How to level DPS classes these days?

Hi

I recently decided to start leveling an Archer, but it felt like running into a wall.

I've leveled WHM to 50 shortly after release using mostly quests, so there aren't many quests left now.
Then I leveled Arc ,THM and Glad to around 26, using up the quests I had skipped on the WHM to that point as well as FATEs.
Now FATE groups don't seem to exist anymore, as apparently the XP from them got nerfed quite a bit.

And Dungeons... As DPS I have waittimes of 30 min+ often much longer.
Even if the tank doesn't leave after 3 minutes, the leveling rate through dungeons isn't too fast either, not to mention, what to do in between waits? I'm at a point where I ponder giving up on the archer and leveling my Glad and Marauder, as they at least get groups fast.

So, my problem is, I got no Quests anymore. There are no FATE groups anymore. Dungeons and Guildhests take forever to get a group as DPS.

So how to level DPS classes these days?

Slowly, is my solution. I do the daily roulettes with them as well as turn in beast tribe quests if they're high enough. If I want to do more than one dungeon a day I just craft or something while waiting on DF. My queue times seem shorter than yours, sometimes I'll have a 30+ minute wait but it's rare and I find I usually get something in 15-20 minutes at the most. I tend to play during peak times on my server so that may be why.

I just accept I can't level it in 3-4 days anymore, though if someone really wanted to do that I'm sure it's still possible if you solo FATE's while waiting for dungeons.

Leves?

/10char

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Originally Posted by AxisRahl

Leves?

/10char

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I only had Arcanist to level when ARR came out but I did most of it through leves with the occasional fate or dungeon (which I queued as I was doing leves).

Archer can solo fates very well. Even the boss fates you just wait until the last minute. Failed fates still give good XP. I'm doing my last two DPS jobs now and it's been smooth. Make the most of your wait time and use roulettes, hunting logs and challenge log xp to your advantage.

Leves, hunting logs, and nearby FATEs, while waiting for dungeon queues. As a bonus, leves offer reasonably good gear at regular intervals.

Leves replenish slowly, but assuming that you're not rushing things and stacking that rested xp, it's a painless way to make the climb.

I just leveled BRD and BLM to 50 the last couple of weeks. It was pretty painless but somewhat repetitive. Leve and Fate spam while in dungeon queue. The new hest and challenge log bonuses are a big boost as well. Don't queue for the daily roulette more than once per day - queue directly for the highest level dungeon after you get your bonus run, and if I have just reached the first level that I can get into a new dungeon before I do my daily - I will skip the roulette for that one level to get more bonus exp.

Best advice I can give you: find someone in you're FC who wants to level a tank or WHM. It makes the grind a lot more fun, you get insta ques, and hopefully they get a good DPS partner.

Range DPS get the worse queue times; half-hour or more

If you were leveling a MNK (like I am) or DRG, your queues won't be nearly as long (I had a 5 min wait yesterday for roulette as PGL; Toto-Rak :\)

You need to either just wait out the queues (do some leveling in the world as you wait; Fates, Leves, Hunting Log, etc), or find someone willing to take you through dungeons (heal or tank)

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Originally Posted by Kirinichibon

Don't queue for the daily roulette more than once per day - queue directly for the highest level dungeon after you get your bonus run, and if I have just reached the first level that I can get into a new dungeon before I do my daily - I will skip the roulette for that one level to get more bonus exp.

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Not quite sure what you mean by this last sentence.
So suppose you just turned 28, and therefore manage to get into Haukke Manor... you'll do Hauke manually instead of signing up for the roulette? Not quite sure how that gives more xp.

With the amount of FATE running for Atmas, there's also a good chance that you can go into an area that has FATEs 7+ levels above yours and score some decent experience. If you have a tank class, you can do all but one dungeon run as a tank, then do the last run as your DPS to fulfil the challenge log requirement if you're not keen on que'ing for that many runs as a DPS. I think there's another challenge log that gives a chunk of experience for killing "X" amount of mobs with your Choco companion. And always eat food for the 3% boost. Cheap eggs or what have you. If you also have one other person to pair up with, doing leve's that are 5 levels above you at middle difficulty is possible, especially if one or both of you have your chco out. They give more experience than.

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Originally Posted by Kalice

Not quite sure what you mean by this last sentence.
So suppose you just turned 28, and therefore manage to get into Haukke Manor... you'll do Hauke manually instead of signing up for the roulette? Not quite sure how that gives more xp.

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I could be mistaken, but while mobs are equal level or greater you get a chain bonus. The first level that you can access a new dungeon, you're equal level with the mobs in there. Once you ding 29, you wouldn't get that bonus in Haukke any more.

Hi, roulettes give nice exp (low level roulette and guildhest roulette), then also dungeons. As I am doing fates for the atma while I wait queue to level DPS, I don't do fates for leveling.

When you have already done the daily roulettes, if you click several dungeons (up to 5) in Duty Finder, the queue time will be lower, it took time for me to know that, lol. You don't get as much exp as if you choose only the highest available, though.

You learn more with dungeons than with fates, too.

You also have the levequests that give quite much exp. You can do levequests while you wait the dungeon queue too. Hunting log also.