Dearth of XP from quests

Twice now, I've run out of quests (both MSQ and SQ) short of being the right level to continue the story. Even with rested XP, just doing the quests leaves you below level 57 when you run out and then again at 58 when you run out again. I had to run a few dungeons for gear I didn't need, use leves I wanted to save for DoL/DoH and run some (incredibly low XP) FATEs to get through the last part of the level. Is this intended?

did you roulette/do hunts? at 53/56 you get daily bills that give you 5 things to kill for 23k each/28k exp each.

also get any challenge log stuff done?

I haven't done either, Hunts aren't my thing and the highest roulette I have unlocked is hard. I might have to look at the Hunts, I really don't like chain running dungeons.

well the hunt bills are just kill 1-3 of this monster (like hunting logs)

you get new ones daily, so it's like a extra 100k exp a day when you have both it's like 200. i know it's not super great but it's a nice little boost.

now roulette high/low/trial/main will give 100k each too. (not counting monster/boss exp. some don't give exp from that stuff though)

Hmmm. I still find it annoying that you can't level purely through questing.

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Originally Posted by Baneus

Hmmm. I still find it annoying that you can't level purely through questing.

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You couldn't do that from 1-50 when you first started the game, not that much different now really.

I levelled to 60 almost entirely from questing. Otherwise, I did the roulette sometimes (and got the challenge log rewards too as a result).

Temple leves are basically quests and they give a ton of xp while not taking much longer than a usual leve.
It does eat allowances though, so it's not a sustainable source but you shouldn't need it to be.

Be sure to check areas you've already cleared. Sometimes higher level side quests appear in the lower areas.

I hit 60 on sunday. I did Roulettes for Saturday and Sunday (low/trials/heist, forgot about them on fri), I did every MSQ and Every side quest, I have two SQ in the last zone (saving for another job). I did less than 15 fates, I did three days (fri-sun) of clan hunts, and I ran one extra dungeon, also I did three (L) leve at level 59. It's just really boring.

I'm lv54 atm, and I'm still doing lv53 quests... Was it the same to you back then? Or could you have missed some?

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Originally Posted by Baneus

Twice now, I've run out of quests (both MSQ and SQ) short of being the right level to continue the story. Even with rested XP, just doing the quests leaves you below level 57 when you run out and then again at 58 when you run out again. I had to run a few dungeons for gear I didn't need, use leves I wanted to save for DoL/DoH and run some (incredibly low XP) FATEs to get through the last part of the level. Is this intended?

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Western Coerthas opens up new quest chains at 56 also Also Sea of clouds has more 56 quests. Forelands opens up more at 57. Levelled up MNK to 60 with MSQ some sidequests, stopped when I unlocked flying in the zone, some dungeons, and still have loads of side quests to get my PLD (now 57) upto 60. Also joining in on FATEs as I pass close for extra XP. Leves, daily hunt logs.

I am not having any issues at all. I am not at 58 and 500k into the 3.4M for 59. I have a ton of side quests left over. What you need to do is every time you unlock a new dungeon is to grind it for a level while questing so you don't burn out all your quest...don't you want some left for your alts also??? You are never going to be able to fully level off quests...not how the game is designed.

My PLD started on the 19th with 240k XP from Lv 45+4 Leves that I prepared before the patch. Then:

• Did hunts from 20th (they only start at Lv 53)
• Did only one day's worth of High Level + Low Level + Trials + Main + Guild Order Roulettes (other days I did them on my WHM)
• Joined a total of 5 FATEs
• Repeated 2 of the dungeons 3 times each to help out FC friends

So you don't need to chain run dungeons nor grind FATEs or Leves. If you have been doing the daily roulettes (remember they all give EXP before you ding 60, even the main roulette) then you should only need to run each new dungeon once to progress the story and you should have enough EXP to ding 60 from finishing all the quests.

I have never ran out of quests to do. I did get gated by the main quest level three times at 56, 59, and 60, but all three times I simply advanced too fast into the main story quests and neglected the side quests. Once I take care of the side quests, I shoot over the threshold easily.

If you constantly find yourself with zero quests to do and still ways off your mark, it means either you've not being doing all the roulettes (Main roulette, for example, easily gives 200k a pop, trial roulette gives 100k, etc), or you have seriously overlooked a quest hub and there are simply still side quests available.

Note that the game sometimes send you back to previous zones or the Ishgard city and that will open up new series of side quests. It's easy to overlook this for people who are intent on progressing the main quest and neglect on side quests.

I've hardly done any sidequests... the dungeons give excellent xp and also gear, so I prefer doing a dungeon a few times to level up instead of fetchquests. But if you are doing ALL sidequests and roulettes, that should basically be enough I would think. Are you opposed to running dungeons more than once?

Well, I've been running Vault as questing left me stranded halfway through 58. I'm not a huge fan of rerunning dungeons as I consider them to be a part of the story. Once should be enough. TBH I'm more into Gathering and Crafting than end game stuff so once a DoM/DoW job is done I just abandon it and move onto the next one (evidenced by the fact I don't have Hard or Ex roulettes open and I never did any of Crystal Tower or Coil). The Armory bonus should come in handy for grinding FATES and whatnot afterwards.

1 star 23k per page x 5 is roughly 115k exp
2 star 28k per page x 5 is roughly 140k exp
3 star 33k per page x 5 is roughly 165k exp

so the 3 daily bill marks from ishgard gives 420 exp roughly not sure on exact numbers but all 3 are around that really helpful with leveling.. i have more or less 3/4 hinterlands and all of last map sidequests left and will be 60 after a couple of libary runs 2night ;/ so if do your bill marks while questing n dungeon runs will never hit the level block for next quests ;/

I think some of you that had no issues likely had full rest.

I didn't. I hauled arse to get cross class skills for AST, BRD(never finished LNC) and keep a healer up to heal for a friend of mine as he levels slow(46 SCH).

I started mid May. Started HW with 50 bard, 46 scholar, summoner, 26 thaumaturge, 34 white mage, 30 Dragoon.

No rest xp.

Don't forget the challenge log.