Just hit 50 need advice .

Would be a nice quality of life change if they let us have choco companion out while waiting on dutyfinder. Can't be that difficult to have them 'automatically withdraw' as soon as a dungeon is entered / queue party formed.

But yeah, you'll have a good 100 story quests to go through between ultima and getting to heavensward content.
Not much point worrying about your level or reaching 60, since you'll anyways have to reach the '60 point' in the story first.

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Originally Posted by Chyro

Would be a nice quality of life change if they let us have choco companion out while waiting on dutyfinder.

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It's often been asked for, and was even acknowledged by SE who was apparently working on it a couple years ago. But it seems the plan never reached fruition, so I don't know what the chances are of it by now.


Clear back in late 2013:

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Originally Posted by Camate

Instead of simply increasing the experience points your companions acquire, we will be enhancing their usability and increasing the opportunities in which experience points can be acquired by making it possible to summon your companions while being queued for the Duty Finder.

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and early 2014:

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Originally Posted by Hvinire

The team has also been looking into a better incorporation of Chocobo Companions including allowing you to register for Duty Finder while having your companion out, as well as riding your companion while he's called. While the timing for these hasn't been decided we'll keep you aware when we hear more.

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Leves, fates, but best would be to get a preformed group and run dungeons. Also use exp food and if you are in a FC they can have "Heat Of the Battle" activated for a little extra exp as well.
It is true that dps queue times are rather long on many content so in Heavansward i mainly leveled Monk, Dragoon and Ninja to 60 by doing fates with some dungeons in between. Lots of people were doing fates when hw first came out, lol

Finish the MSQ and you can get a bulk of your exp from the Heavensward MSQ and fates to fill in the gaps as lots do them for shards. If you're a tank of healer, dungeons to fill gaps, fast queue and easy exp. Don't forget food.

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Originally Posted by Mattelot

Finish the MSQ and you can get a bulk of your exp from the Heavensward MSQ and fates to fill in the gaps as lots do them for shards. If you're a tank of healer, dungeons to fill gaps, fast queue and easy exp. Don't forget food.

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What's your source for this information?

I don't have a source to cite for you other than my own personal experience, but I also recommend focusing on the main scenario quest first. =)