Low Lv Classes?

How do low Lv classes lvl up now for casual players?

I am having problems leveling now post 1.19. Before I would grind off of enemies 6 levels above me, and will kill about 3-4 in a row before a rest.
Now I can only kill 1 lvl above me and will need to rest right after it. My lvl range is 10-16

Leves run out quick

shout for grind party. Leves now reset in 12 hours and are not lost if you don't use that, so you can accumulate it and do more when you want

From reports on different sites, it seems that whacking on mobs one to three levels below you is the way to go when soloing at lower levels. You will generate similar (if not more) xp compared with pre-1.19. Other than that, partying is slowing becoming the mainstay of leveling for XIV, so you might do as Yuki suggested.

You get a high lv friend to kill the mobs and you take the exp.

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Originally Posted by viion

You get a high lv friend to kill the mobs and you take the exp.

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Or this. Lol.

I've noticed that you'll actually get about the same rate of exp from fighting normal within-your-level mobs as you would now from levequests. So is the advantage of levequests the loot only? Hmmmmm.

The new system of leveling does kind of support groups. Leves going to 99 with getting 4 every 12 hours means people are gonna wanna spam leves. I'd try to get into a linkshell and find some lower level people, with 2 other people you could level all the way to 50 just doing leves.

Once you get to around 35 though you might want to just party with people enjoy the new content they gave us which give us exp chains, if you didn't play xi you may be unfamiliar with chains, but the patch notes explains the xiv version of chains pretty well. That chain leveling will probably be better than anything else.

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From reports on different sites, it seems that whacking on mobs one to three levels below you is the way to go when soloing at lower levels. You will generate similar (if not more) xp compared with pre-1.19.

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This is absolutely not true at lower levels. I spent several hours trying to find mobs last night that gave decent SP solo. None of them did. Mobs 1-3 levels behind me gave around 100ish sp a pop and took almost a full minute to kill each, with 30s of rest between each battle. They pretty much turned combat into ffxi at low levels only even SLOWER, and it absolutely sucks

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They pretty much turned combat into ffxi at low levels only even SLOWER, and it absolutely sucks

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I'm not sure you remember correctly how slow the combat in XI was~~

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Originally Posted by Denmo

I'm not sure you remember correctly how slow the combat in XI was~~

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Fights may not be slower, but the exp needed to level is drastically increased in XIV compared to XI.

Even so, I like how it is now. You just have to change your tactics.

I will shout out and see if i can start a group, thx guys

Okay I'm gonna repeat this 1 more time for those who are having problems leveling. Fight enemies no higher then 5 levels above you.

Actually, better yet fight enemies 1 level above you. You should get like 350 XP if not you not fighting the right stuff...link chain it = 500 XP per kill up to 700 if you do it properly. This is solo experience...if you party you can get 1000+ per kill.

Prepatch we were killing thing 5 levels above us for barely 200 XP. So just 1 level higher then you the enemy is easy cakes and gives more experience. Not sure why you all complaining...

They have reworked the field maps to definitely help with progression of leveling. I moved around some map areas to see mobs...and they transitioned them very nice from one level area to the next. There should be no problems with this.

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Originally Posted by Agoven

Okay I'm gonna repeat this 1 more time for those who are having problems leveling. Fight enemies no higher then 5 levels above you.

Actually, better yet fight enemies 1 level above you. You should get like 350 XP if not you not fighting the right stuff...link chain it = 500 XP per kill up to 700 if you do it properly. This is solo experience...if you party you can get 1000+ per kill.

Prepatch we were killing thing 5 levels above us for barely 200 XP. So just 1 level higher then you the enemy is easy cakes and gives more experience. Not sure why you all complaining...

They have reworked the field maps to definitely help with progression of leveling. I moved around some map areas to see mobs...and they transitioned them very nice from one level area to the next. There should be no problems with this.

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This is exactly the point I was making on the last page, before someone came along and raged that I was wrong. If you were fighting an even-level mob pre-1.19, your xp would have been...75-150. Now, mobs that are three levels below you, give this amount.

i stopped by Shposhae and can chain link blacks bats up to 2 chains. thx for the tips guys!

btw: they don't seem to link in solo, but they do in pt.

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Originally Posted by Nogi

i stopped by Shposhae and can chain link blacks bats up to 2 chains. thx for the tips guys!

btw: they don't seem to link in solo, but they do in pt.

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Yep. They link based on the strength of the attacking party. So if you are solo and the same level as the mob, it wont call for help.

@ lv 15 the black bats lv 15 give 150xp for solo, 180 (+20%) on chain 1, and 187 (+25%) on chain 2.

at lvl 15 pug fighting lv 16 puk is 181 xp solo

where are the 300 xp+ mobs?

I think it got worse.
Before the patch I got like..300 exp from mobs about 9-10 lvls above me.
But I could fight a few before I had to rest, I often didn't even have to rest at all.

Now I die when I try to fight mobs 10-15 lvls BELOW me.
And if I manage to kill one, I get 30-40 exp.
Something is wrong with this..?!

Maybe all those players with all their classes at rank 50 didn't notice, but I don't even have half of the HP left I had before the patch.
And as an AoE tank my main attribute is INT?
I'm not even wondering anymore why I die after the second hit of a monster 12 lvl below me.
With this, the reason is obvious.

Don't get me wrong, I love the patch, there's a lot of fun and interesting stuff to do.
But really, I'd still like to be able to lvl up, and that became pretty much impossible.

Start a Duo or Trio, you should beable to make half decent XP that way.

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Originally Posted by Atoli

Maybe all those players with all their classes at rank 50 didn't notice, but I don't even have half of the HP left I had before the patch.
And as an AoE tank my main attribute is INT?
I'm not even wondering anymore why I die after the second hit of a monster 12 lvl below me.
With this, the reason is obvious.

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If you're talking about Conj/Thm, have you considered equipping a shield? (Not trying to be sarcastic or a jerk. If you're dying in two hits, a shield can reduce a ton of damage you might otherwise suffer.)

The other option is to try a different type of mob, or a different type of attack. Different mobs are weak to different types of attacks. For example, coblyns are weak to piercing damage, and are weak against water spells. So you can try changing the type of mob you're fighting, or use different tactics.

But if a mob 12 levels below you is killing you in two hits, then that's not a problem most players seem to have. Consider upgrading your armor, or switching your current armor for stuff that offers more defense/Vitality.

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Quote Originally Posted by Agoven View Post
Okay I'm gonna repeat this 1 more time for those who are having problems leveling. Fight enemies no higher then 5 levels above you.

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Actually, better yet fight enemies 1 level above you. You should get like 350 XP if not you not fighting the right stuff...link chain it = 500 XP per kill up to 700 if you do it properly. This is solo experience...if you party you can get 1000+ per kill.

Prepatch we were killing thing 5 levels above us for barely 200 XP. So just 1 level higher then you the enemy is easy cakes and gives more experience. Not sure why you all complaining...

They have reworked the field maps to definitely help with progression of leveling. I moved around some map areas to see mobs...and they transitioned them very nice from one level area to the next. There should be no problems with this.
This is exactly the point I was making on the last page, before someone came along and raged that I was wrong. If you were fighting an even-level mob pre-1.19, your xp would have been...75-150. Now, mobs that are three levels below you, give this amount.

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That's because both of you are dead wrong. You may have seen more XP per mob at higher levels, but at anything 20 or below, the XP has been REDUCED severely. Please stop spreading the misinformation that you are getting more XP all the time, because it absolutely isn't true. At higher levels it is, at lower levels its absolutely NOT.

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Originally Posted by Bartel

That's because both of you are dead wrong. You may have seen more XP per mob at higher levels, but at anything 20 or below, the XP has been REDUCED severely. Please stop spreading the misinformation that you are getting more XP all the time, because it absolutely isn't true. At higher levels it is, at lower levels its absolutely NOT.

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Thank you for clearing this up. I just killed a level 14 mob as a level 12 and I only got 215(ish). So this thread confused me greatly.

Has anybody found a way to beat the low-level dun-drums? It's seriously a pain in the ass. The only solution that I'm finding is to grind mobs that are 2 levels bellow me, and I'm pulling my hair out on how freakin' dull this is. I tried partying but I couldn't find much of response from Uldah.