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Jump in once you're caught up on gear. You have to do P1-P4 normal modes to unlock P5-P8, but nobody's going to be doing the Savages anymore since the rewards are all obsolete. (Technically some people might need to clear P4S to unlock Dragonsong Ultimate, but that's not a concern for you if you've never done endgame raiding before.) EX4 is a fantastic entry point to difficult content and the weapons it drops are the best available at this point in time.

610 crafted gear is available on the marketboard and shouldn't cost too much - keep an eye on prices, they'll most likely go down a bit in the next day or two before spiking on the weekend. If you have the ilvl to do P5-P8, the tokens there buy 610 gear too. And if all else fails, you can get an infinite number of Astronomy tomestones for 590 gear and upgrade them with Aglaia coins to 600 to fill in gaps.