Having trouble leveling 20-30

Can anyone please give me any advice on leveling from 20-30? I'm trying to level up my Arcanist to 34 for that skill for my healer. I already got White Mage to 34. Now my Arcanist is lv 22, but I've done all of my leve quests (cant do anymore for several hours) that it will allow me, I've done all my main story quests up to lv 30, and I've done every quest that I can find for this level range. I tried doing FATES but the server is empty and soloing fates its either impossible or takes way too long. I've been trying to find a party for the lv 20 dungeon for several hours and nothing is available to me unless I'm playing my white mage. I really wanted to get to lv 34 on my Arcanist as soon as possible so I can go back to being a white mage... I'm quite upset because I've wasted several hours tonight running around trying to find a way to continue leveling my Arcanist to no avail. My guild is also empty, it feels like the entire server is empty right now. Does anyone have any advice for me in this situation?

Have you done your hunt log?

Firstly if you have not done so already then visit the Halls of the Novice and do the introductory "duty" there, you will be rewarded on the final duty with a ring that gives you 30% additional exp on DoW and DoM up to level 30 so it is really, really worth it.

Then you have your hunting log which pulls in lots of extra exp, plus Fates, Dungeons and Leves (unless you want to use them for other things). I appreciate that the times you are on may not be great for fates or dungeons and your guild is also quiet. It may be time to consider using a server transfer to one that is more active when you are online?

Kflex and Jaik are on the right track. The bonus exp from your hunting log(if you havent done it yet) will help. The +30% exp ring will help. When you que for the dungeon, do you directly hit the Halatali option? Often ques go faster if you give the system a couple options to go with. You would get a little less exp in copperbell or tam tara, but if it means getting in instead of waiting thats still a win. Im pretty sure you should have access to the leveling roulette by your level. That one gives a pretty good bonus once a day. You could try queing for the guildhests too. And while it isnt much, try to keep some cheap food in your inventory while youre leveling(theres a merchant in every town who sells some for pocket change, no need to use the board) and eat it for the extra 3%.

Have you changed your DF settings to also include matchmaking with JP, FR, and DE players? That should reduce your time to 30 min or so, especially if you're playing at an off-time for NA on the Primal Server shard.

Thanks everyone. I forgot to mention that I also completed the hunting log for lv 20-30 Arcanist by lv 22. That's how stretched I felt for options, and I had trouble moving forward when I completed that. I'll check my Duty Finder settings, it says something about joining Japanese language every time I enter a queue, but nothing about the others. If it isn't enabled default then I'll have to look at it. I'll also try to find this Novice Hall and this Level Roulette you mentioned.

In upper part of the DF window, close the the "Join in progress duty" option are the four language buttons. And yes, whenever you hit the queue button it shows a system message in your chat window (since latest patch) for what languages you have queued for. If you indeed have queued just for japanese on american server there's no wonder you are not getting much hits.

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Originally Posted by Jaik

Firstly if you have not done so already then visit the Halls of the Novice and do the introductory "duty" there, you will be rewarded on the final duty with a ring that gives you 30% additional exp on DoW and DoM up to level 30 so it is really, really worth it.

Then you have your hunting log which pulls in lots of extra exp, plus Fates, Dungeons and Leves (unless you want to use them for other things). I appreciate that the times you are on may not be great for fates or dungeons and your guild is also quiet. It may be time to consider using a server transfer to one that is more active when you are online?

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Transferring servers seems like a huge overkill to me and a huge waste of money just because of no one doing fates.

I myself have not seen what Hall of the Novice is about (having not leveled a lowbie job in awhile), but when I leveled in the past I'd do guildhests and run dungeons for xp. There's also the 'challenge log' you can flag in Limsa Lominsa that has tons of ways to get bonus xp and gil by completing a list of 'challenges' offered.

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Transferring servers seems like a huge overkill to me and a huge waste of money just because of no one doing fates.

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The details on moving server were not just for doing fates, the original poster also mentioned that they had problems queuing for dungeons, their guild seemed empty and also the server that they are on during their playtime. Given that, the advice to consider a change of server to one better populated during their playtimes is I think a valid one.

The leveling roulette in Duty Finder is (once per day) your biggest XP source. After that, queuing for any of several dungeons will generally get you in quicker, which can be more significant than the general rule of wanting the one nearest your level. You can select up to five at a time. (After your roulette is done, though, for additional runs just select dungeons, not trials. Trials give barely any XP unless they're done through the Roulette.)

For the Novice rewards (including that ring that gives a 30% XP bonus and a +3 to every primary stat), you can either go to the Hall of the Novice in Western La Noscea (across from the entrance to Sastasha), or you can talk to the Smith NPC in the Adventurer's Guild of any main city. That unlocks the training, which can then be initiated from anywhere by selecting it in Duty Finder. (The training is solo, so always immediately available, not a group instance like everything else DF is used for, so there's no queuing involved.)

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Originally Posted by Jaik

The details on moving server were not just for doing fates, the original poster also mentioned that they had problems queuing for dungeons, their guild seemed empty and also the server that they are on during their playtime. Given that, the advice to consider a change of server to one better populated during their playtimes is I think a valid one.

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But being on a server doesn't affect the wait time for duty finder. Going as a dps is always a long wait for the low level dungeons.And maybe the can find a free company that's more active during their time.

Hmm. Don't hate me for saying this, but I have actually spread out my exp between three different classes to slow down my leveling. I had nearly an 8 year hiatus from gaming, and I really wanted to ease back into things as I found myself leveling too quick for comfort in this game. Exp bonus food and rings have stayed in my armory for the most part.

It might be my server, but exp has been VERY easy to come by. Main story quests, your class quests, side quests, levequests, hunting logs, fates, dungeon runs, good 'ol fashioned grinding and farming in a zone, etc. I'm on level 24 with the main story quests, and I have three classes at level 26 and still have my level 3 hunting logs, Halatali and the lv 24 dungeons to wrap up, but which time, all three of these classes will be near or @lv30.

I've heard the 25-30 phase is pretty brutal exp wise, but heard things speed up again post 30.

Mhm, definitely check your language setting. Personally I just stayed sued for dungeons, keep a good buff up, doing hunting logs sporarically, and grind fates. I actually haven't touched a single side quest except for dungeon unlocks, dying, glamour, etc (going to save the rest and start taking them out methodically until they're all done buahaha) and I haven't used leves for battle class's. So far I have 2 classes to 60 and everything else at 30 hehe.

Definitely get the ring for sure. That will help a lot :)

No one does FATEs on your server, but you are an arcanist? Use the Topaz Carbuncle to tank, and your battle chococbo (level 30 quest) to heal, you DPS, things die pretty fast. Arcanists are a group onto themselves!

I also read somewhere the higher your main class is compared to the alt class you are leveling makes exp bonuses better? Not 100% sure on that end. I do know there is a really nice lvl 1-30 exp ring you get if you finish your Novice Trials (part7 rewards it).

Check out your challenge log as well, bonuses exp all over the place in that thing, and resets weekly! The roulettes are nice exp, make sure you unlock the side quest related dungeons! (easy to miss those).