How to level dps alts?

How do I efficiently level a dps without being forced to run Palace of the Braindead? I highly recommend leveling a dps as your first character, as MSQs are the only efficient way to level a dps.

Dungeons with fates while you wait, maybe get the yokai's done if you haven't yet. 70-80 fates have the perk of gaining gemstones and rep with the areas for goodies and riding maps for the zones. If you hate fates then maybe just tab and do something, slap on netflix or whatever your heart desires.

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Originally Posted by Kukajoo

Dungeons with fates while you wait, maybe get the yokai's done if you haven't yet. 70-80 fates have the perk of gaining gemstones and rep with the areas for goodies and riding maps for the zones. If you hate fates then maybe just tab and do something, slap on netflix or whatever your heart desires.

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Is doing low level fates via Level Sync efficient?

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Originally Posted by t0rn

Is doing low level fates via Level Sync efficient?

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if you have to sync to a fate its probably not efficient leveling wise at all. I do them more as time passers for the dungeons which are the real meat of exp that isnt POTD. On aether i've found que times arent too too terrible, 10-15 mins per que unless its super late at night, then the time stretches a bit.

One of the best ways to lvl up to 60 is using the Squadron. No queue time and they are fast.

Before you can use them it's hunting log, combat leve quests and fates until lvl 15, then you queue up for your first dungeon.

You should get the bonus exp ring from the hall of novice. At lvl 16 you can do leveling roulette.

Squadron should be available from lvl 20 to 60 I think.

Without squadron you should queue up for the highest lvl dungeon you can enter and do fates, hunting log, beast tribe quests and daylie hunt while you are waiting.

At lvl 50 you are unlocking more roulettes, do them every day. Well, the 50/60/70 roulette isn't really worth the time, but you get some poetics to buy gear. And MSQ roulette gives many exp, but oh well...

The lvl 50, 60 and 70 dungeons don't give much exp anyway, you should skip them and for example queue up for the lvl 47 dungeon until you hit lvl 51.

From 71 to 80 you can level with the Trust system. They are slow, but you don't have to wait for a tank and healer.

Hi, all jobs max level. If you are trying to burn through content ASAP, there really isn’t anything to do but be brain dead.

I did all of mine with a mix of different roulettes; mostly PvP, leveling and trials. You can also get a very satisfactory bump doing daily beast tribe quests. (HW onward, 2.0 beasts are not worth the time)

I am not an advocate for efficiency though... so I couldn’t tell you what the absolute fastest way would be other than spam dungeons or PotD.

Always queue your highest level dungeon.
While waiting, do beast tribes, FATEs, or battle leves if available.

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Originally Posted by t0rn

How do I efficiently level a dps without being forced to run Palace of the Braindead?.

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Nothing is forced, players should pick whatever they find the most enjoyable....

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Originally Posted by kaynide

I did all of mine with a mix of different roulettes; mostly PvP, leveling and trials. You can also get a very satisfactory bump doing daily beast tribe quests. (HW onward, 2.0 beasts are not worth the time).

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Such as this. You can do a mix of things as there are plenty of activities to choose from these days. Personally not a big fan of Deep Dungeons unless it's for the challenge aspect, going there for levels though not so much. Even if it takes 15mins to get in to a Roulette, I'd take that and will have more fun than running DDs.

Rank up with your grand company asap
https://ffxiv.consolegameswiki.com/w..._Company#Ranks

Then proceed to get a 4th member ( youre given three) by completing challenge logs . Handy if the weekly reset has just occurred so you can do many of the easy ones. Once youve gotten your 4th member youre given a 1 hour patrol mission to send them on and after that you can then use the traning board to get their levels up to 20. Once thats done you get a squadron rank up mission which takes 18 hours. after that command missions are available. These are amazing for exp. The amount of exp per enemy is 2-4k in the 20s dungeon and goes up to 8-10k by the 40s lvls dungeons (dependent on what exp bonuses you have applied) and the bosses give big exp bumps on thier own.

So you kill all of the npcs inside (dont skip any if at all possible) and your levels go up quick especially if you have the road to 70 buff and your FC exp buff. All the same loot chest are there and of course the final boss loot is all yours to loot as you are the only human in the group.


https://ffxiv.consolegameswiki.com/w...urer_Squadrons

https://ffxiv.consolegameswiki.com/w...mmand_Missions


This will take a few days due to the 18 hour missions and waiting for daily training resets.

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Originally Posted by t0rn

Is doing low level fates via Level Sync efficient?

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If you are doing out of expansion fate then its not worth it time for exp wise.

Just make sure you do your roulettes and your challenge log can help spice up it some you dont burn out. Potd or hoh and the 70-80 you can do trust if queues are long. Beast tribe in expansion is also good for daily exp. Squadrons isnt that great but may help if you are feeling burnt out at the lower levels, but then again you should just take a break if it comes to that.

Challenge log. Do as many entries as you can each week. And keep in mind that only the one that finishes an activity counts. So if youve done 4 fates on your main class, an alt class could complete number 5 for the bonus exp(or alternatively, avoid this - make sure you dont accidently give a good bonus to a class that doesnt need it).

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Originally Posted by t0rn

Is doing low level fates via Level Sync efficient?

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you can also run some dungeons with squadron, though it takes practice and time to get the squad mates up to par. I am talking independent, offensive, or defensive order level. Level 4 or 5 is what you want. Once you get there you can burn through mobs pretty quick.
as for fates it depends. ARR not so much unless you are waiting for queue or something. Lvl 60-80 (StB and ShB fates are ok xp, not the best but not the worst).
Roulette all of them even frontline. Cool thing you can swap from a dps you a leveling to one you are familiar with in PvP. If anything you get some wolf marks and ok xp.
PF for a specific dungeons for leveling as I see that from time to time still.

Make sure to eat food, fc xp buff, wear xp buff equip as well.

As people have said run the highest lv dungeon you can run. Complete the challenge log that pertains to battle class xp. Beast tribes, eat food, side quests if you haven't burnt them all on your main. Heck even though I avoid it like the plague MSQ roulette gives a decent chunk. Also front lines as you can que up on the job you want xp on and switch to your main or any other job you enjoy doing pvp on. Hunt log for any class/job that's from ARR up to level 50 and your company hunt log.

This is more for once you're level 50 and above, but I personally liked to do the roulettes with the quicker DPS queues - trial, alliance, normal raid, MSQ. Then I'd mix in beast tribes, Potd/HoH, daily hunt marks, and FATES. Frontlines is also a really good XP chunk, but the queues can be a bit iffy at times. I lived on a diet of boiled eggs since they are insanely cheap from an NPC, and all food gives the same XP buff.

If your "low-level job" is already 50: what I generally did was run beast tribes and solo hunts while queued for roulettes. I'd usually be done in the overworld right around the time the last roulette popped.
Generally 2-3 levels per day, in 2-3 hours.
With the added bonus that you could do these on different classes. So if you hate tanking, healing, melee, casters ... whatever in actual content - you can level them with the beast tribe and hunts, while doing roulette with a different class.

I always go fates/ect to 15, 2 runs of Satasha -> Squadron 20-60 -> HoH -> Trusts+Fates

The reason for HoH and Fates is you get decent exp and can make some gil on the side. The hairstyle from HoH loot sacks can be 1-2m and the housing items obtainable for 10-20 gems from having lv3 Shared Fates in each zone are 50-100k+

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Originally Posted by t0rn

Is doing low level fates via Level Sync efficient?

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In general, you want to be doing the highest level content you have available to you. So, after roulettes you move on to your highest level dungeon, and you do FATEs at or close to your level whenever possible while waiting on queues. This does mean you have to actually upgrade your gear as you level, but you can do it.

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Originally Posted by t0rn

How do I efficiently level a dps without being forced to run Palace of the Braindead? I highly recommend leveling a dps as your first character, as MSQs are the only efficient way to level a dps.

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The Palace of the dead isn't really that great for leveling DPS, Heals, or tanks. PVP after level 30 during the day is by far the best way, sign up as what you want to level, then switch to your favorite PVP job inside. at lower levels you'll get 2 to 3 levels per run even if you lose, win and oh boy the XP. After that, Spam "MSQ Dungeons" and do Fates.