4 level 1 players start in Limsa

Can a static group of 4 start in Limsa to play the game together and then build ourselves up to Tank, 2 DPS, 1 Healer.

Seems Arcanist to become Healer is not till level 30 SO.... is there no way for 4 fellow adventurers to rally together, understand one another, and resolve crises together?

For example how can the 4 of us get into Sastasha with Marauder, Rogue and 2 DPS namely Arcanist which can change at level 30 Healer Scholar, or Summoner DPS. Sastasha starts at 15 but we wont have a healer in our 4 person group till level 30?

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Originally Posted by BeuBlass

Can a static group of 4 start in Limsa to play the game together and then build ourselves up to Tank, 2 DPS, 1 Healer.

Seems Arcanist to become Healer is not till level 30 SO.... is there no way for 4 fellow adventurers to rally together, understand one another, and resolve crises together?

For example how can the 4 of us get into Sastasha with Marauder, Rogue and 2 DPS namely Arcanist which can change at level 30 Healer Scholar, or Summoner DPS. Sastasha starts at 15 but we wont have a healer in our 4 person group till level 30?

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You wont all be able to start in the same starting city to fill all roles, but it doesn't take long to be able to travel between cities. As for dungeons you can team up regardless of where you are.

Gladiator is Uldah (tank)
Marauder is Limsa (tank)
Conjurer is Gridania (healer)

As noted, you won't be able to do a complete party starting all in the same city, however, by the time you reach your first dungeon this doesn't matter as the story will take you there regardless of starting city. It's only like the lvl 1 - 15 msq quests that you won't be able to group up on.

If you want to prioritize playing together with your friends in the same city, I say go for that and work out the roles later when you unlock airship access to other cities. You can’t start as a rogue anyways, so that person will also be leveling another job at first, in addition to the one who will eventually take over as healer. Getting at least two classes on everyone so you can mix and match is never a bad idea, IMO it keeps gameplay fresh especially at low levels.

Also if the person you want as healer uses leves outside of the party you guys can burn the mobs down for them. That way they will hit 15 really fast.

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Originally Posted by BeuBlass

For example how can the 4 of us get into Sastasha with Marauder, Rogue and 2 DPS namely Arcanist which can change at level 30 Healer Scholar, or Summoner DPS. Sastasha starts at 15 but we wont have a healer in our 4 person group till level 30?

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As a pre-formed party, the game will not require you to meet the standard party composition rules. You can go into dungeons with your tank-and-three-DPS setup and the arcanist still has Physick if you need it.

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Originally Posted by Iscah

As a pre-formed party, the game will not require you to meet the standard party composition rules. You can go into dungeons with your tank-and-three-DPS setup and the arcanist still has Physick if you need it.

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Finally someone caught it. I've been in this situation before, many years ago, when a group's healer forgot to swap to healer. Was only mildly hectic. And I'm sure that's improved significantly over time with potency creep and such. Honestly probably even more fun to heal as Arcanist, makes the dungeons far more engaging.

But, as was also mentioned, Rogue isn't a starter class anyway. So, OP, either everyone picks any ol' class in your group's starting city of choice and everyone settles into their preferred class during the Envoy quests, or you'll be stuck picking different cities to fill a spread of roles.

As nice as it does sound to all start as a group in the same region and all play from the same point and all largely have the same interactions, I'd maybe personally suggest spreading out to each city instead. Naturally one of the four will have to buddy up. But, spreading out means you all get your own introductions to the Scions, which also leads to small variations in interactions in the early game whenever the situation calls for references to your prior actions.

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Originally Posted by BeuBlass

Yes. I agree. Only role missing IF we started in Limsa is "Healer". SO... if just us 4, Marauder, Rogue, Arcanist and Arcanist then we cannot get into Sastasha until we level to 30 so one of the Arcanist can take on Scholar. Is this correct and permanent? Or is there a work around so we can play Sastasha as a Limsa gang with each of us as level 15. IF there is no work around then yes, we can consider a less favorable route of long distance travels ;-)

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One of you can switch to Conjurer and level it to level 15+ when they reach Gridania - and you will enter Gridania before unlocking Sastasha.

As premade group of 4 you are able to go together into the dungeon, even without a healer.
It might be a bit harder and takes longer but you still should be able to clear it with 1 tank 3 dps.

Also, as small advice. Just have 1 player buy the game and sub.
Everyone else should be able to stay with the trail version until the end of the level 60 expansion.
That could save them 1-2 months of sub payment.

The one player who pays the sub is able to invite the friends into groups and to queue into dungeon together.

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Originally Posted by Curisu

As premade group of 4 you are able to go together into the dungeon, even without a healer.
It might be a bit harder and takes longer but you still should be able to clear it with 1 tank 3 dps.

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I want to add: Arcanist has a healing spell even as a dps. So you can go in with 3 dps and a tank and the arcanist could spam his healing spell. You can also all spend some gil on potions and give them to your tank.

Long, long ago our starting group all started in Gridania with the 'tank' starting as a Lancer. Was hectic but we managed to get thru Sastasha and Tam Tara before we wised up and they swapped to Paladin and Leve leveled it up fast.

Honestly, I wouldn't focus too hard on starting classes. At lvl 10 in MSQ, you can go to every city and access every ARR class, so you can set up your party there. First dungeon doesn't happen til shortly after you visit every city anyway.

A party of 4 does not have to go with a tank, healer and 2 dps. These rules only apply if 3 or less queue into it.

So you can take your 3 dps along, including the Arcanist. The Arcanist will be able to heal.

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Originally Posted by Stepjam

Honestly, I wouldn't focus too hard on starting classes. At lvl 10 in MSQ, you can go to every city and access every ARR class, so you can set up your party there. First dungeon doesn't happen til shortly after you visit every city anyway.

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Not quite that early. The level 15 MSQ sends you around to all the starting cities. Before that you can't travel between Limsa Lominsa and the other cities.