Anyone here play Final Fantasy XIV?

[Tome]

Note that you can get raid tier armour for poetics in the endgame hubs. For ARR it'd be Mor Dhona. You basically can skip any sort of dungeon grind for past xpac gear.

This. If you're at less than level cap (currently 80) you can pretty easily buy your best gear with the Tomestones of Poetics you get from running roulettes and level 50+ content.

Specifically there's Ironworks gear (Lvl 50, iLevel 110-120, Mor Dhona), Shire gear (Lvl 60, iLevel 260-270, Idyllshire) and then Scaevan gear (Lvl 70, iLevel 390-400, Rhalgar's Reach). They all used to be endgame gear for the applicable level cap, so they'll last you most or all of the way to the next set.

Any of the old relics and other gear should only be done if you really like the way they look and want them for glamour purposes.