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Hello all,
My main character is a lancer, so I have to get a marauder up to lvl 15 in order to get my lancer to the Dragoon.
My lancer's done all the quests in Gridania, but done nothing level 15 or below in any of the other areas.
My question, then, is what is the fastest way to level up a marauder to level 15?
Thanks,
Starkman
FATEs and Leves
Hunting log too.
Hunting log gives a nice amount of exp ^^ then there is leve quests and FATEs. Also do the first couple of guildhests (lvl 10 ones) as they give bonus exp for first time completion for each class :3
But how do I build up enough armor and general stats to survive a level 10+ FATE or Leve? Isn't there work to be done before that?
Go kill the monsters on your hunting log. And there are lower level FATEs and levequests, check the lower level zones like Central Shroud, Central Thanalan, and Lower La Noscea. Don't forget about class quests either, every 5 levels at the guild.
Got it. And thanks a bunch.
What do you mean by work? You can buy your armor from the market board/npcs or craft it yourself.
As for as FATEs and leves, only do the ones close to your level or you won't get much exp.
By "work" I meant simple quests and what have you: working your way to level up. Wasn't referring to crafting, though I can see how that might have sounded as such.
It's just that somewhere I read that it's best to not do all your quests so that you can level up your alt character. That's why I posted the original question for this thread.
Personally I leave quests for DPS classes because they have the longest queues - but even if you finish all the quests in the game, FATEs and Leves are just as good of an alternative, and if you're interested in leveling Marauder beyond 15, you have istant access to dungeons.
I think you can level up at least until 5 in a couple of minutes just by killing trash mob outside the gates of the city. If you have the rested bonus, you'll get to 15 in a day.
FATEs, leves, hunting log, challenge log...
Yeah, I just want the Marauder to 15 only to get my Lancer up to Dragoon. Later, perhaps, when I learn more about tanking, I'll consider getting the Marauder leveled up.
THAT'S IT! That will be my mantra: "Fates, leves, hunting and challenge logs!" Fates, leves, hunting and chocolate..." Crap! Already thwarted by my favorite sweet!
Ideally you'll want to level Marauder to 26 for a skill called Mercy Stroke. It's an off-cooldown skill that you can only use when an enemy has 20% HP remaining, but if you land the killing blow with it, you will regain/heal up to 20% of your max HP.
Just so you know, if you have any battle class at a higher level than the one you are currently on, you get a 50% XP bonus to enemy kills and some other sources of XP. I'm unsure which but for sure quests aren't one of them.
Anyway my point is grinding monsters for the first few levels will work just fine and dungeons on future classes will be extremely rewarding as enemy kill XP in dungeons is nuts with this bonus and rested XP bonus. Helps make up for the lack of quests!
Why when asked what the fastest way is are people excluding the fastest way from their replies? Fates, leves, hunting and challenge logs are the backup methods for leveling when you don't have any quests available.
But Starkman mentioned having "done all the quests in Gridania, but done nothing level 15 or below in any of the other areas." That means all the La Noscean sidequests that you'd use getting to level 15 are still available. And they're by far the fastest as well as most interesting way to level up a secondary class. (As an added benefit, they also provide a fair amount of low-level gear if you no longer have the gear you used as a low-level lancer.)
If you're intending to stick exclusively with Dragoon, use all the low level quests in Limsa Lominsa and La Noscea to level your Marauder. If you're planning on eventually branching out and picking up all the other classes as well, you may want to spread the quests out, using around half of them on MRD and later having the rest available to level Arcanist. In that case, you might add in the hunting log and maybe a FATE or two to fill in the gaps.