New player here needs help

Hi, am very new here. Just wanted to ask if I want to progress through the main story quest do I need to complete all quests in one area for the story quest to appear? Or does the main story quest have some sort of level requirement for it to appear? Am currently job lvl 19 pugilist. Thanks :)

Welcome to Eorzea :)

The only thing you need to do for a MSQ to appear is to do the last one. I can't think of any sidequests that are required to move on with the story. The MSQ do have a level on them, however, so if you're trying to turn in a level 20 quest, you won't be able to until you are level 20 on one of your classes (in your case, most likely pugilist).

Do you remember the last quest you did for the main story? It may possibly be in another area.

Welcome to Eorzea Lubby :D

To add on to what Aska said, if you don't remember what the last quest you did for the main story is, you can always press "J" or open up the quest journal and then click the "Completed" tab at the top and pick the main story category to see which quests you have done. From reading the text, you should be able to see around where your next quest is since the next main story quest is normally at the same NPC that completed the previous main story quest or is right next to them.

Best of luck

Thanks guys, will get home after work to check it out!

Main Scenario Quests never directly require particular side-quests to be completed, but they do all have a minimum level, and if meeting that level requirement is the issue, then side-quests are one of the options for getting a bit more XP.

From your Lodestone profile, it appears you've at least gotten up through the Ul'dahn Envoy quest that unlocked airships. (That's actually a fairly common place for people to lose track of the Main Scenario, if they get side-tracked into exploring the new areas and content and then forget where their last Main Scenario quest left off by the time they want to continue with it.) That Envoy quest should have been followed by quests sending you into a series of three group dungeons, first Sastasha Seagrot, then the Tam-Tara Deepcroft, then Copperbell Mines. Did you do those? Anyway, you can check the "Completed" tab of your quest journal against this list of level 15 to 20 quests:

The Ul'dahn Envoy (level 15)
Call of the Sea (level 15)
It's Probably Pirates (level 15)
Call of the Forest (level 15)
Fire in the Gloom (level 16)
Call of the Desert (level 16)
Into a Copper Hell (level 17)
The Scions of the Seventh Dawn (level 17)
A Wild Rose by Any Other Name (level 17)
Unsolved Mystery (level 17)
What Poor People Think (level 18)
A Proper Burial (level 18)
For the Children (level 19)
Amalj'aa Wrong Places (level 19)
Dressed to Deceive (level 19)
Life, Materia and Everything (level 19)
Lord of the Inferno (level 20)

If you've completed all of those except for Lord of the Inferno, then it is a level issue, as that's the first Main Scenario quest to require level 20. In that case, just level up a bit and you should be able to continue. Good ways to level up are by repeating the dungeons you've unlocked (particularly by doing Duty Roulette which gives an extra daily bonus), doing side-quests, completing your Hunting Log, or doing FATEs.

If you're missing some of the others in that list, then it's not a level issue. You just need to find the next quest. The list above is the order they come in, so find the last one you've completed, and the next one listed is the one you need to do. The links go to GamerEscape's wiki pages for each quest, and that wiki page will list the Issuing NPC and where you'll find them.

Can also go around to zones you can access and check Recommendations under duties to see what quests are active or available for current region.

Thanks for all the help guys! Especially @Niwashi! Big thanks! Just finished the first dungeon, wait time is a bit tiring though :)

Yes, unfortunately if you're playing a DPS class, queue times can be kind of bad, especially considering how many dungeons you need to do for the main scenario. I'd suggest either doing some sidequests while you queue, or picking a secondary class and working on them (you can switch classes while you're queued as long as you switch back when your queue pops). Gathering classes are a great way to kill time while you queue.

I have so many questions I dont know where to start. Lets say if I level a new job will I be able to gain extra stat points to add also?

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I have so many questions I dont know where to start. Lets say if I level a new job will I be able to gain extra stat points to add also?

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No, but you wish lol

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Originally Posted by LubbyLuB

Hi, am very new here. Just wanted to ask if I want to progress through the main story quest do I need to complete all quests in one area for the story quest to appear? Or does the main story quest have some sort of level requirement for it to appear? Am currently job lvl 19 pugilist. Thanks :)

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The storyline quests appear in sequence. Completing one unlocks the next, and it will be right in front of you. The only requirement besides completing the quest before it is that you be of sufficient level--and even then, you'll be able to *see* it, you just can't take it.

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I have so many questions I dont know where to start. Lets say if I level a new job will I be able to gain extra stat points to add also?

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No, stat point adds are separate for each class, and one doesn't help out another. You *do* get to cross over some skills, and that can help a lot.

Each class gets its own attribute points to allocate. So you can always allocate them to the correct stat for the class - your allocation in one class doesn't cross over to others.

The only exception here is with Arcanist, because it has two jobs linked to it, but attribute points are allocated at class level - so you're forced to have the same stat allocation for both Summoner and Scholar. Every other class only has one job though, so the stats work fine.

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Lets say if I level a new job will I be able to gain extra stat points to add also?

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Each class gets its own set of bonus stat points to allocate. So, for example, you could put all your Pugilist points into Strength and then if you decide to add Conjurer you could put all your Conjurer stat points in Mind. But just as each class gets its own set of points to allocate, each class gets only the benefit of its own points.

Jobs, on the other hand, don't get separate stat points. They use the points from the job's primary class. So, once you can unlock Monk, it will use your Pugilist stat points, since Monk is a specialized sort of Pugilist.

Thanks for the info guys :) still have much to learn :)

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Each class gets its own attribute points to allocate. So you can always allocate them to the correct stat for the class - your allocation in one class doesn't cross over to others.

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They *do* cross over into jobs, though...which is a pain for Arcanists, because Scholar and Summoner have different stat needs.

Main Story Quests all have this marker:http://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/w/image...uest1_Icon.png

To progress through the story you must do ALL the Main Story quests. I don't think you can even unlock any dungeons except through main story line.

Optional Side Quests have this one: http://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/w/image...uest1_Icon.png

These quests are optional, although for whatever reason, occasionally you will get one stuck in the middle of a main story chain *shrug*

For my personal opinion, the advantage as a dps is you can solo PVE, if you have chocobo it will be more fun.
You can do all side quest, fates and leve. I level my Bard like that and currently I'm lvling my Lancer, my exp mostly comes from leve and side quest.

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Main Story Quests all have this marker:http://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/w/image...uest1_Icon.png

To progress through the story you must do ALL the Main Story quests. I don't think you can even unlock any dungeons except through main story line.

Optional Side Quests have this one: http://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/w/image...uest1_Icon.png

These quests are optional, although for whatever reason, occasionally you will get one stuck in the middle of a main story chain *shrug*

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There are dungeons unlocked by side quests (Sunken Temple of Qarn, Cutter's Cry, Halatali, etc) . All dungeons that the main storyline requires you to do are unlocked by the main storyline quest that requires you to do it, however.