extra EXP while actually in Bozja, oddly enough.

[@sharlayanforum]

I recommend it more for the haste, which is BiS no matter what inside of the content.

[@GimmeTOKYO]

@@sharlayanforum that’s fair haha.

[@samthorne5884]

If I could be that guy and offer some unsolicited critical feedback: I think you need to nail down better who the target audience of videos like this is supposed to be. What I mean is, when you include tips like "Complete the MSQ", "Save up gil", "Cap your tomestones" etc you give the impression that this is meant for beginners or casual players who aren't going to see these things as necessarily obvious, so then they'll treat the other tips in the video as things they didn't realise they needed to do either. This becomes an issue when looking at, for example, your gearing tips, because you say a couple of things are frankly a bit overboard and time-wastey for that kind of player. I can see in the comments you've said the intent is basically just a "do this if you want to, I know I'm going to" thing which is fine, but I worry some sprout is going to stumble across this and, based on the precedent set by the actual beginner-friendly advice, assume these other extremely incremental, extremely temporary gains are equally as mandatory, and then just waste a bunch of their time pre-launch getting melded gearsets and weapon crafting mats for every two levels ready when they *really* didn't need to do that. Point is, one half of the advice in this video is way too much for the beginner player who'll appreciate and be pulled aboard by the other half, while dedicated players like you and I who *would* get benefit from these little extra unnecessary things will find that first half of all beginner advice completely worthless. It's just a bit incohesive, y'know?

[@samthorne5884]

This being said, the presentation and your speaking voice are both excellent and I hope to see more of you!

[@sharlayanforum]

I can understand your position here, but I think it's also extremely important to understand that this video is positioned, and mentioned multiple times, not the least of which is in the title, that this is "How *I'm* preparing for dawntrail" not a guide meant to hand down gospel for how everyone is required to act. I like to do things like the incremental gains in gear because I enjoy optimizing my experiences and have nothing but time between now and the launch of Dawntrail. Thank you for the feedback, and I will try to structure the advice with a more clear deliniation between "what's required" and "what's the icing on the cake" My target for all of my videos, this one included, is all FF players. Not just new or experienced players, but anyone who might be looking for advice or tips. Some points will not be helpful for some people, I'll say things that someone with 1000 hours in the game already knows. Im fine with that. Thanks for taking the time to comment!

[@vytasffbismarck7001]

@samthorne5884 I disagree, any prep is arguably optional so any player looking at this video is ready to do something optional

[@NovaVor4380]

Ngl i just went and grabbed lvl 80 and 90 BiS for both viper and picto

[@sharlayanforum]

I'd say that and being up to date on msq are basically the essentials. Everything else is just icing!

[@AeeanPlays]

what's that vpr glam you got going on?

[@sharlayanforum]

:o there's two! The base parts are the same for both: YoRHa Type-51 Hood of Scouting Augmented Crystarium Coat of Scouting Tantalus Breeches The one in the thumbnail uses the Cryptluker Gloves, and boots The black one in the video I'm using the Hyur F racial gloves and boots.

[@Plaste776]

The bozjan earings literally state it only works on lvl 80 and below babe.

[@sharlayanforum]

I am once again here to remind people that haste is a thing that is good regardless of exp bonuses But in all seriousness, yes! If you're after the EXP bonus, either earring is mostly worthless either way in Bozja as effects like this only grant a bonus to certain EXP sources, neither of which are the main source of EXP in most speed leveling methods. I recommend using the Bozjan Earring *if* you're going to level the jobs from 80 to 90 in Bozja content, because the haste bonus is good no matter what, and the exp bonus granted in either case is mostly inadmissible inside of that content.

[@bartomiejfitrzyk4105]

I don't quite understand this optimization to minimize the time to reach the max level. Especially since you'll be waiting for the raids to unlock afterwards, and then you'll die of boredom waiting for the next content. Wouldn't it be better to calmly enjoy the story and the game in general?

[@sharlayanforum]

I optimize like this because I choose to. I always level every job to max in every expansion, and I always take one of the new jobs through the MSQ, so I try to get one of them to the current max before the end of the early access period. Like I've said in other comments, this video isn't poised as a gospel to tell everyone what they should do and how they should do it. It's how *I'm* preparing for Dawntrail. Optimization isn't for everyone, and that's okay! I'm going to rush to get Viper to 90 so that I can take it through the new MSQ and then enjoy the rest of the time leveling other things and doing fates and other content before the raids release. I think it's also important to remember that boredom is pretty relative. A lot of people aren't playing the game right now because they've "died of boredom" because they've done everything they wanted to do in EW. I still play the game every day even though I've done most everything I want to do. It's a personal experience. Thanks for taking the time to check it out and comment!