Achievement XP - Wasted?

I have been going through the process of leveling DOH/DOL classes and also some DOW classes for the applicable CS's.

Now, with my lvl 50 main I recently was farming Fates for those pesky Alexandrite drops and unlocked two achievements concerning Fates (don't remember which they were) that gave a total of 192K skill points.

My first thought was, wow what a waste, but then I thought...what if I had been leveling up my lvl. 12 Lancer and unlocked that achievement; would I have gotten the same amount of XP?

Basically, I am a little confused how this works. When I equip as Lancer and look at the achievement log, nothing has been "reset" because of my lower level or because I have not accomplished those things as a Lancer.

Any words o' advice would be appreciated; I hate to think that a lack of foresight or planning on my part could cause me to miss out on some EASY leveling.....know what I mean?

Are you talking about challenge log?

Those resets every week.

Come to think of it yes, they were. Duh on my part. So I guess I can complete those no matter what I'm currently leveling.

The amount of XP you get from completing things in your challenge log depends on the class you are currently on. ^^

It is annoying to miss out on the XP when you're on a 50, though. I am leveling botanist but also do some mining on my 50 miner, I try to keep an eye on my challenge progress so I don't miss out on what is basically free XP.

Yeah I hear ya. Wish they "stored" xp for level cap raises.

The amount of exp scales to what your current level is. So a lv12 would not get 192k exp ^^ but yeah, is a waste :p

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Originally Posted by Caoihmin

Yeah I hear ya. Wish they "stored" xp for level cap raises.

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This would make zero sense. It would have most 50s instantly don't 60 on patch day and be instantly awarded all their new abilities without having to play through any of the new leveling content.

Better increase the gil reward if you are at lvl cap

The could just add a "Claim Reward" system. Soo many times I've missed out on exp cause I did a high level roulette.
And sometimes I can't join my friends in expert roulette cause I need to do the low level one so I don't waste the exp.

SE is so bad at overlooking stuff like this, they release everything like it's in beta stage.

Give us "Claim Reward"

That's one thing I always pay attention to is the Weekly Challenge Log. Once I get the message of almost completing a log, I change to a lower class and finish it off so I won't waste the XP. The good thing is that they do warn you, so it is easy not waste those XP if you're paying attention. The extra cash and XP does come in handy. I just wish they'd add more Challenges like Hunts, for example.

It would be nice to have an option to activate/deactivate the challenge log. Sometimes I'm out doing stuff on my 50s and totally forget about my challenge log then see the message pop up showing the exp I lost.

So...I've never messed with the Challenge Log. And if we're just putting cards on the table here, I honestly never gave it even the slightest thought until reading this thread. I've only ever used the Hunting Log or the Crafting/Gathering Logs. As I'm leveling up Rogue now, I'm kind of wanting to get in on this, haha. My question is, can ANY level work on the Challenge Log?

Yes. The challenge log rewards change as you change class, so they are always approriate to the level you are at the moment. You are also given your reward the moment you complete the last "requirement" to the class you did it with.

For example, the dungeon section has a reward for completing 3 dungeons. You can do 2 dungeons as a tank for fast queues, and for the third dungeon you'll switch to Rogue and do it. All the reward exp from the challenge log will go to your Rogue!

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Originally Posted by CodeCass

So...I've never messed with the Challenge Log. And if we're just putting cards on the table here, I honestly never gave it even the slightest thought until reading this thread. I've only ever used the Hunting Log or the Crafting/Gathering Logs. As I'm leveling up Rogue now, I'm kind of wanting to get in on this, haha. My question is, can ANY level work on the Challenge Log?

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Yes, unless the specific challenge says otherwise. A level 12 character can complete the same challenges a level 48 can, though the experience will scale with the level of your class (e.g., the level 48 will get a ton more exp from the same challenge than a level 12 would).

Keep in mind, a lot of challenges are class-specific. A NIN can't get exp from a Gathering challenge. There's nothing stopping you, though, from doing things like tearing through a bunch of FATEs on a high-level job, then changing to NIN and completing the last FATE you need to complete the challenge and get exp on your NIN.

I really liked the way WoW did it at some point: When you earned XP at the level cap, it was instead simply converted to an extra gold reward. It wasn't an overwhelming amount, of course, but it did help to mitigate the sting. In addition, I don't think you even saw how much XP was converted, so after a while you sort of forgot about it, which was nice.

That said, with regard to challenge log achievements at least, I believe the game notifies you when you are about to complete the challenge. This is probably there to let you change to a different class if you wanted to.