Carrying over from my previous post, I had decided to close the gap on 73 and get to 74. At this point, the Augmented Scaevan Gear is no longer good enough for doing work in Il Mheg, which I am hoping to do at some point in the future. However, I did clear an important first: attuning to the overworld currents in Lakeland. This means that I could possibly have my first flyable region in Norvrandt before I depart for the convention.
I also was able to unlock the Trust system and unlock Crystarium Leves. However, in terms of the Trust system, I chose not to use it for one reason only: giving player commendations to those who need to clear new or old content for second chance points on Wondrous Tails. I don't expect to reach Level 75 before I head to Anime Expo, the gap will be too wide, even with clearing challenge log entries and beast tribe and clan hunt entries. But I will come close and I expect that by the end of the month, I reach Level 80 as a white mage or come close to it.
How about that. To go through a good deal of leveling while barely doing the Level 71 quests...soon I will have to kick the sidequests over to my Samurai, which is next to be leveled. This is what's great about the new expansion...lots of opportunities to level jobs and classes and earn in-game tokens for swag. My only regret is that my companion Ryou and squadron cannot be leveled further yet.