How long does it take to get a job class to 50?

My current lancer is level 16. I was wondering how long it takes to get a job class to 50. I am hoping I can at least get my lancer to 50 or near 50 before Nov 1 :D

It just depends on how much time you're willing to sink into the class. In my first month I focused on only Lancer and Conjourer. By the time my trial period ended I had 2 level 50s with their full AF.
I recall hearing somewhere that leveling was made to be quick on purpose, though I forget why exactly.

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Originally Posted by Gucci_Charms

My current lancer is level 16. I was wondering how long it takes to get a job class to 50. I am hoping I can at least get my lancer to 50 or near 50 before Nov 1 :D

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Depends on you really, can take three days but four if you want to take breaks for a battle class. 1-30, 30-40 and 40-50.
In a great Natalan wolf camp 40-50 can go by in 45 mins to 1 hr and 30 mins.
1-30 leves/soloing, 30-40 low level partys or add drop pl, 40+ wolf camp self explainatory spiritbond.
I suggest breaking 1-30 in one day which is doable, 30-40 the next day, 40-50 the next.
1-30 and 30-40 are full days due to requiring a normalish grind method. Faster with PLing.
Crafting will take you longer because you get bored but if you grind out crafting you could do crafting in faster times because your not searching for a party or waiting to find a party.

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Originally Posted by MerlinOmniking

Depends on you really, can take three days but four if you want to take breaks for a battle class. 1-30, 30-40 and 40-50.
In a great Natalan wolf camp 40-50 can go by in 45 mins to 1 hr and 30 mins.
1-30 leves/soloing, 30-40 low level partys or add drop pl, 40+ wolf camp self explainatory spiritbond.
I suggest breaking 1-30 in one day which is doable, 30-40 the next day, 40-50 the next.
1-30 and 30-40 are full days due to requiring a normalish grind method. Faster with PLing.
Crafting will take you longer because you get bored but if you grind out crafting you could do crafting in faster times because your not searching for a party or waiting to find a party.

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Holy you can do 1-30 in one day? I don't get much play time though since I work full-time. Monday to Thursday I can probably get maybe 5-7 hours. Friday to Sunday I can probably get more than those hours haha.

I am not sure where the best spots are to level though. I have just been doing those Leves over and over for money and exp.

That's pretty impressive that you two jobs to level 50 Ninten during your free trial. I only played like a couple of days out of the entire 30 day free trial period which I regret haha. But if that is really possible currently, I hope I can get my lancer and potentially another job class to 50 :)

Thanks guys.

If you play casually its going to take you quite awhile (3-5 weeks maybe?). And honestly, leveling other classes is important for a few of their skills. Just another consideration.

Like Gidonoidon said, it's a good idea to level several classes at least a little bit, rather than just taking one class straight up to level 50. (Of course, the way you level your classes is entirely up to you.)

If you want to level quickly, be sure to do the quest so you can get a room at the Inn. And then enter your Hotel Room before logging out. That way, you'll get "rested XP," which gives you a large bonus to the XP you earn. If you're casual enough, you'll be able to level entirely using the rested XP bonus.

if you are casual player it should take about a month per jobs

From my experience, 5 months. And that's because I have RL stuff.

I made an alt character the other day and I've been going a steady 10 levels a day and I've been taking my time with it. It's real easy to do if you have a buddy to level with. So I think you're safe.
And you may not be able to get to 1-30 in a day without PL or an all day constant grind fest which if you don't have tons of free time and the proper knowledge of grinding locations it's harder than it sounds.

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Originally Posted by AmyNeudaiz

I made an alt character the other day and I've been going a steady 10 levels a day and I've been taking my time with it. It's real easy to do if you have a buddy to level with. So I think you're safe.
And you may not be able to get to 1-30 in a day without PL or an all day constant grind fest which if you don't have tons of free time and the proper knowledge of grinding locations it's harder than it sounds.

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Ya I don't have anyone to level up with haha.

Where are the good grinding locations though if you wouldn't mind sharing?

It usually takes me about 4 weeks. but thats me when i play very casually and i solo from lv.1 - lv.50 doing nothing but leves.

I soloed 1-25, partied 25-30, soloed 25-45. Leves and quests (main/side). OMG the quests! If it wasn't for the storyline, I would probably have went insane from grinding.

I work full-time M-F and play on the weekends. It is possible to get 50 in a month. :)

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Originally Posted by Gucci_Charms

Ya I don't have anyone to level up with haha.

Where are the good grinding locations though if you wouldn't mind sharing?

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There's no real locations in particular, you just need to explore (or look up) locations and find mobs 5-8 levels higher than you with plenty of them around so you don't have to wait for more to spawn. If you get Cure, Second Wind, and Bloodbath and equip those 3 it should be easy enough to solo on LNC especially if you keep Life Surge on.

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Originally Posted by Gucci_Charms

Ya I don't have anyone to level up with haha.

Where are the good grinding locations though if you wouldn't mind sharing?

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Depends upon your level, I leveld before they changed to this system after getting rid of physical level.
I currently PL 30-40 off Kakrul fleece droping sheep south of Downy Dunstin Takes a few hours. You could do any mob 10 levels higher than the one leveling. ( two people in my shell just pl'd 3 people in 2 days to 50 but that was them switching off pling each other and they did it in cobberbell mines off cadaevers and zombie type mobs {note if you kill human type mobs you get an exp bonus}) People normaly pl off of raptors but they are useually overcamped.
I've been told 1-4 leves per level for below 30, and you can pick up 8 leves, store up to 99 leves so 88 leves = 22 levels + or minus but if you stored up rested bonus you could proabably get lvl 30 then get pld on decent high level mobs from 30-40 then in a perfect wolf party can get 40-50 in 1-2hrs

D: And here I thought getting to 50 was supposed to mean something lol. Well it will still take me forever only playing an hour a day and currently at level 21 for LNC. :P

Cool to know though!

Grow up to 50 it takes me about a month.

1-30 leves
30-45 partys (or leves if you can't find party, but is slower)
45-50 spiritbond party mostly

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Originally Posted by noxs

Grow up to 50 it takes me about a month.

1-30 leves
30-45 partys (or leves if you can't find party, but is slower)
45-50 spiritbound party mostly

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Time for another noob question from me! What is a spiritbound party?? Apologies if this is something simple and I'm just overlooking easily accessible information.

Cool insights. Thanks for tips.

I just hit lvl 29 last night, so soon I will have to try and see if I can find people who will want to group up to level up together. My leve allowance is also running pretty low, so soon I won't be able to get exp or gil from them :(

I am going to try to get to lvl 30 tonight. I noticed that a lot of people don't like talking in-game though (or at least on my server) :/

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Originally Posted by Zidclo

Time for another noob question from me! What is a spiritbound party?? Apologies if this is something simple and I'm just overlooking easily accessible information.

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Spiritbond party is a party that has lvl 50 people doing all the work; however, they can spiribond gear to break down gear for materia since they cannot spiritbond and powerlevel people 11 levels below them. 40-50 are spiritbond partys. Spiritbond is how you make materia from gear.

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Originally Posted by Zidclo

Time for another noob question from me! What is a spiritbound party?? Apologies if this is something simple and I'm just overlooking easily accessible information.

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"Spiritbond" or "SB" is related to the Materia system. Essentially, when you get XP, your gear gains "spiritbond." When the spiritbond meter is full on that particular piece of gear, you can convert that piece of gear into materia. (Go into your inventory, click on the item, and then choose "Create Materia.") This will destroy the piece of gear and give you a piece of materia.

Materia basically offers stat buffs, like +4 Strength or +4 Accuracy. Different pieces of gear can be converted into several different types of materia. There are 4 levels of Materia, with the highest levels of materia usually coming from gear that's made for levels 41 and above.

The materia can then be attached to a new piece of gear, sold (to NPCs or other players), or stored for future use. The process of attaching materia to gear is called "melding." You have to use a "catalyst" to meld the materia to a piece of gear. Catalysts can be obtained through gathering or bought from the Market Wards.

In order to start converting gear into materia, you have to first complete a quest. You need to have at least one crafting class at level 18 (other than Alchemist or Culinarian). Then you go talk to an NPC goblin north of Camp Black Brush. He'll have you walk through a couple of steps, and then give you the ability to convert items into materia and meld it to gear.

Here's a more detailed explanation of the materia/SB process.

SB parties are groups that wear cheap gear while killing as many mobs as quickly as possible so everyone can SB their gear. They then convert the gear into materia, and either sell or use the materia. (The best pieces of materia right now usually sell for over a million gil on the Market Wards.) SB parties are essentially grind parties, only the point is to level up your clothes. :)

Awesome post again VydarrTyr! I knew there was materia but I'm a ways off from understanding how it works. I have noticed a spirtbond meter on my equipment but I assumed it was just related to my character's ability to maximize the use of that equipment... clearly that was a stupid assumption as I now realize I didn't see any changes to my stats that would indicate so. Now I get it, thanks a lot for the thorough and detailed response. After just reading a couple of your posts I feel more informed than I did after playing for a couple weeks!