The Best way to level and its NOT FATEs

[Orophin]

My FC put together a full party and got from 1-15 in a couple of hours just grinding open world mobs while doing the occasional FATE. The first 10 levels went really fast but after that it felt like it started slowing down.

We started at the eastern gate from Gridania, started killing things and working our way south to Bentbranch and kept killing things around there and the entrance to TTD while starting to do more FATEs. We eventually moved over to Nine Ivies to do levels 12-15.

[Jackel]

My FC put together a full party and got from 1-15 in a couple of hours just grinding open world mobs while doing the occasional FATE. The first 10 levels went really fast but after that it felt like it started slowing down.

We started at the eastern gate from Gridania, started killing things and working our way south to Bentbranch and kept killing things around there and the entrance to TTD while starting to do more FATEs. We eventually moved over to Nine Ivies to do levels 12-15.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eu2b8JvTRSA

You mean this?

[Doctor-]

Examples - Under the recommended level range - with a second party fighting for mobs - chains not being successful and this is how much experience we where getting. Inbetween the fates.



http://imgur.com/E905chg

http://imgur.com/n2FyWiu

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http://imgur.com/Rn19bgU

One level later experience has now increased - still doing it in between fates - maintenance was coming. I just want to show everyone that FATE is good but hub fate farming with exp party is just so much better
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[tegrof]

Examples - Under the recommended level range - with a second party fighting for mobs - chains not being successful and this is how much experience we where getting. Inbetween the fates.
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One level later experience has now increased - still doing it in between fates - maintenance was coming. I just want to show everyone that FATE is good but hub fate farming with exp party is just so much better
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I think you misunderstand what I mean.

Show me getting mass XP while being level 5 and running in high level area (or even lower level area) with someone in your group that is 15 levels higher than you.

In this example you're all around the 40 mark, so my question stands. Have you tested this while leveling someone up? When I was 20 and my buddy was 1, he got 0 XP when we'd kill things.


I agree this would be great for leveling once you're up there and running with people your level, but I don't see anything showing me someone that's starting from level 1 and leveling to 50 with this method...or using higher level buddies to get them there. If you're gonna get people higher than you to help you in a high level area, I think you'll get shafted on XP and it won't be fast to use this to power level. Just those grindy times when you run out of quests.

[Kane]

On one hand I like that people might party together and form real groups... on the other hand it seems so absurdly fast that there's no fun in it...

Less than a week to cap every class I'd ever want to play? Not a lot of staying power, there.