How does Leveling work now?

[Luvbunny]

Decide how you wanna take your poison, fast leveling and pay later, or slower leveling on your own or duo. You should be able to solo to lvl 30 using FoV + GoV on starting areas and the usual leveling areas (Buburimu, Valkrum, Tahrongi, etc). Around 28-29 you can even solo in Qufim to 33-35. And skip Gusgen Mines altogether if you rather go the slow way. Gusgen will get you to 27-30s very fast - it gives you a taste of what to come.

Around 30s - go to Crawler Nest and repeat the GoV book burn till 60s (synch is up to 57). If you are still not about to tear your hair out, you can mix it up with FoV on other areas, either solo or duo if you need to skill up. Around 60s, people go to Bostanieux - near North Sandy inside the castle dungeon. It's what normally done. However you can have friends or make a group and do Boyahda Tree as well for an awesome old school party to 70s. It is best you go there around 65 and ask your lvl 99 friend who needs to skill up or unlocking weapon skill trial to duo with you. Or just go with 6 other lvl 60-70s and hack it old school.

Then you hit the La Theine abysea worm party, or frog, and enjoy speed level to 99. After that you may have to go back to the tree to skill ups. The game is now about weapon and gear grinding, so your goal is to get to 99 ASAP so you can take the magian trials and go at it. When you are done with weapons (empyrean weapon or other elementals) and your abyssea AF3+1, +2 gears - it's time to join the Voidwatch shouts. Or level multi jobs, for abyssea, for void watch, for neo nyzul, etc... Welcome to the grind, for gears and weapons

By the way, these are the most bang for your bucks jobs, you should level them, could be useful. WHM, BLM, SCH, SMN, BST, WAR, MNK, NIN, THF, DNC, SAM, BLU. Most are good for abyssea seal farming, others are excellent for neo nyzul, some for neo dynamis farm, and then void watch.