Leveling spots?

[Diadumenos]

I keep reading two different positions on leveling by behest vs. "grinding" which i am thinking is experience party fun. Is this due to the multiple reformats of the game? I also read a lot of 1-50 in two weeks. I must be doing something terribly wrong as it took me a week to get to lvl 10.

Also notice a lack of stickies for the threads, are the mods really that picky? I thought for sure that the new player section would have the usual, “getting started: your first few levels”, “things I wish I knew then that I know now”, “early cash flow”, “Server mentor list”, etc.

[Aydum]

I keep reading two different positions on leveling by behest vs. "grinding" which i am thinking is experience party fun. Is this due to the multiple reformats of the game? I also read a lot of 1-50 in two weeks. I must be doing something terribly wrong as it took me a week to get to lvl 10.

As you haven't really stated what you are currently doing to level, I can tell you what you can do. Listen to what these people are saying. Even solo it shouldn't take you more than a few hours, if that, to get to level 10.

One suggestion if you have not done it is to first off, find the inn keeper for what ever city you are doing leves for, assuming you are doing leves, which is the quickest way to level in my option. The inn keeper will have you do a simple quest, just run through the city real quick, and BAM! you have a private inn room. These rooms grant exp bonuses for how ever long you rest in them. Simply log out by going into the room and selecting the bed. The exp boost will greatly increase your exp gain for depending on how long you rest and what level you are. This also allows to easy teleporting as it allows you to have two home points, however they do share a cool down. What I do though is grab the leves, rent a chocobo to run to the camp, do the leves, then use the return command to go back to town and repeat the process.

Another suggestion is to find a buddy. If you aren't currently playing with a friend or are not in a linkshell, there is a great community section on the forums to help you find the best social linkshells, most of which just require a quick application to join or just an in game message to one of the leaders. Doing leves with one or more people allows you to increase the leve difficulty which essentially just increases the mob level and rewards bonus exp at the end. However, if you can not find someone to do leves with, always try to do them above your own level. Each extra star after one star adds +3 levels to the mob, and you can obtain exp chains on any mob greater than or equal to your level. My friend and I got to level 30 in about a week this way, and we didn't even do behest like everyone is saying simply because we didn't know about it. If you are lucky and find a great, helping linkshell, someone in there might even power level you, but I DO NOT recommend doing that for the majority of your leveling, especially on your first job. Nothing is more irritating than someone who doesn't know jack about the game because they got power leveled to 50 lol. To rap up this essay of a paragraph.. lol, if you do get power leveled, make sure you take time after to organize any new abilities, learn them, and maybe do some leves to make sure you have everything down. Many of the class forums have great guides for that job/class so look those up for a good read.

About dungeons, I didn't do them lol. Grinding leves, though boring at times, rewards you so much money to buy new gear for your class. But if others say they are useful, by all means do them. I'm sure there is gear I missed out on by not doing them. However, don't waste your time making a party. The community is not large enough right now to find people fast enough to make it worth it, at least on my server which is over populated (Durandal).

Last suggestion, do the story quests when you can. Later on, they reward great exp and money. Though I have skipped most of the dialogue, it seems an interesting enough story to go and look up the dialogue later.

TL: DR

• Do the inn quest for you city to earn bonus exp and multiple home points.
• Make friends and join a linkshell for overall game help on quests or a buddy to level with.
• Power leveling is great, but only in moderation, and take time to learn your class in between power levels.
• Only do dungeons if you can find a party or make one fast enough to make it worth it.
• Leves are you best option. You make good money and great exp from doing those plus behest every 30 min.
• And finally, do the main story when possible for good money and exp.