coming back after extended leave

[ThetaTed]

I quit playing the gaming shortly after launch due to feeling a bit underwhelmed after reaching max level. I know a lot of changes have happened since launch and I was hoping that I could have some opinions on the current state of the game.

1. I really wanted to level an alternate job on my character after completing the story quest and hitting lvl50. The problem was that the only feasible way to do this was by fate grinding. That was extremely boring and somewhat tedious. My question is, has anything done to improve alt leveling?

2. End game content. When I first hit 50 I did a few of the end game dungeons and hard mode summons. Has there been anything else added to work on at the lvl cap?

3. How is the PvP? I usually like pvp and am curious to see how it works in this game.

Thanks in advance for the feedback. The one thing I did miss from this game was the awesome community!

[Enkidoh]

Welcome back!

1. Levelling is much easier now, due to a recent patch that greatly increased the exp gained through levequests and in dungeons. There's also a new option called 'Duty Roulette' where the Duty Finder randomly selects a dungeon from the list for you to run, and by completing it you gain extra exp, gil, and, if you do it as a level 50, tomes of philosophy and mythology. The bonus is only available once a day though, but it's still well worth doing. Hence FATE grinding is not as common as it used to be.
2. There's much more to do in end-game now - there's the new Labyrinth of the Ancients raid which is a 24-man Alliance, and has some good gear in it, plus there's Extreme-mode Primals, a new dungeon (Pharos Sirius), plus hard-modes for some earlier dungeons (Haukke Manor and Copperbell Mines), a hard-mode version of the final battle (Ultima Weapon), and a new Primal fight (Good King Moggle Mog the XIIth). Not to mention the storyline continues as well from where it left off - go back to the Waking Sands and get started on it. Plus there is also the 'daily beastmen quests' which are repeatable quests you can do for special factions of the sylphs and amalj'aa which give exp, tomes and gil, along with the long-awaited return of Hildibrand from 1.0, so there is much more to do now than there was at launch. And there is still more coming in the next patch too (2.2).
3. I haven't done PvP as it doesn't interest me, so it would be better answered by someone else who knows more about it than me.

[RyokoUematsu]

hi there.

dungeon exp gives now alot more exp, and it's worth it. - also there is a duty roulette with some extra exp bonus.

endgame is still coil, hard modes, extreme modes. we got moogle HM, few hard versions of existing dungeons (haukke/copperbell) and a 24 man raid.

3. havent done PvP for myself, but seeing alot threads people complaining about it being unbalanced

[myahele]

1. Dungeon exp was given a boost + duty roullete will give you a 100k + boost. They also boosted gil made from doing dungeons.
2. They added mog king battle + 3 new dungeons and crystal tower. Primal and ultima extreme (harder than the hard mode)
3. The pvp is disappointing. Its a light party vs light party and is usually over in less than a min.

They also added a continuation to the main story and beast man dailies.