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Zombie Man's Recommended Approach to I20

1) Before I20, work to fill your Alpha Slot to at
least to Tier3 for the Level Shift and then start hording Shards. The
ITF and Hami Raids will be your most efficient source of Shards. Don't
go out of your way for Shard-based Components... they only breakdown
into just 1 Shard.

2) Upon entering I20 (Live or in Beta),
transfer all your Shards to Threads. You can do so at a 10:10 rate once a
day (20 hour cooldown), or any time at a 10:5 rate (plus some Inf).

3) Do not use your Threads to buy Incarnate XP
to unlock the next four slots. Don't! Your Threads will be much more
valuable to you in crafting Incarnate Abilities to put into your
Incarnate Slots. Instead, run the BAF and Lambda Trials. As you do so,
Lambda Incarnate XP will start to unlock the Interface and Destiny
slots; and the BAF Incarnate XP will start to unlock the Judgement and
Lore slots.

4) As you unlock the Judgement and Interface
Slots (the first ones to unlock), go ahead and craft the Tier1 ability
for each AND STOP THERE. Do not be tempted to use up threads to build
the higher Tiers for those Slots. Your goal is to get the Level Shift of
the Lore and Destiny Slots (Tier3 for both).

5) Once the Lore and Destiny slots are
unlocked, spend all your Threads to get to Tier3. The easiest way to do
that is to run at least 16 *successful* Lambda or BAF Trials. That will
give you 16 Empyrean Merits with which you can purchase the two Rare
Thread-Components you need to craft the two Tier3s. If you're lucky, you
might get a Rare component drop at the end of either Trial that will
speed up obtaining these Tier3s.

6) There, you're done. Well... you've done
enough. You have four new Incarnate Abilities. You have a +1 Shift for
all level 45+ content from Alpha. And you have +3 Level Shift on the
Incarnate Trials (these two Trials and the new ones to come). Relax.
Everything from this point on is just gravy. Almost everything your
Incarnate character does now will drop Shards. You can now do the
Incarnate Trials when you feel like it confident you'll crush it at your
+3 Level and you'll be ready to crush the new Trials when they come and
eventually work toward Tier4 in all Incarnate Slots at your leisure.