Multiple/All Jobs 50 going into ARR – What city/class will you start on?

[Catapult]

I will be beginning in Gridania. My plan is as follows:

- Start as Archer. Get through the first two or three quests in order to escape instanced content.
- Visit my retainers and the calamity salvanger. Sort out my gear and setup my skill bars on all classes (not yet jobs). Buy a bottle of orange juice.
- Visit Archer's guild and complete class quests up to Level 30 to unlock skills. Do the same for Conjurer and Lancer.
- Get as far as I can on the Leatherworker, Botanist and Carpenter class quests (I will hit a roadblock with the materia-relevant quest, but no rush).
- Walk to Thanalan, tagging aetherytes along the way.
- Visit Mutamix Bubblypots and unlock any sealed Materia-content.
- Continue to Ul'dah. Do class quests for Pugulist, Gladiator and Thaumaturge. Again, get as far as I can on Miner, Alchemist, Goldsmith and Weaver.
- Walk to Vesper Bay, tagging aetherytes along the way. Give the orange juice to the not-really-colour-coorindated quest NPC and unlock gear dying.
- Catch the Ferry to Limsa Lominsa (regardless of the expense). Get as far as I can on class quests for Marauder, Fisher, Blacksmith, Armourer and Culinarian.
- Purchase a Weathered Grimoire and unlock Arcanist. Do the first class quest to make sure the hunting log is working.
- Buy some dyes. Get colour-coordinated.
- Teleport back to Gridania. Start the main scenario quests and Gridanian sidequests playing as arcanist (by now, the low level areas should not be swarming with players).
- After catching the airship to Limsa, complete the Arcanist quests up to level 15.
- Run Sastasha, the Tam-Tara Deepcroft and the Copperbell Mines. Continue to follow the main scenario, defeat Ifrit and rejoin the Order of the Twin Adder.
- At my leisure, complete the sidequests up to level 15 in La Noscea and put the experience on Culinarian (currently level 2).
- At my leisure, complete the sidequests up to level 15 in Thanalan and put the experience on Weaver (currently level 2).
- Go nuts with whatever, including job-related content.

Upon reaching levels 27 and 33 I will need to make a decision about continuing the main scenario as an Arcanist, or swapping to marauder or lancer respectively, because these are my current levels on those non-50 classes and I'll need to pick my priority class.

[Neasa]

Ul'dah... Not changing where I came from. Also, PGL guild. :x

[Keith_Dragoon]

I will be beginning in Gridania. My plan is as follows:

- Start as Archer. Get through the first two or three quests in order to escape instanced content.
- Visit my retainers and the calamity salvanger. Sort out my gear and setup my skill bars on all classes (not yet jobs). Buy a bottle of orange juice.
- Visit Archer's guild and complete class quests up to Level 30 to unlock skills. Do the same for Conjurer and Lancer.
- Get as far as I can on the Leatherworker, Botanist and Carpenter class quests (I will hit a roadblock with the materia-relevant quest, but no rush).
- Walk to Thanalan, tagging aetherytes along the way.
- Visit Mutamix Bubblypots and unlock any sealed Materia-content.
- Continue to Ul'dah. Do class quests for Pugulist, Gladiator and Thaumaturge. Again, get as far as I can on Miner, Alchemist, Goldsmith and Weaver.
- Walk to Vesper Bay, tagging aetherytes along the way. Give the orange juice to the not-really-colour-coorindated quest NPC and unlock gear dying.
- Catch the Ferry to Limsa Lominsa (regardless of the expense). Get as far as I can on class quests for Marauder, Fisher, Blacksmith, Armourer and Culinarian.
- Purchase a Weathered Grimoire and unlock Arcanist. Do the first class quest to make sure the hunting log is working.
- Buy some dyes. Get colour-coordinated.
- Teleport back to Gridania. Start the main scenario quests and Gridanian sidequests playing as arcanist (by now, the low level areas should not be swarming with players).
- After catching the airship to Limsa, complete the Arcanist quests up to level 15.
- Run Sastasha, the Tam-Tara Deepcroft and the Copperbell Mines. Continue to follow the main scenario, defeat Ifrit and rejoin the Order of the Twin Adder.
- At my leisure, complete the sidequests up to level 15 in La Noscea and put the experience on Culinarian (currently level 2).
- At my leisure, complete the sidequests up to level 15 in Thanalan and put the experience on Weaver (currently level 2).
- Go nuts with whatever, including job-related content.

Upon reaching levels 27 and 33 I will need to make a decision about continuing the main scenario as an Arcanist, or swapping to marauder or lancer respectively, because these are my current levels on those non-50 classes and I'll need to pick my priority class.

Your plan maps out my exact course except I'll start as Conjurer first.

[Cynthis]

I have everything 50, gonna start in Gridania where my character was born and will forever stay. My Rite of Passage will always remain true.

I wish I could be as faithful to my forest home. I can't stand the thought of grinding EXP through repeated dungeon runs so my focus is to not waste any EXP from quests. That means I have to start in Limsa for Arcanist even though I can't see that being my main class and it will never be my home town. As soon as I can it's off to Gridania though to rejoin the Adders.

Sadly I am sacrificing my personal desires for game mechanics.

[Keith_Dragoon]

I wish I could be as faithful to my forest home. I can't stand the thought of grinding EXP through repeated dungeon runs so my focus is to not waste any EXP from quests. That means I have to start in Limsa for Arcanist even though I can't see that being my main class and it will never be my home town. As soon as I can it's off to Gridania though to rejoin the Adders.

Sadly I am sacrificing my personal desires for game mechanics.

You don't have to do the side quests so starting in Grid, doing a few main/class quests and then flying over to Limsa for Arcanist wouldn't hurt one bit. You'll still have all of Limsa's side quests aswell as all of Uldah's and Gridanias. Also Arcanist won't be available until launch so all of phase 4 you won't have much to do except reorganize your character, level up some crafts/gathers(if applicable) and quest missing class/job skills.

[Catapult]

I wish I could be as faithful to my forest home. I can't stand the thought of grinding EXP through repeated dungeon runs so my focus is to not waste any EXP from quests. That means I have to start in Limsa for Arcanist even though I can't see that being my main class and it will never be my home town. As soon as I can it's off to Gridania though to rejoin the Adders.

Sadly I am sacrificing my personal desires for game mechanics.

An option you may want to consider:

Start in Gridania. When you arrive in Limsa as part of the main scenario, unlock Arcanist and take the time out to play through the sidequests that resident Lominsans had played in their first fifteen levels. By the time you're done, you should have Arcanist leveled to around Level 14 and be ready to take your letter to Merlwyb. Then play as Arcanist for the rest of the main scenario and sidequests.

[SidRheingold]

That means all that Main Story EXP is going to go onto my CNJ/WHM which is 50. Really, a complete waste of EXP, right?

Not a complete waste!
While the Level Cap is still 50, you now gain EXP towards the next Level.

Example:

Lv50 45.000 EXP / 565.000 EXP

You can see this in the last Producer Letter No. 48 (EXP bar).

[rina_inverse]

Not a complete waste!
While the Level Cap is still 50, you now gain EXP towards the next Level.

Example:

Lv50 45.000 EXP / 565.000 EXP

You can see this in the last Producer Letter No. 48 (EXP bar).

and will those help? considering well not getting new level cap in short time

anyway, it doesnt really matter since I have all class capped, but Im still gonna roll up in Ul'dah, finishing all main storyline asap, then looking for something new to do

[Magnesium02]

I am starting in Uldah cause that is where I feel at home, even though I am a Bard, I'll be starting on THM and just doing story to 15 to teleport, then pick up Arcanist in LL. There are plenty of sidequests in the 3 regions for low levels to get up to a similar level to take over the story quest on ACN. I know it will waste some some exp through the lvl 15 quest, but I would rather experience the story in my homeland than be uber practical with EXP.

[Cynthis]

Not a complete waste!
While the Level Cap is still 50, you now gain EXP towards the next Level.

Example:

Lv50 45.000 EXP / 565.000 EXP

You can see this in the last Producer Letter No. 48 (EXP bar).

I kind of think that's a debug function. I doubt it will work like that in the release but it would be good.