Soo, how do people lvl?

Leves run out very quickly, grinding solo is slow if you don't have at least a great setup, nobody seems to want to grind as a party, and behests can only be done once an hour and no one really does them anyways.

So am I missing a secret?

I'm not complaining in the sense that I hate whats going on, I am really just looking to figure out the most proficient way to level.

Any suggestions?

BTW, Behests shouldn;t have a 1hr timer, they were better before.

It takes a lot of time and luck, but you will eventually come across people shouting for groups in Uldah for grind/ leve link and so on.

I level solo in leves most of time, nothing is really happening. Leves might work for you as well if you cant find party.

pre20
- i did solo leve's and solo grind

r20-30
- solo leve's and grind party

r35-50
- leve link and grind party

if you wait for the next patch, you can just have someone power level you

i missed all the party grind i managed to max all my classes in a 8man leve static b4 the changes... and now left with nothing to do><

but everyone in ls seems to be doing lots of party grinds, they not big parties mind you but seems to be i think 4man stuff. like the poster above u will need to shout, or find a linkshell, maybe join a few linkshells that are socials and pretty big in numbers and you'll find groups pretty quick, the game is empty server population wise and people have fallen into grouping with shell members cause it's just easier then trying to find people. feels like i'm in warhammer and u can't get a dungeon going with pugs if your life depended on it these days but it's just for grinds ><

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Originally Posted by Adol

It takes a lot of time and luck, but you will eventually come across people shouting for groups in Uldah for grind/ leve link and so on.

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This is sadly all there is to it. Lots of time and luck. You'll spend much more time sitting around than even FFXI :(

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Originally Posted by Victor

This is sadly all there is to it. Lots of time and luck. You'll spend much more time sitting around than even FFXI :(

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not true at all

unless your on a less populated server, their are shouts going on for all sorts of parties all the time

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Originally Posted by TheVedis

not true at all

unless your on a less populated server, their are shouts going on for all sorts of parties all the time

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I'm on Lindblum and people aren't shouting all the time. Even when they do shout, it takes about an hour to get an actual party together.

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Originally Posted by DeadRiser

I'm on Lindblum and people aren't shouting all the time. Even when they do shout, it takes about an hour to get an actual party together.

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Very true, also the OP is in what I like to call "the dead zone" Ranks 25-33.

Being at those ranks makes the game feel slow and downright impossible at times.

You wak a mob till it dies, and repeat that until you level.

Or wait for 1.19 and then you wak a mob and friend waks + defeats mob and you repeat that until you level.

Simplez!

Other than that, idk, i'd like to know!

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Originally Posted by DeadRiser

I'm on Lindblum and people aren't shouting all the time. Even when they do shout, it takes about an hour to get an actual party together.

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I'm on Lindblum I see shouts all the time on Ul'dah...

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Originally Posted by Commat

Very true, also the OP is in what I like to call "the dead zone" Ranks 25-33.

Being at those ranks makes the game feel slow and downright impossible at times.

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Those ranks aren't too bad tbh
From 25-30 you can easily level on the eyes in Nanawa or do the rank 25 dungeon for good SP
And from around 30~ you can grind grass raptors (Even if you can get a party of 29-34+ they're great SP!)
Also leves are still great SP at those ranks.

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Originally Posted by Seaban

Leves run out very quickly, grinding solo is slow if you don't have at least a great setup, nobody seems to want to grind as a party, and behests can only be done once an hour and no one really does them anyways.

So am I missing a secret?

I'm not complaining in the sense that I hate whats going on, I am really just looking to figure out the most proficient way to level.

Any suggestions?

BTW, Behests shouldn;t have a 1hr timer, they were better before.

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My Opinion? Take initiative and make a party. Shout in Ul'dah. Add the friends for the party each time ESP Conj/Thaum, and then next time they are online, they will usually team up. I've grinded to 50 a couple of times. It gets easier when you have a large flist and a decent linkshell.

Put yourself out there and make some friends :)

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Originally Posted by Falcus

Those ranks aren't too bad tbh
From 25-30 you can easily level on the eyes in Nanawa or do the rank 25 dungeon for good SP
And from around 30~ you can grind grass raptors (Even if you can get a party of 29-34+ they're great SP!)
Also leves are still great SP at those ranks.

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You are right, there are options available. Many more since 1.18 hit. It's just that compared to the 1-20 steamroll and the rank 40 quest sp rainfall, those ranks feel out of place.

The dungeon is an odd one, great sp that somehow no one wants to do.

I shout for parties, or do other things and wait for people to shout for parties. Without party flag, you're kinda screwed though. There'd be a LOT more parties if you could put up a flag.

Leves. I just get on and do them and then log off til next reset these days.

There's no rush to level up, really. Not like there's anything to do.

I have also cleared the beastmen encampments starting at lower 40s-45ish (solo), depending on what class you're playing. Archer can start earlier cuz they kill so fast.

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Originally Posted by MrLion

I'm on Lindblum I see shouts all the time on Ul'dah...

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I'm on Lindblum too, I never seem to see them.

Shouts can be rare, and rarer still is that they are in your desired level range. Until you're maybe 44+ for raptor parties in Coerthas, I am not exagerrating when I say partying was easier in XI. It makes this game painfully inaccessible and I really believe it's a major factor in why barely anyone sticks around.

I see shouts all the time in Uldah. . . for parties r37+. I haven't seen shouts for Toto-Rak in ages, which is a shame, because Toto-Rak is pretty much what the OP is looking for.

Grind Parties.. Ul'dah always has ppl yelling for them.

Leve's are ok if you are solo, but you'll never get exp/sp even close to a solid grind PT.

Plus it helps build the community.

if you do crafting as side class then you can farm while you exp solo and by the time you know it you got yourself good amount of materials with maybe 8-10k exp (if you're bored sometimes like me and got nothing better to do at late nights)
Or in my case I try to farm my wifes crafting mats also so I got more mob ranges to kill.

Other than that I tend to go exploring killing harder mobs solo to see if its possible, check out the xp and if I like it I'll stick around for a bit which also helps out on exp while not even worried about it.

Aside from leves every 36 hours, I do quests when available and story missions. The quests gives a decent amount of exp and the story missions gives around half a level. I think it goes incredibly fast to level up.

I did a raptor party once, was fun and good exp, but I am usually in Gridania so I don't get in parties much for the time being.

grinding solo isn't that slow. you can get 10k an hour with little effort and 20k if you focus. That means you can get more than one level a day almost every day up to 45-ish and then 1.5 levels a day if you play a lot.

Check my guide in the sig for instructions on how to do it.

Grind parties are -really- fast though and you can get like 40k+ an hour on raptors sometimes.

Leves aren't really worth the travel time anymore to be honest. Id do gathering leves since right now you can get 20k per leve with Gaurdians aspect easily on them.

WOW, I guess i haven't figured out this game yet. I've been playing since January and I'm only at level 35.

If people are on Selbina, and they are not on blacklist, then I don't think they should have a hard time finding a group either for leves/grinding. At least when I am playing I don't notice a problem.