When can i leave Ul'dah?!

Hey All, I was just wondering if anyone can tell me when doleave my starting area? i've only lvl'd my highest job to 22, but i remember in FFXI at least at lvl 10 i made, what seemed at the time, the long walk to the dunes, but now im just going to the next camp down the road -.-

is there any quests or incentive that require me to travel or explore?

Wellcome to FFXIV !, where you can do 1-50 doing the same 5-6 leves every day! And most ppl like the ones in Uldah.. so probably you'll stay there for much time more.. Or you can try to do other leves in other zones (in limsa there are some good one btw)..

this doesn't make me feel very good =(

XIV is in it's vanilla phase and people just stick around Ul`Dah generally. There are more areas but honestly, they're around the 40s.

This is (sadly) the thruth.. People want to do the best leves for exp.. So everyone do them in Uldah. (+2,3 in limsa btw) .. So hardly you'll move from there to go for example in gridania.. Unless you have a group of friends that want explore more zones for fun, and maybe grinding, without caring about the less exp you'll get.. (sorry for my english btw)

i started in limsa. left for uldah very early in the game and have been there ever since. i do leave once every leve reset to go to limsa to do verdure and inferno. there's a few things that you have to do in other places, but not alot.

This is one of the areas where FF XIV differs to other MMOs instead of constantly moving you forward to new zones it just moves you to new camps in the same Zone. You can get to rank 50 witout ever leaving the zone.

I travel to all three cities to do leves (battle/gathering) and crafting. I've found nice leves that give as good SP that Ul'dah's do and the cities are less crowded because everyone wants to stay in Ul'dah. It's also nicer to fight/farm in the other two cities for the same reason.

You can leave anytime you like and explore, find new camps, new leves, new things to do... just gotta do it. :)

For me, I'm glad I started elsewhere, because now when I need to visit my home city, I'm quite happy to make the trip. Even if I do spend most of my time in Ul'dah. Adventure out, its fun that way. There is lots to explore, take the time and do it.
There's 5 main areas to check out. La Noscea, Black Shroud, and Thanalan include the 3 main cities. Each area contains content for ranks 1-50 and beyond.

Exploring other areas is a great way to see what else is out there in game aside from the norm. It breaks the monotony of hanging out in one area and you get to check out some beautiful sights as well. Avoiding Rainbow Basilisks along with Riphead Ogres is exciting as you make your way to an aetherial node. Getting out there and exploring is fun.

You can check out anytime, but you can never leave.

I'd suggest you go out and explore the world just to get a look at it :D but... mostly people just stick in ul'dah because that is where everything is at for the moment.

Uldah has the best r40 battlecraft leves and some good r30s. Limsa and Grid has good leves as well but with the current leve system it is easier to find people to have similar leves in Uldah therefore you never have to leave Uldah.

1-15 kill random stuff

15-25 Horizon Behest

25-30 Kill ants in copperbell

30-50 do the same 6-8 leves every 36 hours

44-50 kill raptors in coerthas *optional

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Uldah has the best r40 battlecraft leves and some good r30s. Limsa and Grid has good leves as well but with the current leve system it is easier to find people to have similar leves in Uldah therefore you never have to leave Uldah.

1-15 kill random stuff

15-25 Horizon Behest

25-30 Kill ants in copperbell

30-50 do the same 6-8 leves every 36 hours

44-50 kill raptors in coerthas *optional

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Yeah, this is why I keep getting bored when I log back on. They need to add in camp spots in the game that are not all in ul'dah

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Originally Posted by stardrifter

Hey All, I was just wondering if anyone can tell me when doleave my starting area? i've only lvl'd my highest job to 22, but i remember in FFXI at least at lvl 10 i made, what seemed at the time, the long walk to the dunes, but now im just going to the next camp down the road -.-

is there any quests or incentive that require me to travel or explore?

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You cant leave it is too dangerous. Sorry. I am lvl 50 and I still dont leave.

At lower ranks I'd suggest trying out the leves at the camps in the Black Shroud and La Noscea. Sure, it's not as efficient as Horizon behest every half hour, but variety is a good thing! You can rank up quick enough at lower ranks that it isn't that big of a deal IMHO.

At the higher ranks you will be more or less stuck in Thanalan most of the time for battle leves (for the sake of efficiency), so I say enjoy your relative freedom while you can. ;)

And of course exploring is a lot of fun. You might want to venture into Coerthas, in the Camp Glory area you should find some mobs you can kill and you can run there from the Black Shroud near Camp Emerald Moss.

basically its like FFXI in the beginning, each of the main areas cab get you to about 50. problem is, while the bastok area for example consisted of like 5 different looking zones, thanlan, while probably just as big, or bigger, does not.

People stay in ul dah now, because thats where the majority of the player base has agreeed to stay. Its not so much that leves in ul da are that much better, but if you want consistent behest groups, and to be where most people do leves, ul dah is the place where everyone else is.
Ideally, you would move around looking for best exp/monsters most suited to your playstyle, but they killed exping outside of leves/behest.
Heck, if they had higher leves/behests people would probably have went to coerthas, but alas they do not. Back before the sp change people would go all over, into deep dunegeons and far zones, chasing good exp, and trying to avoid other peoples camps, But there were more people back then, and an sp system that rewarded you more for fighting harder stuff.

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basically its like FFXI in the beginning, each of the main areas cab get you to about 50. problem is, while the bastok area for example consisted of like 5 different looking zones, thanlan, while probably just as big, or bigger, does not.

People stay in ul dah now, because thats where the majority of the player base has agreeed to stay. Its not so much that leves in ul da are that much better, but if you want consistent behest groups, and to be where most people do leves, ul dah is the place where everyone else is.
Ideally, you would move around looking for best exp/monsters most suited to your playstyle, but they killed exping outside of leves/behest.
Heck, if they had higher leves/behests people would probably have went to coerthas, but alas they do not. Back before the sp change people would go all over, into deep dunegeons and far zones, chasing good exp, and trying to avoid other peoples camps, But there were more people back then, and an sp system that rewarded you more for fighting harder stuff.

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actually the leves at broken water are the best leves for sp. name a leve in limsa or grid that gets that same or even close to dunes or reveries when linked and aspected. the toad one in iron lake area is decent, but not even in the same category sp wise. yes, limsa does have inferno and verdure for the r30 areas and grid has moons mistress, but most i know do dunes, reveries, wills, levin, verdure, and inferno. they do so because they are the biggest sp leves all the way to r50.

Great horry toads.

Sadly SE didn't make small unique zones with a decent level of progression, expect to stay in Ul'dah/Thanalan most of the time pretty much until you are 50 :(

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Great horry toads.

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Yea, that one's basically Limsa's version of Dunes.

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Originally Posted by stardrifter

Hey All, I was just wondering if anyone can tell me when doleave my starting area? i've only lvl'd my highest job to 22, but i remember in FFXI at least at lvl 10 i made, what seemed at the time, the long walk to the dunes, but now im just going to the next camp down the road -.-

is there any quests or incentive that require me to travel or explore?

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lol. If you had wanted to troll, this would be the perfect troll post. Unfortunately you shall never leave! You will be there until rank 50 and beyond. There are a few quests that take you on some nice trips. And I always skipped between the 3 cities every other leve reset to give myself some variety. You get bonus rewards when you trade in your guildleves at a different city.

You can leave at rank 1 if you wish, but a few of the best leves are in Uldah, so you'll be back around 33 all the way to 50.

All of your retainers are belong to us.

edit - OH MY GOD I HAVE A GOLD MEDAL

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Originally Posted by stardrifter

Hey All, I was just wondering if anyone can tell me when doleave my starting area? i've only lvl'd my highest job to 22, but i remember in FFXI at least at lvl 10 i made, what seemed at the time, the long walk to the dunes, but now im just going to the next camp down the road -.-

is there any quests or incentive that require me to travel or explore?

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- If you do the main quest you will have to leave Ul'dah at some point. ^^

- Or if you want to join any of the class guilds that are not in Ul'dah, you will have to travel to one of the other cities where that guild is located, and do their quests in order to gain some new abilities.

- Also, there are many Notorious Monsters that appear in non-Thanalan areas, and you will probably eventually like to fight those.

The world is pretty large and you can explore if you want to at any time. If you stick to the main path, you can travel to most places safely. Just touch the aetheryte gates along the way so you can teleport back later whenever you like.

It's pretty amazing what you can find if you explore. There was a recent thread where someone posted screenshots of an area in northern Thanalan that many people had never seen before. I've been playing just about every day since October and have been to many places throughout Eorzea, but there are still many things I haven't seen.

That reminds me! I still need to find the red walls in Thanalan and visit the windmills in Coerthas. ^^

The game is fairly large.

The camps 10,20,30 are fairly decent in all 3 city zones, 40s though uldah zones are head and shoulders better leaves.

Normal partys (not-leve) are actually best outside uldah... above rank 26. Fairly easy to pull 25-26k/hr steadyon these groups which is about around where you will get in leves when you factor in downtime.

All 3 starting zones are made up into multiple zones which can level you all the way to cap. With Corthas and Mordona being more mid/upper level areas only.