How do y'all do it?

[ApolloGenX]

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That makes sense. I could probably get more time if I was a night owl, but if I stay up late, it kills me in the morning. I can't stay up past 10:30 without suffering in the morning. Sounds like you have it down, and having older kids also makes more sense.

Cheers to you! It sounds like ya'll have a great time!

[Marveth]

I play too much. Not very effective though. A lot of the time im just chatting on ts and helping people. I work two nights a week and that's it. I have a lot of free time when my friends are working as well as some IRL friends are also playing the game.

Here's my usual schedule
Monday and tuesday: wake up, help with family restaurant during lunch, workout for 1hr, go home and play for about 6hrs.
Wednesday and Thursday, wake up, eat, workout, go to work, go home, sleep.
Friday, Saturday, Sunday: wake up, workout, play rest of the days.

Tuesday, Friday and Sunday are coil days. We raid for three hours each time. Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday are workout days.

[ruinedmirage]

I'll break the mold here. I've been playing since launch about 3-4 hours a day, more on weekends. I just hit level 40 on my main class, but my crafting classes are catching up fast. Why am I not up to speed and level 50 when so many others are that put in less time? I do things the old fashioned way out of habit. I almost never do FATEs unless they're nearby, I'm sitting on 100 leve allowances, all my crafting classes have been leveled up almost exclusively through crafting alone (no leves or triple turn ins), and most of my time is spent socializing, rping, gathering for the FC, or making HQ upgrades for people doing alts in their 1-30 level range. Hell, I still haven't attempted easy mode Titan just because I'm always doing something else.

I may be the bane of most peoples' existence, but I'm still having fun at least, making the most of my time and subscription, and don't play one day a week. Just remember, being "below par" doesn't mean being miserable. If you want to be the best there ever was, I suggest Pokemon. Sorry if the last part sounds a little arrogant. ....

[Zumi]

Played hardcore for like a month capped out jobs/crafts/gathering. It really doesn't take all that long to get 50 on stuff.

Now taking it easy only playing for coil now.

[Artemiz]

The big difference is if you play with friends or not in my opinion. With friends you do eveything faster, even something like WP tome farming, you need to run it 10 times a week to cap tomes. Groups of full ilevel 90 gear can clear a run in around 10 minutes or less so they can easily do all 10 runs on a Monday. If you're the kind of player who will do 10 runs in the Duty Finder it will take a few days, there will be a 20-45+ minute wait for each run and the run itself can easly take 30 minutes. Playing alone or with friends makes a huge difference to the level of prgression you will get in this game. It's not as harsh as other games are like FF11 but it's still an MMO, you need other people to complete content and doing it with the same people all the time makes it faster and easier.

[Greenrobedmage]

I started this game when it was released. I played no more than 10 hours a week. Got 2 classes to 50, got a full DL set and 2 relics at which time I was completely bored, burned out, and disenchanted with everything about this grind fest with no soul. If you so much as lightly casually play this game with half a brain, you will reach max level and get into raiding.

[Kal-El]

Got my Archer from level 7 (yesterday) to level 30 today and levelled PGL to 15 to unlock BRD. Doesn't actually take that long. Think your first level 50 is the longest to be honest.

And this isn't playing 24 hours a day. I'm a student in my honors year with a part time job, girlfriend, hobbies etc etc.

When I log on I just know what I want to do and do it.

Did my 3rd relic quest in a day. It really doesn't take much.

[OrionInerghem]

I just finished my 9th relic. All classes 50

It's mostly focus and understanding.
I play the jobs that work best, and used FATEs to the full extent,

I would say 3-4hrs a day average

[Alhanelem]

stuff

The lion's share of people who had completed everything a month ago are Legacy players who didn't need to level jobs because they had them already. Really as simple as that.
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[darthkyron]

TBH this game is super casual friendly.
I'm 35+ married 2 children full time job and playing 3 hrs a day (even counting days i coudn't play when i was at the movies or those mini-maint, square likes to do)
I have 2 50 jobs with relic+1 and full DL gear (even accesories) and blacksmith at 50. and some gathering
And i haven't played in almost 3 weeks (didn't resub)
I honestly can't seem to imagine how the OP is not lv 50 by know

Serious question what content that i didn't do you have done that takes to much time to do?