Thread: Post 2.1: A consistent way to level?

Originally Posted by Zaranghae

As of now, it's impossible to find an efficient way to level, I've tried everything people have mentioned here and there are only three viable options which are pretty much done.

It's pretty much come down to do your once-a-day duty roulette and battleleves. Don't even try fate grinding.

Damn, you're going to have to play the game now... :< Sounds horrible. Worst part is you're paying 15 bucks a month for the privilege.

Originally Posted by Insidious

Anyway, as I said before dungeons just feel slower to level. Until I see xp/hr from someone or figure it out myself I won't say that for sure, but it does feel that way.

Yeah, that was kind of the point. You think hitting 50 in a week and a half was normal?

Originally Posted by Krystalynn

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I wish they had a dislike button. You do realize that the game is centered around being level 50. If it takes longer to get to level 50, then yea some people might be a tad upset especially if they like/want to get multiple 50s. Getting to 50 should be trivial, especially after the first go round. You can continue to chain roulette after the first time, without the bonus of course. If you choose to queue up for any dungeon without using it, you are setting yourself up for 30-60 minute wait times as dps. So, in the mean time what are you going to do? Alright, let's spend levees on grinding levels when they are usually better used on gathering/crafting professions. They are also not finite, you WILL run out at some point. Once you do run out, that option is dry. Next, you can quest..oh wait, getting another class to 50 so there are almost none left. So, ok you can go do some fates....right no one is running them and with scaling running them solo is a waste of time (at the moment, that is subject to change). The problem now is you can't enjoy fates with the scaling and as a dps your only real option is to do fates. If you would be able to have a fate party and queue up for a dungeon, that would be optimal but that option just isn't present. Also, with roulette in certain level ranges you'll get thrown into the primals. First time? Awesome, quick xp boost. Second time? Horrible. 2k xp if someone hasn't done it before, or ~300 otherwise. Get that a couple times in a row and roulette quickly loses it's value. Aside from that, queue times seem to be going up for dps with the roulette (this is just over the course of the week so it could be fluctuating, no clue yet).

Originally Posted by Velox

Lol lrn2play bro.

If you're still seeing long queue times for the Duty Finder, I highly suspect it's either your server population or the time of day you are playing. I've noticed a 20 to 50% reduction on all my queue times since 2.1 launched, and yes, that includes DPS. I'm now popping instances in 15-20 minutes instead of the 45-60 minutes I saw in 2.0. Not, that's not ideal, but it's a hell of a lot better than before.

Anyone who says the whole lrn2play thing is either a troll or just as bad themselves. Just saying.

Also, you do realize that DF pulls from other servers than your own right? That's why there are clusters. It should be pulling from about 10 different worlds. If queue times at peak hours are still high, then what then? 20-50%? Let's see your maths and not anecdotal information. I could log in one day and get queues of 10 minutes as dps and claim that things has changed, but that would be incorrect.

Originally Posted by Insidious

Anyone who says the whole lrn2play thing is either a troll or just as bad themselves. Just saying.

This, in itself, is anecdotal...but I'll forgive you for that ^-^

Originally Posted by Insidious

Let's see your maths and not anecdotal information. I could log in one day and get queues of 10 minutes as dps and claim that things has changed, but that would be incorrect.

Wednesday 2013/12/18
5:42 pm EST - 22:06
7:37 pm EST - 20:44
10:05 pm EST - 16:56

Avg comes out to be around 20 minutes

Thursday 2013/12/19
6:20 pm EST - 38:19
7:51 pm EST - 11:03
11:16 pm EST - 25:23
1:37 am EST - 32:49

Avg comes out to be around 26 minutes

I don't have any logs for Tuesday as I spent the night doing the new quests and avoided the Duty Finder. I don't have a large sample size to work with either, as I have limited playtime to hours outside of work and the update is less than a week old now. I can't rule out that this trend is merely people exploring the bonuses from the roulette and will slowly lengthen as time goes on. Regardless, my point still stands that, for me, queue times have been significantly lower. If you have not witnessed this, then perhaps I am just lucky or you are unlucky. :P