Advice on Class Switching Mid 2.0

Leveling an Archer and I looked over Arcanist and really was impressed by what they could do (I love pet classes) and Scholar looks like a unique challenge for me. But the problem is that the Archer is 25 and in the middle of the story quests before the Ifrit fight.

What would be best EXP wise? Should I get the Archer for 50 or so before focusing on the Arcanist or just do the switch right away?

Just do it, do fates dungeons levequests. Youll be 25 before you know it.

If you aren't planning on carrying on with Archer you may as well drop it now. It doesn't take too long to get back up to 25 once you're famililar with everything whereas some of the later levels get slow; you'll probably want to be on a class you really want to play by that point.

One thing to note is that Archer contributes cross-class skills which Summoner can get good use out of (you get a free Summoner when you level your Scholar since they're both alternate versions of the Arcanist, and you like pet classes so that might be fun). Your work won't be wasted even if you decide not to take Archer all the way up, or even if you swap between Arcanist and Archer for a little while longer to feel both of them out.

The game's design welcomes being a little indecisive early on. I have swapped mains a bunch of times in failed attempts to deny my true love for WHM and it hasn't held me back.

Being that you have to get to 60 on a class before you get any sort of EXP boost, I would put the effort into leveling what you enjoy. It wouldn't take too long to get an arcanist up to where your archer is and you can make the choice then.

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Originally Posted by KasKatta

Being that you have to get to 60 on a class before you get any sort of EXP boost, I would put the effort into leveling what you enjoy. It wouldn't take too long to get an arcanist up to where your archer is and you can make the choice then.

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You get the exp boost at any level, if you have let's say a level 30 Marauder, you'll have the exp boost for all your other jobs till level 30. So the OP will have the exp boost to level his Arcanist to 25.

I'm a little confused, because you are posting this question on a character that is level 39 paladin, with no dps jobs. You might be an alt-holic, in which case I advise you to get a character / class to level cap if you haven't already, and enjoy the alt-play later. Lots of things in this game open up as you level, and playing a new class becomes easier when you have stronger classes to help obtain gear and gil.

Its a big game, and constantly replaying the first few parts of the game is a recipe for boredom, when there is so much to do later on.

Feel free to try out Arcanist and see if you like it. This game is built around letting you have multiple classes on one character.

You can probably wander around the two cities you didn't start in originally and scoop up a bunch of low-level sidequests.

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Originally Posted by KasKatta

Being that you have to get to 60 on a class before you get any sort of EXP boost, I would put the effort into leveling what you enjoy. It wouldn't take too long to get an arcanist up to where your archer is and you can make the choice then.

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I just want to pitch in and confirm what Freyyy posted and mention the armoury bonus exp works on any class under your max levelled class. You don't need to hit 50 or 60 first. The tip about the bonus exp was pretty poorly worded ingame, I think, and this leads to a lot of miscommunication about how it works. All you need to do is glance at your exp gains to see that there's an extra 50%-100% in the log.