Best way to level up as a dps

So I made a thread about from tank to dps and as you know... it's so easy to level as a tank I just spam instances.. question is how do I level up as a dps I heard spamming floors 1-10 is the best way but that seems really tedious and long..

The best way in my personal experience is through doing the MSQ. Second, is doing dungeons, especially the last one that has been unlocked by levelling (or the closest one to your level). Third is doing FATEs, completing Sidequests around Eorzea.

Finally, floor set 1-10 won't be as rewarding unless you are nearly maxed out in your aetherpool. (The idea is to make quick runs of the floor set in exchange of the smaller amount of experience you receive at the end. It boils down to quantity of runs v.s. xp per run)

On the other hand, in my experience it was better to do floor set 51-60 with a pre-made party that rushes through the floor set, but of course that requires finding a party of players who have high aetherpool, and know the class they are entering with.

MSQ-Daily Roulettes-Palace of the Dead.

FATEs, hunting log, job quests, guildhests, leves(?), levelling duty, Challenge Log & Hall of the Novice should help.

Yeah if its your main job....

It's really easy. I just spent two weeks in game and already have SMN to level 48. If you sneeze wrong you'll level. All I did was try a little of everything.

I stepped into the game in Limsa with the intention of being an Arcanist... the minute I got in I was flooded with quests, so many I was overwhelmed, I think I spent the first couple hours doing nothing but quests. Someone handed me a Linkshell invite before I even completed the first round of quests. Almost felt burned out on them. I set foot outside the gates of the city and I was 4th level already. I ran around killing a few things, which leveled me again. Walked head long into a couple of FATEs that I didn't really know what they were other than they were fun and gave me a lot of EXP... ended that first day at 8th level.

Next day I went out and started doing some Main Story quests and the Arcanist class quests. which of course sent me to other zones other than the newbie fields. by the end of the next day I was at 17th level and completing the Main Story quest instances and my first dungeon. And running around killing things along the way and Stumbling into more FATEs, and picking up every quest at the neighboring towns. I also attempted a couple Levequests which went smoothly. By the end of the third day I was already at level 20 and asking my Linkshell how to get the Chocobo mount.

Its all such a blur because it happened so fast. I barely recall even being a newbie... I remember it being fun... I just don't remember it at all.

It wasn't like other games where you spend like a week at the first 10 levels, this was just zoom... wow... what happened? It was pretty cool... I just don't remember any of it.

Run MSQ while you wait in DF queues?
Do hunting log while you wait in DF queues?

Basically, do things that give exp while waiting in DF queues, and run DF groups when your turn in the queue pops.

I leveled a few jobs strictly in potd. Mind numbing, but I just put on a movie and go. And i made a fortune off those shards.

well and from this few jobs - how many of them can you really play on a decent lvl out of potd? ^^

the problem with potd is that novices lvl fast but they won't get in touch with their cls, their role in grp or the usage of their toolkits... this is one of the reasons why we meet so many unskilled player in mid- or endgame content... im not pointing on you Alien, but on the problem how potd is abusable and the outcome of this situation : /

I would recommend variety... like Ven said above - use DF, Fates, Hunts (+MSQ if still available). It's maybe not the fastest way but you'll end up with cls-know-how, situational experiences and way less bored grindy runs in potd. Although veterans and skilled player won't hate you if you move to endgame content... ^^

Levequests was the funnest way to me (whiled que'd for a dungeon at the same time sometimes).

FATEs, Leves, MSQ, Leveling Daily Roulette, Hunting/Challenge Log, dungeons near your level.

I personally enjoyed doing the FATEs since they could be done while waiting on a dungeon with decent exp. Sometimes I would just run a Fate group and those are fun too simply there are some crazy people on the servers :P

My advice is Fates, Leveling Roulette and Hunting Log until you reach 30. then spam PoTD. doing PoTD before getting your job is annoying as you will have to reset progress

Easiest way is: MSQ, Palace (51-60 and repeat) and maybe Roulette (only because you go nuts if you only run Palace). That gives fast exp and if you get your Palace Gear on +90 you can get a ilvl 255 Weapon for Level 60. But you won't lear how to play your class by doing Palace, same goes for Fates.

Depends on your style. I would suggest dungeons and story line so youl earn your job properly. IF you do Palace of the Dead or Fate grinding you will miss out on personal experience and actual combat with team co op. Dungeons also give more XP as well and if you have a tank buddy even faster to do.

thx Ilan & Manu - thats what im talking bout ^^

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Originally Posted by SarenyiaSarenyia

So I made a thread about from tank to dps and as you know... it's so easy to level as a tank I just spam instances.. question is how do I level up as a dps I heard spamming floors 1-10 is the best way but that seems really tedious and long..

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POTD 51-100 makes for easy levels and gelmorran shards for bonus materia, I would get 99/99 aetherpool arm and armor and hold that number till you're 60.

Ps. Learning a job can come at any time, dungeons only teach tanks and healers, striking dummies teach DPS. I got NIN 60 like fairly recent, youtubed an opener, practiced on a dummy for 15 minutes and now I hit harder than most people who maimed their job since 2.0...

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Originally Posted by WeekendSoja

POTD 51-100 makes for easy levels and gelmorran shards for bonus materia, I would get 99/99 aetherpool arm and armor and hold that number till you're 60.

Ps. Learning a job can come at any time, dungeons only teach tanks and healers, striking dummies teach DPS. I got NIN 60 like fairly recent, youtubed an opener, practiced on a dummy for 15 minutes and now I hit harder than most people who maimed their job since 2.0...

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While those are nice incentives I would probably recommend more of a mix. Being that Palace of the dead can be soloed by most jobs to from floor 1-110 which can make it really into a free for all depending on players. . Dungeons give more of an actual group co operation situation were it's more essential to work as a team. Speed runs in Palace of the Dead can vary based on player experience but I see it more of a tome, shard, glamor, and Kianna farming once your capped being that gears doesn't really matter and aetherpool does. If your soloing it as a challenge is a nice way to test your skills. Otherwise I would at least do t he dungeons on and off to learn them for mechanics and speed runs. Most runs take 15-20 min with right group. By the way , Dummies don't hit back :P just gauge damage and help you get a feeling for cool downs in a safe environment. Live combat is the best experience in my opinion. You could also learn the basics as a sprout by doing challenges, but that is more of 1-15+

I noticed that the fates in Diadem have the potential to give exp. You can see an exp icon when you complete it, but it would say "0" when you're level 60. Though I was under the impression you had to be level 60 to enter... wondering if this was intentional?

Palace is my go to for leveling up to 50, after that.... I see the MSQ/dungeons with the ilevel being the hindrance.

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Originally Posted by Tracewood

I noticed that the fates in Diadem have the potential to give exp. You can see an exp icon when you complete it, but it would say "0" when you're level 60. Though I was under the impression you had to be level 60 to enter... wondering if this was intentional?

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I think that will be for lvl60 to lvl70 come Stormblood. Alternatively, in ARR the lvl50 instances still showed the Exp you could get but it was always set to zero as you had to be lvl50 to get in. Come Heavensward I believe that they started to show the Exp again because of the raise in level cap.

a bit after HW yeah... lvl50-51 was just dump with the release... but yeah shortly after HW the lvl50 inis gave experience. ^^

Has anyone used PoTD to level lower characters, for example those only at lvl15? What kind of experience do you get doing PoTD levels 0-50 or is it better to just keep rerunning 1-10? I've only ever ran PoTD at lvl60 so haven't seen whether the exp is decent.

You will get a bit more exp in 51-60 but on the other side 1-10 is slightly faster. I would say both bring equal amounts of exp if you see it over time.

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Originally Posted by Ilan

You will get a bit more exp in 51-60 but on the other side 1-10 is slightly faster. I would say both bring equal amounts of exp if you see it over time.

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Thanks, I'll give it a go. I'm about to reach the awful 25-30 lull where the FATEs are crap & the dungeon queues worse.

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Originally Posted by Ilan

You will get a bit more exp in 51-60 but on the other side 1-10 is slightly faster. I would say both bring equal amounts of exp if you see it over time.

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+ lvl 1-10 is a real no-brainer grind and you actually can clear it solo without taking care about your grp - its hard to wipe even if you try. lvl 51-60 could give you a hard punch here in there if you are still in no-brainer mode ; ) – I think thats why 1-10 became so popular ^^'

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Originally Posted by WeekendSoja

striking dummies teach DPS. I got NIN 60 like fairly recent, youtubed an opener, practiced on a dummy for 15 minutes and now I hit harder than most people who maimed their job since 2.0...

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Admittedly that is true...

Striking Dummies are exactly how I could figure out how to push high DPS numbers. You get to see how much damage you are doing too... because DoTs don't show up in the battle side chatlog.

Its especially helpful for stacking DoTs and seeing just how much you can squeeze out of it when combined with other things.

And using Rouse and Spur on your pet to see just how much the damage increases. You start to see the full potential of the DPS class.

Granted sometimes your DPS is very situational and you have to make sure the mobs are lined up right before doing it, but at least knowing how much DPS you can push when its time... is pretty big.

PoTD may be fast, but like you say is awfully, soul-crushingly tedious. I would only do any of that if/when you actually feel like it.

For me, the dungeon bosses/trials/raids are the most fun so I do roulette then spam the highest dungeon. While queuing I do whatever quests might be available such as beast tribe dailies or other side-quests, hunting log, clan marks, FATEs and occasionally leve-quests.