Anyway to make leveling more fun?

I am leveling till 54 and i feel the quest was rather repeative and kinda slow. I actually prefer fate leveling but the process is kinda slog as the experience given is low plus in high level i notice no one is doing fate for leveling.... Please kindly advice how you guys actually manage to level till 60....

dungeons...dungeons...more dungeons...still more dungeons....yeah

Personally, I liked the quest leveling and wish I could do that for each of my jobs.

However, as a Dark Knight, you have instant dungeon queues. Do your 50, trial, main scenario and leveling roulette every day + queue up for the highest dungeon avail if you have time after that.

You're leveling a tank so you should be doing dungeons constantly, check with your FC and linkshells to see if anyone needs a quick queue and go HAM. Most people are leveling pretty quickly now with the recent exp buffs to HW dungeons.

Sorry what is hw dungeon?? Anyway i am back to leveling my black mage cause i feel tank is kinda taxing to play can't imagine if i go higher or max level as a tank....

Heavensward Dungeon

Currently, dungeons are the fastest way to get 60.

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Anyway i am back to leveling my black mage cause i feel tank is kinda taxing to play can't imagine if i go higher or max level as a tank....

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Even as a BLM, your best bet is to do dungeons. I would do the 4 roulettes I mentioned - they will pretty much give you 1 level per day.

You can also do your clan hunts, there is 1 star available at 53, 2 star at 56 and 3 star at 59. These involve killing 2-3 enemies in 5 locations per star per day. Completing each enemy gives about 25k exp. It's not a whole lot, but it's something.

Honestly though, if it is your first time playing through, I'd do the main scenario quests at the very least. It's a great story.

Personally, I've been leveling the dragoon (2nd job past 50) using the daily Clan Hunts [level 1 and 2] plus that Vanu beast tribe quests. Kill 1-3 beasts five times for each level of clan hunt, get around 125K XP. Do 3 beast tribe quests (they actually adjust for anything level 50+), earn another 150K XP.

If you have NOT reached level 60 on anything yet, do the quest lines and dungeons that accompany them. I reached Azys Lla and got to ride the dragon just before hitting 60 -- and finished the MSQ after spending a small amount of time finishing the Clan Hunts for level 1, 2 and 3 that day.

Note that you might not get any level 60 dungeon instances if you don't complete the MSQ. You certainly can't fly in an area until you've finished the last quest there (which is usually an instance unlock and run).

Good luck.

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Sorry what is hw dungeon?? Anyway i am back to leveling my black mage cause i feel tank is kinda taxing to play can't imagine if i go higher or max level as a tank....

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Tanking can be stressful at times, you're also playing as the most technical tank in the game. I'd say take a break from it and come back after a few days to a week

Thanks for the advice i will see how it goes I guess, i feel dungeon is kinda unrewarding other then just getting exp feel the lack of progression doing dungeon. At least in some games dungeon drop gears which is relevant to your level. But anyway thanks.

Dungeons, Dungeons and more Dungeons. I love doing dungeons so that is my way of leveling.

Challenge log and duty roulette, do your highest level dungeon for best experience.

I'm currently leveling Bard and the queues for the Aery take at least 20 minutes each. They should really add more repeatable quests on HW camps and the likes, insteadof only levequests.

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Thanks for the advice i will see how it goes I guess, i feel dungeon is kinda unrewarding other then just getting exp feel the lack of progression doing dungeon. At least in some games dungeon drop gears which is relevant to your level. But anyway thanks.

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If you are lvling and just using dungeons that are way below your lvl then it is your fault to be lvling there. The game synch you to the dungeon lvl you are going and drops gears for those lvls. Each dungeons drop gears that is appropriate to your lvl.

The right kind of music goes a long way! Sometimes after hearing ingame tracks for an extended period of time it can become dull. Try listening to your own music on shuffle or new music at that! Spotify is godly for this.

If you're doing something easy and repetitive like Fate grinding and don't need to pay 100% attention, the right Netflix show can also be helpful to taking your mind off the monotony. Also, don't underestimate the power of voice-chat with your FC or LS! Having like-minded friends to spurt out a little nonsense or a joke every once in awhile or discuss the game proper might also be a great way to pass the time during late night grinding this holiday season.

Find ways to make it fun and the leveling should pass by rather quickly

At bloodsworn reputation I'm doing vanu vanu dailies for 180k xp/day. At lvl 52.

Few minutes a day, super easy xp.

If they would do away with the silly 100 cap limit of Levelquests, it would be viable. One of the few remaining elements of 1.0 that still uses that limit. It's viable becauase FATEs are viable same as dungeons. One may be faster than one or the other depending on the class/job you play as, but all are viable for experience gains. BUT you can run as many FATEs as possible. You can run as many dungeons as possible provided you can queue up fast enough (sorry DPS). So why the need to limit repeated questing in Levequests?

It's silly. It needs to be lifted.

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If they would do away with the silly 100 cap limit of Levelquests, it would be viable. One of the few remaining elements of 1.0 that still uses that limit. It's viable becauase FATEs are viable same as dungeons. One may be faster than one or the other depending on the class/job you play as, but all are viable for experience gains. BUT you can run as many FATEs as possible. You can run as many dungeons as possible provided you can queue up fast enough (sorry DPS). So why the need to limit repeated questing in Levequests?

It's silly. It needs to be lifted.

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The limit is probably in place so you can't power level all crafters to 60 in a day.

Mixing it up helps a ton, if your in no rush to 60 then take your time and enjoy the game, the best time to enter a dungeon is when you hit the min Level requirement for it as defeated mobs will yield chain exp bonus then. Seriously the amount of Exp you get is awesome but once you get past that Min level require you wont get as much.

But yeah mixing it up a little, leve quest, fates, beast tribes, roulette's leveling and LV50.

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The limit is probably in place so you can't power level all crafters to 60 in a day.

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As apposed to power level them all in a week now. Good idea?

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As apposed to power level them all in a week now. Good idea?

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I didn't say it wasn't asinine, I'm just providing a probable reason. But yeah, overall I agree with you.

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I am leveling till 54 and i feel the quest was rather repeative and kinda slow. I actually prefer fate leveling but the process is kinda slog as the experience given is low plus in high level i notice no one is doing fate for leveling.... Please kindly advice how you guys actually manage to level till 60....

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Leveling can be fun when you are running dungeons with friends. Of course a *lot* of people treat the leveling portion of the game almost like a solo game, because that's what they enjoy. But if you have a group of friends that just like to run stuff and chatter as they go, that is the best way, and what the game is about IMHO.

Too many times people convince themselves that an MMORPG is about end-game raiding. It's not, it's about being multi-player online. So playing in a chillaxed group and chatting all night long, making new friends even, that is core to an MMORPG, more so in a game that is almost exclusively PvE and cooperative, rather than competitive.

Levelling a first class to 60 is a real slog, but the armoury bonus and the general boost to EXP gains in 3.1 made it much easier to level up alts, I have just been running dungeons and doing daily beast tribes. First class to 60 was Arcanist and I was power levelling with friends (a Paladin, a Monk and a Machinist) when HW came out, so it was relatively painless, if a bit tedious.

I find that doing your daily roulettes (levelling, level 50, trial) and beast tribes on the class you are levelling makes it quite quick, you will get roughly 3/4 of a level a day, depending if you throw some dungeons or fates in there. Queues are quick for tanks but generally slower for DPS, run the latest HW dungeon and do beast tribes/fates in between, maybe do some unfinished quests, if its yer first, do quests, since unlike dungeons, the EXP doesn't scale up with level.

Challenge Log. You can squeeze and amazing amount of exp out of that thing. I levelled my AST to 60 easily by doing only the Roulette, Dungeon, Fate and Levequest challenges. At level 58 I was pulling in around 500, 000 a week on the Challenge Log alone (and you still get the exp from the dungeons, roulettes, fates and leves).

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Challenge Log. You can squeeze and amazing amount of exp out of that thing. I levelled my AST to 60 easily by doing only the Roulette, Dungeon, Fate and Levequest challenges. At level 58 I was pulling in around 500, 000 a week on the Challenge Log alone (and you still get the exp from the dungeons, roulettes, fates and leves).

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Leve's are easily abused, most people have built up a surplus and so you can burn through them for power leveling, especially if you're Chocobo is leveled and skilled to help you in Leves...

in my opinion, the best way to have fun while leveling, is get some friends together who want to level also(or just wanna hang out with you and run dungeons together. The game is a bore if you're trying to solo it, but with friends, and a few laughs it can be a blast. My friends and I all do a skype call together and just laugh up a storm the entire time

Same way you make fishing more fun. The tried and true method of beer. If you are a minor, "Leveling builds character. So suck it up and just do it."

OP, as mentioned before just try to make some friends and try to do dungeons together. You mentioned that dungeons need to drop gear around your level, which they do but only if you do the ones in your level range. Roulette is only good for the daily bonus and then its useless. Queue for individual dungeons close to your level, 51 and 52 Dusk Vigil, 55 and 56 The Aery, etc

Leveling alt jobs in this game is a boring grind - I hate to say it but it is my opinion. The devs love to tout "be all the things on one character" which is great for gathering/crafting but horrible for battle classes unless you love to grind dungeons.. I enjoy this game a lot but normally at this point in an MMO (~ 6 months in) I would have tons of alts - but even leveling 2 alt jobs to 60 was a chore (I don't dungeon grind - I like to see them once or so for story and done.)

I gots no friends, but even so, running dungeons is my fun past time in the game. Even more if I get a dungeon I like.

For some reason i can't queue for lvl 50 dungeon

I love leveling as tank at dungeon or roulette. It's like you rule them to clear the dungeon with your path :p

Here is your quickest way to level any character after you first to 60. You do trial roulette, leveling roulette, and guildhest roulette each day on every level without a dungeon (50, 52, 54, 56, 58). Once you hit a dungeon run it three or four times in a row to get your next level (run dungeon at the dungeon level since you get chain XP). Quick and easy, stress free. If you want to speed it up more, add in challenge log XP on the even levels.

* Roulettes are your friend, do them all.
* Always have a food buff on.
* Make sure FC has EXP bonus on.
* Finish all PvE combat challenges on the challenge log.
* Do the Beast Tribe dailies, Vanu Vanu ones give alot of experience.
* Do HUNT R1 and R2.

Set goals for yourself. If you want to level a DRK from 50-52, focus on doing that, do not get distracted. Whenever you reach a goal, take a break from leveling. I used to spend a day or two leveling a class, then for two days, I did only endgame stuff or played another game.

Guess is kinda mono to keep running dungeon even with exp buff....can't bring myself to log in to play even thought i just resub recently to try the update, guess this game might not be for me, prefer this game before the expansion is out. But anyway thanks guys for the advise...