How do you level post 2.1?

I know that Leves currently gives out a decent EXP, but the problem is the leves allowance is very limited.

Duty Roulette is another one, but Queuing as a DPS still takes too much time.

FATEs? Possibly decent, but then again, the FATE areas in Masamune is pretty much like a Ghost Town, it's like only 1 party doing the FATEs there.

Yeah fates everywhere are being neglected

Dungeons. Dungeons, dungeons, dungeons, and more dungeons. Guildhests are quick if you don't have the hour to spend on a dungeon. The Guildhest bonus for first time completion/no KOs are pretty good. Plus, you learn how to play your class and learn different mechanics, and at end game, that's pretty important.

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Originally Posted by Lucke

Dungeons. Dungeons, dungeons, dungeons, and more dungeons. Guildhests are quick if you don't have the hour to spend on a dungeon. The Guildhest bonus for first time completion/no KOs are pretty good. Plus, you learn how to play your class and learn different mechanics, and at end game, that's pretty important.

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I've been trying to Queue (as a DPS) in Guildhests and Dungeons, and it takes alot of time before I can even enter one, not accounting the fact that the EXP bonus is only great during your first run of the day. It's still not worth it IMO.

Unless you're levelling a tank, in which you can almost insta-queue, then dungeons are a good alternative.

I've been queueing as a MNK for Duty Roulette, I haven't had it take that long to find a group.

FATEs have been a lot quieter though; we had about 4 people fighting Svara the other day.

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Originally Posted by Kafeen

I've been queueing as a MNK for Duty Roulette, I haven't had it take that long to find a group.

FATEs have been a lot quieter though; we had about 4 people fighting Svara the other day.

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Hmm. Your queue takes about how many minutes? Because mine took like 20 mins. or so. Which is in conversion to EXP is not really worth it to do dungeons.

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Originally Posted by Thorauku

I've been trying to Queue (as a DPS) in Guildhests and Dungeons, and it takes alot of time before I can even enter one, not accounting the fact that the EXP bonus is only great during your first run of the day. It's still not worth it IMO.

Unless you're levelling a tank, in which you can almost insta-queue, then dungeons are a good alternative.

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Befriend a Tank or healer and queue up with them. Hitch a ride on their insta queues. I do it for my DPS friends all the time. You can't use roulette with a partner, but you only get the roulette bonus one a day anyway. Since you have at least 1 50, I'm sure you know at least one tank and/or healer you can hitch a ride with.

Another idea is to use the party finder. That might be better than waiting on your queue if you can't find a tank/healer.

With that said, I guess I can no longer level alone with random parties like what I did pre-2.1 in FATE parties?

Welp, if that's the case, my poor summoner will take a while to reach Lv 50 from 42 then.

Its ironic actually, I queue my healer and often me and a tank sit there waiting for DPS... because all the DPS are like, no point queueing unless you are a Tank or Healer... so very few DPS are bothering.

The Duty Roulette 1st time of the day bonus is so huge I managed to level from 43 - 47 while barely ever leaving the city of Gridania... even a 1st time finish of Garuda Story mode gave less EXP than a Roulette Satasha run (bonus reward).

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Originally Posted by Thorauku

With that said, I guess I can no longer level alone with random parties like what I did pre-2.1 in FATE parties?

Welp, if that's the case, my poor summoner will take a while to reach Lv 50 from 42 then.

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Your smn can solo almost every fate worth its exp in the game.

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Originally Posted by Thorauku

With that said, I guess I can no longer level alone with random parties like what I did pre-2.1 in FATE parties?

Welp, if that's the case, my poor summoner will take a while to reach Lv 50 from 42 then.

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At lvl43 you can also start doing beast tribe dailies I think.

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Originally Posted by Skeezix

Your smn can solo almost every fate worth its exp in the game.

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Nope, just nope.

I tried doing some FATEs earlier while doing leves, Lv 39 Roc of Ages FATE literally took ages to get killed. No pun intended.

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Originally Posted by Zakalwe

At lvl43 you can also start doing beast tribe dailies I think.

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Yes, but then again, beast tribe quests are limited to 3 each beast tribe.

It seems like you know how to level post-2.1, the methods just aren't as fast as you like. It's as fast as they get, though. There is no magic bullet to leveling now. 20 minutes on a DF queue isn't that bad given that it was well over an hour 10 days ago.

I'm glad I leveled everything I wanted before this. I knew it would happen, with people crying about FATEs left and right.
Because alt-tabbing while queued for something is much better than hunting FATEs, takes a lot of coordination and player skill.

You can queue as a DPS in dungeons and do leves while you wait? Or fates, even.

I've been sitting at 99 leves for a while, so it feels unlimited to me (right now).

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Originally Posted by Ri_ri

I'm glad I leveled everything I wanted before this. I knew it would happen, with people crying about FATEs left and right.
Because alt-tabbing while queued for something is much better than hunting FATEs, takes a lot of coordination and player skill.

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Lolz at fates taking cordnation and player skill... just lolz.

I've been leveling a bard by doing dungeons and filling in the queue time with leves and fates. Went from 35-40 in a few hours last night no problem.

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Originally Posted by ASnogarD

Its ironic actually, I queue my healer and often me and a tank sit there waiting for DPS... because all the DPS are like, no point queueing unless you are a Tank or Healer... so very few DPS are bothering.

The Duty Roulette 1st time of the day bonus is so huge I managed to level from 43 - 47 while barely ever leaving the city of Gridania... even a 1st time finish of Garuda Story mode gave less EXP than a Roulette Satasha run (bonus reward).

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It's probably because the DPS fell asleep waiting lol.

The reason the fate areas are deserted are two-fold I think. Partly because people are playing their main jobs through the new quest/instances and partly because lots of people were sick and tired of fate-grinding and are using the more viable alternatives they have now.

My BM (now 45) is leveling through 2*3 beasttribe quests + 1 duty-roulette / day.

So aside from the dungeons that gives mediocre exp, everything is limited now?

- Leves due to allowance
- Beast tribe quest 3 of each beast tribe limit
- Duty Roulette 1 time great reward limitation

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Originally Posted by TitusAldin

Lolz at fates taking cordnation and player skill... just lolz.

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Learn to interpret texts before going "lolz".

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Originally Posted by Thorauku

So aside from the dungeons that gives mediocre exp, everything is limited now?

- Leves due to allowance
- Beast tribe quest 3 of each beast tribe limit
- Duty Roulette 1 time great reward limitation

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Dungeons, without duty roulette, give more exp than FATEs, unless your party is very very bad, or you're doing Sastasha at lv 49.

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Originally Posted by SchalaZeal

Dungeons, without duty roulette, give more exp than FATEs, unless your party is very very bad, or you're doing Sastasha at lv 49.

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This. A proper level dungeon will give approximate 1/2 a level per run. Leveling every two dungeons is a lot faster than any fate area ever was. Especially when you fill in the queue times with other things that also give you exp.

Btw, summoner has a side job. Look into scholar leveling. The exp you get on one counts for the other.

What a friend of mine told me:

If tank: Insta-queue into dungeons and spam the hell out of them. Get better at tanking, ask for advice, help your team out, ask for help when needed, and assist newcomers. Get to know boss rotations and solve any party disputes. Be a good leader and ask how you did at the end.

If anything else: Queue into the duty finder while doing FATEs in one awesome leveling party.

Just wanted to throw in that after you do your roulette for the day, just queue for the dungeon equal to your level.

On my 48 warrior last night doing AV I was getting 4k per kill! Then after I hit 50 on him I started on my pugilist. The queue was only about 8 minutes for sastasha. Got 1100xp per kill and a full level only required 30k!

This route feels much better than fates to me.

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Originally Posted by Thorauku

Nope, just nope.

I tried doing some FATEs earlier while doing leves, Lv 39 Roc of Ages FATE literally took ages to get killed.

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Reread all the words I typed. You do not mention your level so I can assume you went there too early solo, or I am better than I think I am. The only fate I did not try to solo in standard leveling areas is chimera. I did not die once post 30 and did not ever run out of time. In most cases it allowed for backup to arrive and allowed people to see it was safe to continue at lowman numbers with a Titan in the zone.