Hello my friends! In this post I will give you my ideal way of leveling with some examples. A lot of it will be an assumption of what I've read from the developers post.
First I will tell you the most popular options you have to level.
1. Quest/Leve
2. Party/Mob Grind
3. Dungeons
4. PvP! (maybe) :P
Yes there are probably more but I believe these will be the main ones that most people will focus on.
I believe ARR will be the first game to be able to mix and match your leveling experiences and not be focused solely on one option or gtfo. I think too many people are used having one option because of old games mechanics that every developer is trying to follow (Copy WoW). I must admit I was a little negative about the leveling, especially when I played the alpha, but now I'm looking at the bigger picture.
With all that said lets get into what "I" believe will be the most exciting way to level.
(The Quest and Party Grind Combo) Low Level 1-15
First I will most likely do the starter quest to get a boosts in EXP to about level 15. At this point I will try to start a grind because I personally hate running around to kill 5 mobs then returning to NPC. After a couple of levels I will be running to a new camp and will focus on two things, one will be quest that are close to NPC for less downtime on running around and seeing if there is a good grind camp in that zone.
(The Dungeon, Party and Sync Combo) Mid-High Level 15-40+
I'm pretty sure I read that Level Sync will be introduced in ARR. Personally I'm not a big fan of Sync to camp at low level areas just to hit my cap level, but I am a fan of it when it comes down to doing something quite fun! So here is how I will be using the Sync and Dungeon system. Hopefully they will add more dungeons sooner than later because I'm looking forward to Syncing to a dungeon if I'm a little to high of a level. I will most likely grind a dungeon a couple times for gear and exp when I'm at the lowest level capable of entering the dungeon. Once I feel the EXP is not worth the time, I will probably go look for a new area or dungeon to level with a group. During this down time I will probably grind some quest/leve or create/join a party. (Off Note: I look forward to syncing down from 50 to lower level to experience these dungeons for other reasons than exp)
(Party Party Party!) High Level 40+
At this point all I will probably try to do is Party Grind myself to 50, maybe while doing a dungeon if available at levels between. I will only be using the sync here if my party is stuck in the limbo levels where killing the mob isn't being worth the time but knowing that going to the higher camp will result in the same amount of EXP/Hr with just more difficulty. :P Natalan is probably the best example. Hopefully sync will help us get through that limbo faster in order to reach the higher camp for better EXP. I am assuming that the leveling process will not be like it was in v1.0 where a level 50 warrior can simply PL you through Natalan. If that is the case then I believe Sync will be useful at these levels for most people.
(PvP) All levels
Hopefully they reward a lot of or decent EXP for participating in PvP. This will give everyone the option of doing something different and interacting with people more often. This will also help through those limbo levels, especially if you're not a fan of syncing either.
(My Final Thought)
This will be how I look forward too ARR leveling, but to be honest, I think leveling in ARR will be much much faster than v1.0. So for the people who want 50 fast, the Party Grind with Sync will probably be the fastest way to go. For the rest, I hope you can look past that one option and create yourself a road map of how you want to experience the game. Only advice I can give all of you is to do what you think will be the best and funnest experience. For myself it will be exploring as many dungeons/instances and party camps as I can with friends and new people while it has some challenge. Level 50(or cap) isn't the only place where the excitement is at. I trust the dev team will give us a lot of great content at all levels.
Hopefully this has helped you in some way or another. I personally can't wait for ARR, it's really giving me the feeling again that I had when I first played XI.
The Leveling
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01-20-2013, 03:12 AMNoblewarThe Leveling
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01-20-2013, 03:55 AMrina_inverse
PvP? seriously?
What is you level up in battle? would totally throw the balance of the fight -
01-20-2013, 04:36 AMAmandaHuggenkiss
Go into PvP fight needing 1exp.
Gain level.
I WINAR! -
01-20-2013, 04:37 AMZenakuin all game you gain exp in PVP and i think yoshi-p said he allow a way for you to gain exp while doing pvp i sure you gain the exp once the fight is over.Quote:
Originally Posted by rina_inverse
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01-20-2013, 04:50 AMAlaltus
Back since even before FFXIV came out i wanted to see a more Nyzul isle like level grind, Nyzul always had a curve ball to foil your plans which made it interesting to come back to again and again.
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01-20-2013, 05:02 AMZumi
I seen PvP leveling before. In WoW you can queue up for a random battleground if you win you get like 3/4s of a level, if you lost then you would get less. It wasn't the fastest way to level but it just gave you something different to do if you were tired of quests/dungeons.
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01-20-2013, 05:26 AMNoblewar
Well in my opinion the EXP should be rewarded after you Win/Lose and not during the fight. If you win with a full cap then you get more EXP at the end, simple as that to avoid level stats unbalance. If you end up losing then you also get EXP and it also depends on how many caps etc you have. One or two levels doesn't mean you cant contribute to your team, same goes in WoW.
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01-20-2013, 05:49 AMZetsubou
I don't dislike leveling with Quests, but I can't imagen the amount of Quests that I will have to complete in order to level all my jobs.
Quests works if you just started the game and you have no enough knowledge of what to do to get around the game, but with time spent you will have the knowledge how to optimize your leveing with your other jobs through the other suggested methods
The way I see Quests, is something to fill in the gap between levels where exp party or dungeon just don't worth the time spent.
I had some troubles leveling my GLD where tanks were useless to invite to parties since you can invite a DD for more effectivness. And I just end up doing leves with to get by.
I halt all my jobs at 30 for the dream of having exp parties, and I'm not talking about dungeon exp parties. I want open camps, but every time I start to give up since they seems trying to avoid open camps fearing issues like populated camps with over camping or such. -
01-20-2013, 06:04 AMBittyGlad to see you are looking forward to ARR. I am too (maybe not so much PvP) but definitely feel it will be better than what we had before (not that it was bad-honestly, parts of it were total fun & utterly gorgeous) Can't wait!Quote:
Originally Posted by Noblewar
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01-20-2013, 06:41 AMNoblewarYa, now get on Skype!~Quote:
Originally Posted by Bitty
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01-20-2013, 09:46 AMExnI thought they already established questing is going to be the most efficient way to level, alllll the way to 50. As of now, party grinding isn't anywhere near close to being as fast, but I too hope that changes.Quote:
Originally Posted by Noblewar
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01-20-2013, 11:31 AMNoblewarThis will change fast especially when the floods come in of people saying they can't level with their friends because they have done those quest or anything of that nature.Quote:
Originally Posted by Exn
I mean honestly who wants to pay a monthly fee just to play solo? I do hope questing gives great exp those who don't have time to party but its Final Fantasy! I don't think they know how to go far from the party grind! :P
One last thing. Unless they can adjust quest by members, I doubt anyone will enjoy a party of 6-8 or what ever number to instant kill a mob and run back. Quest leveling will feel too much like Leve and I think people will rather do that if its going to be the same concept. -
01-20-2013, 11:34 AMExnYeah, I agree 100%. And I do hope you turn out to be right good sir.Quote:
Originally Posted by Noblewar
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01-20-2013, 12:06 PMschism
I really hope you are right.
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Originally Posted by Noblewar
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01-20-2013, 12:14 PMVolsung
Being able to get exp IN EVENTS is something I would very much like to look forward to. skirmish/primal battles/dungeons that give decent exp would be a wonderful side product (it doesnt have to be stellar, but something)
I actually always pictured dungeons as being used for more than we ever got:
exp
chests
materials
gathering
are just a few things I think they could do with dungeons, and the chests thing is already done.
adding exp to events will basically reward people for playing instead of only doing rng for good drops for 1-2 people -
01-20-2013, 02:50 PMWarlockThey said grinding was the best way in 1.0 yet i leveled up faster soloing levesQuote:
Originally Posted by Exn
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01-20-2013, 05:02 PMrina_inverseit depents, reallyQuote:
Originally Posted by Warlock
grinding only have time as a rate limiting step, while doing leves you have time and number of leves left as your rate limiting step