1y ago

How are you preparing for Dawntrail?

We only have a week left until early access starts, what are you guys doing to prepare for it? I've grinded out the carbuncle earring from the mogtome event and plan to do the wondrous tails for that extra exp. Also, both my inventory and glamour dresser are completely full, so I'll need to make some room beforehand.. But most importantly, I still need a fitting glam :D

FFXIV @ffxiv

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I've largely been capping out all my currencies. Got all my tomes capped, my scrips, and about half way on bicolour gems.
Also went through the inventory clear out! I have extra retainers but I've managed to get one of them completely empty ready for new crafting mats in DT, and all the others have been culled significantly.
I have started prepping stuff for Viper and Picto too, I've got full Cryptlurker level 80 sets for both and I have all the trade materials needed for max Manderville relics for both once they hit 90.
And glam wise, I finally got one ready a couple of days ago! This is actually the first time I've put together a glam I'm really happy with that wasn't just lifted and tweaked from Eorzea Collection, so am very much looking forward to next week!
- Heck yeah! Love the choice of headpiece, and your middie is super cute! ~~We share a face lol~~
  
  Thank you ❤️ I've played around with Fantasias a little since I finished Endwalker but I always come back to my middie. And my Gyr Abania Plait hairstyle!
- I'd gotten to the point where I was spending causality tomes on upgrade items or crafting items, so I figured getting two sets of items for Viper and Picto was something that I'd either use, or if it doesn't happen, can go towards other jobs, eventually!
- @Drusenija @Berin Your glam is really cute!! I really dread cleaning out my inventory 🫠 I plan to play picto so, i should prepare some gear as well..
  
  Thank you ❤️ The main bit of advice I can give is that anything you can replace easily, just vendor it. List it on the market board if you think you can sell it, but otherwise just get rid of it. If it turns out you were wrong and you need it, you've already established you can easily replace it.
  I was carrying so many old crafting mats for stuff that I thought I might need, and sure, there have been occasions where I've been able to take advantage of that, but the actual amount of time saved would easily be under an hour over two years. Not a significant enough saving to warrant the extra time spent on inventory management over the same period.
My favorite way to prep for an expansion is try to get as immersed as I can ahead of it.
The first thing I always do is choose the class I'm going to play for the next expansion, with an RP reason, and then make a glam for it. I chose MCH this time, on the reasoning that, after Endwalker, the WoL finally had downtime, but they're still the chaos gremlin that carries an entire house in their backpack, so I thought they'd probably use that time to do a deep dive into something scholarly for the first time. For my character, I decided she wanted to figure out exactly how much aether she can channel at once, and what better way to do that than by blasting it out of a gun?
With my lore established, I made a couple glams to fit it, and what we'll be doing. The first is the culmination of her downtime activities, a complex outfit with a lot of magitek involved, which definitely stands out from a crowd.
The second is a more low-key glam for going to the new world for the first time, with unobtrusive elements of weird tech. The Scaevan earring is one of my favorite glam items. I love having my Bluetooth earpiece.

I also did a new housing build for my character in an Empyreum apartment, meant to look like a secret workshop in the Brume, where she did all her tinkering.
Playing other games. Only kind of a joke. It's important to pace myself so I don't burnout on the game too quick.
Grinding levels on all my lowest jobs. Getting gear for Viper, Picto. Prepping for an XP-bomb to Viper. Inventory and Quest clean out. (Also why I’m leveling)

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