Some other misc update tips:
Two new recipes added for completionists: Leather Plate (Town of Mitra, Armorer) and Frag Grenade (Lost Village of Marlo, General Store)
You can now filter gear by "Possible to Equip" which is AMAZING. The feature is mistranslated, but on the equip page, go to filter, scroll down to the bottom and on the Equippable category, select "Craftable" which really should say "Equippable". That will filter out all equipment that the current unit is unable to wear. No more scrolling through 500 weapons to find a staff for your healer, etc etc.
Another tip is that now it's mega easy to get the 1500 lapis from crafting trophies. You can instantly craft up to 999 items at a time, so set your friend gift item request to something like water crysts and craft 1000 potion / cure / leather hat, etc. They also use cheap stuff like hides or life orbs, but if you TM farm earth shrine, you probably have tons of those you regularly vendor.
The free esper reset is once per account, not once per esper, so don't waste it. You may want to wait until 3* esper upgrades release unless you missed a killer or something vital.
Expedition success rate is increased by unit levels for the higher ranked expeditions. There's now a reason to evolve units you may never put on a team just so you have a bigger roster to send on expeditions. The adventurer materia is incredibly strong (40% to every stat), but will take a lot of expedition grinding, so get to it!