Whats the best way to level up now ?

Hey guys,
i finally want to level a twink class besides my main Class but i don't have anymore quests so i am wondering what is the best way to level up now.

Fates are not that crowded anymore. I do Daily low Level Duty Roulette and 1-2 Dungeons a day. But it feels like it's kinda slow without any quests. So if anyone does have any advice i would be really glad to hear it :)

Guild Leves and Levequests - I got 16K exp from one GC leve (Lv39) the other night :)
Their so quick and give so much exp these days, its like questing only without the walls of NPC text :p

I'd say dungeons around your level (aside from duty roulette). Sastasha will give like 711 exp per kill, but Stone Vigil will give like 3500 per kill.

Fates can be done while waiting to get in a dungeon for some extra exp, as can leves. Leves are pretty efficient too if you don't want to do dungeon runs or fates.

Yeah my Archer is lvl 27 right now.
I did never do Guildleves to be honest. Sounds like a good way while waiting for the Duty Finder :)

Thanks

There is pretty much a viable dungeon for every level. I did fates, leves and once I got to 43 I grinded stone vigil to 50 because its my favorite instance :D

If you want speed but don't care about how many days it takes DR low level + guildhest is BY FAR the fastest.. That should get you about 1/2 a level every day and never takes more than 30 to 40 minutes.

If you don't wand to spend weeks leveling like that then toss in dungeons your level (cutters cry isn't worth it imo) and do leves while you wait in queue. Escort leves tend to be the best... its often possible to just run through everything while dragging the NPC along making for really fast completions. Fastest escort I have done is 1min 30sec and that one gets me around 18k exp.

leves and dungeons, hopefully this breeds a new generation of better players. i'd much rather group with someone who has grinded out all 50 levels in a dungeon and knows their job/role inside and out as opposed to the FATE grinded derp who knows nothing beyond spamming aoe's

A mix of everything. On my alt character I did Fates/Leves/Area Quests/Dungeons. As a DD you will sit in queue for a while, plenty of time to do the leves, and with the new Fate system making things scale, you really don't need to be in a "Fate party" to get gold anymore. At least at low-mid levels. Once you hit Coerthas it might be worth fate partying again. Make sure to do your daily roulette!

The first time you do a guildhest it gives a bonus, so try to do each of them at least once if you haven't done them on your main job. Leves are a good exp gain yes, but not while you are queued unless you want to have to choose between failing the leve to join your instance, or doing the leve and missing your instance. With dps having 20-30 minute queue times, that's not always viable =D I usually run fates or harvest while I wait for my instance to pop, then change out gear and go for it. Also, don't forget the hunting log. If your guild leader is willing ask them to put the experience buff up too. Food with exp buff is good to use as well.

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Originally Posted by Rochetm

If you want speed but don't care about how many days it takes DR low level + guildhest is BY FAR the fastest.. That should get you about 1/2 a level every day and never takes more than 30 to 40 minutes.

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I've been leveling my BLM that way, and the lower levels were faster. I was getting a new level every day doing hests and low level. It's not the fastest leveling method, but i feel like i'm making progress every time i play her. It's slowed down in the 40s, but still seems over half a level each time, especially if i log out in the inn, which is something you should do if you have it unlocked.

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Originally Posted by Traek

with the new Fate system making things scale, you really don't need to be in a "Fate party" to get gold anymore.

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You never did, really. I rarely do FATE parties and I always get gold, unless I show up late. Even then I often do. FATE parties just make it easier. But it was always possible without one. The biggest benefit is the exp you got from party members' kills.

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Originally Posted by Rochetm

Escort leves tend to be the best... its often possible to just run through everything while dragging the NPC along making for really fast completions. Fastest escort I have done is 1min 30sec and that one gets me around 18k exp.

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Collect-the-bottles leves are really fast, too. The mobs that spawn leash from bottle to bottle if they're far enough apart (and if not, you can just run a little farther), so you can just ignore them completely and grab the bottles and be done.

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Originally Posted by alhandra

leves and dungeons, hopefully this breeds a new generation of better players. i'd much rather group with someone who has grinded out all 50 levels in a dungeon and knows their job/role inside and out as opposed to the FATE grinded derp who knows nothing beyond spamming aoe's

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I have leveled my dragoon to 40 using LLDR and GH...one a day. I get the first three dungeons or ifrit. This does not teach me how to play dragoon because I only have a few skills at that level.

I started throwing in a higher level dungeon outside of roulette to give me a chance to practice.

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you know, you dont have to use the roulette right? you can join a dungeon just by clicking on it in the duty finder... so like that means you can level up exclusively in dungeons. go q up for stone vigil or aurum vale.. you will see very quickly if you have learned your class or not. in my opinion both of those dungeons are far more challenging than any of the 50+ dungeons.

i lvled my tank from 1-45 exclusively in dungeons.. ive only been playing a tank for about a week, i can already say with utmost confidence that i am a better tank than 75% of the goons i meet in df who were probably fate grinded. i can say this because prior to tanking i was a healer, and i cant even count the number of times ive died because of inept tanks not having the right skills or not knowing what their skills are "derp why do i need to flash that doesnt add to my dps"

The most fun is dungeons, but if your in a hurry then idk I play games to escape work

Leves are pretty good exp now, and the duty roulette is great for a quick burst of exp each day. I rarely do FATEs anymore :/

Going just by the title, I'd say the best way to level up is by doing what you actually find fun. Anything else is missing the point of a game.
Going by your actual intention, which would be "what's the fastest way to level up now?" I'd say your question has probably been answered already by others.

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The low level Roulette has been great because I have so much other stuff to do on my level 50 characters, that I can also throw in a level per day (normally) on my alt just by doing a 30-40 minute dungeon run.

I've been doing low level duty roulette with my lvl 21 thaumaturge and I get an extra like 30,000 exp points for using the duty roulette- it's insane.

Once 47+ you can create an xp group and farm first room full clear of trash up to boss and since remade group can leave and re enter. 10-15 minutes avg I would say and 70k xp about per run with rested and lvl 50 bonus. Till then several things.

Leave quests find the escort quests. 10-30 seconds a run max xp at max lvl setting is optimal. Example lvl 45 leave quest in Mor Dhona is 10-15 seconds for the escort about 18-19k xp and 500ish gold.

First time runs on guildhests are an abundance of xp for that level. 2 of them every 5 levels from 10-40.

Dungeons without daily are still very good xp and comparable to fates. Also if you choose appropriate level dungeon its good learning tools as mentioned and there is a dungeon every 3-4 lvls after Sastasha-Copperbell (Halatali, Thousand Maw, Haukke, Brayflax, Sunken Temple, Cutters Cry, Stone Vigil, DD (forgot name) and Arum Vale.

Of course also Fates.

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Originally Posted by makke007

Hey guys,
i finally want to level a twink class besides my main Class but i don't have anymore quests so i am wondering what is the best way to level up now.

Fates are not that crowded anymore. I do Daily low Level Duty Roulette and 1-2 Dungeons a day. But it feels like it's kinda slow without any quests. So if anyone does have any advice i would be really glad to hear it :)

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You lost me at twink.

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Originally Posted by Judge_Hellboy

You lost me at twink.

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Incorrect use of the word. They mean alt.

As others have said, a mix of things is best. Low-level roulette is great for DPS (faster queues, bonus exp makes up for the difference between their level and the dungeon they get) but I would skip it if you are a role with short queue times (Tank/Healer) as you get the same (sometimes better) exp doing a level appropriate dungeon while also getting drops that you can use as upgrades.

Battleleves are great exp, too. Many people use the escort one, as you can skip killing anything and it's fast (crank difficulty to +4). I expect they may change this at some point to prevent everything from being ignored, so get it while it's hot.

Daily Guildhest is great, too. You get the equivalent of about 1.5 Battleleves worth of exp for like 3-5 minutes of work (once it pops). Not sure how this compares to a dungeon (maybe a bit slower, but maybe quicker queues?), but at roughly the same level I think I was getting something like 100-120k in an instance for maybe 30 minutes of work.

As you run around, do any FATES you see. They can actually be really good now with a group because they tend to spawn so many mobs that you get more exp from killing things than the FATE exp (they didn't nerf FATE exp, they just made them last longer and more difficult). Ignore fates with single big bosses, as they also made them harder, but they don't offer any additional experience.

While I like the fact that dungeons are a worthy XP source now the lack of balance is dull.

Please adjust the game so that Players can choose between fates, roulette or leves what they want to do instead of just making one of those way too good so that the rest of the content sits there and becomes meaningless.

If the XP yield from other sources is balanced then the whole game becomes less of a grind as you won't have to do the same thing over and over if you want to level up efficiently.

with 2.1 the Fates are pretty much dead now because everyone is busy doing the same roulette grind over and over again.

Do the activities you have the most fun with. The levels will come as an after thought. I decided to level an alternate class as well and just from having fun with my friends and helping out "younger" FC mates, I got some levels pretty quick. In fact at one point I was like "… wait…. where did those past three levels even come from?!"

The only thing that's not balanced now with the levelling is how few leves you get per day, comparatively to being able to just chain grind FATEs or Dungeons with no consequence, FATEs are really on par with dungeons, they just aren't the mindless zerg fest that they used to be, and you no longer blow them up in like 10 seconds.

Spammed off over 120+ Mor Dhona escort leves (one of the naturalists is missing only takes 30 seconds) to finish off my BRD last week. Took roughly 4 hours and got the last 3-4 levels out of it and made about 75k. Then I was out of leves lol. Kind of thinking of trying to get a guild group to fate grind with a 4 player 4 chocobo companion setup to see how it would be for companion XP now, since the increased chains from lack of other fate grinders might seem appealing now.