Some Confusion/Need Some Direction

[Acebeans]

Ok,

I have a level 34 conj which I have been playing with a friend mostly. We discussed a lot about what type of char I wanted to play and all that but just recently I got to the point where I got the stone skin spell which is I guess a major one healers needs? Now, I am back to level 8 with arcanist to to eventually play the scholar.

I really hate to have to go through these levels again. Are there any other options I have? Could I continue with conj and play WHM or whatever the other options are? Obviously, I want to be an effective healer at the end game raiding level but going from 1-34 and immediately turning around to do it again can be a bit rough.

[Shmunkster]

I play WHM and it is fun. Very different from SCH (which I have somewhere in the 30s). But, I feel your pain (currently messing about with some melee DPS)

Sakura has some good tips to help it go quicker. It is a little painful...but, I am assuming if you started CNJ and you're now ARC, you have all the low level quests around Lima open? Or did you do them with your CNJ. I left all the low level ones in the other towns when I got there, purely so I could use them for my other jobs/classes.
If you haven't got them, then its Hunting Log (you will have a new one for ARC), and kicking some FATES, if you're passing by/in the area, and leves, until you get to 15. It won't take that long. I grinded leves purely on my THM all the way to lv26 (for Swiftcast - you'll probs wanna do that too at some point). It took me about 3 days, at 2-3 hours a day for that (still farting about in chat etc).

Once you get to 15, start rolling the dungeons. EXP is good now there. I got my PGL up to lv26 from lv15 in just 2 days just rolling dungies (not full time...just in the evening). OK, Satasha and Toto get boring after a while - but it's good EXP for a short time investment (plus you get some good gear for your level).

So, in conclusion...Hunting Log, the low level quests (if you have them available) the odd passing FATE, leves, then dungies
Soon you will be there!

[Kelvani]

Ace leveling from 1-15 is pretty quick if you do the following:

1) Do the class quests lvl 1-10 and any sub quests available in the Limsa Lominsa area.
2) Head to aleport at lvl 10 to do fates until you get to lvl 15.

[AldoVonAlexandros]

Its fun to level up and pretty easy, dontgive up, being a whm its fun and takes less than before the patches, when i started the game in aAugust, took me a lot to lvl up arcanist, now days is a lot easier

[Judge_Xero]

Confused on what you are asking. WHM is good for end game content. Stoneskin isn't needed for SCH because their Aldo is a better resource for them. If you decide you like SCH better then you have to level it. You can't trade your CNJ levels to ACN.

[File2ish]

SCH and WHM play quite a lot different from each other, you need to get ACN up to at least 15 for the WHM job though, I recommend Vivi's exp boosting tips and add onto it to do some battlecraft levequests if you don't have any more quests available to you at your current ACN level.

There's usually an NPC in each town/outpost area with an Aetherite like Bentbranch Meadows and Horizon called a Levemete, who will have a list of several quests you can do for exp and sometimes an item or gear. Every 12 hours your character will get 3 "allowances", you need at least one allowance to do a leve. Different places will have different level levequests, you can usually judge what level the quests will be by the level of the monsters in the area.

You simply accept one (or multiple) levequests and head to the area indicated green on your map, open your journal, select the quest, and activate it. Once you complete the objective you just head back to the NPC and collect your reward. Each leve will give you the same amount of exp as a quest for that level, and you can make it more difficult to gain more EXP by using the option it gives you before you accept the quest.

From level 10 to 15 I think the Levemete in Horizon is good. Once you hit 15 you can also queue up for the dungeons since they give a good amount of exp too. Since dungeon queue times are rather long for DPS jobs (and sometimes for healers), you could do a mix of leve quests and FATEs while waiting to get into a dungeon. It's kind of a grind, but well worth it if you want to be a Scholar.

If you decide to main scholar, the main story quests will level you up the rest of the way for the most part (once you get it to the same level of story quests you're at). Both WHM and SCH are very effective healers and have their own strengths and compliment each other very well in 8-man party scenarios. WHM cures for bigger numbers and has a better area of effect heal capability, while SCH has a wider variety of damage mitigation spells that double as healing spells as well as a fairy to assist healing, plus SCH generally has an easier time managing their MP. It all really depends on what you think you would like best, both jobs are great and both are very effective in end-game content.

Hope you enjoy the game!

[File2ish]

Confused on what you are asking. WHM is good for end game content. Stoneskin isn't needed for SCH because their Aldo is a better resource for them. If you decide you like SCH better then you have to level it. You can't trade your CNJ levels to ACN.

It's not a necessary skill for SCH, but Stoneskin is a great spell to have, even if just for before battles or to pop during downtime. 10% damage buffer is great. Pop it up on all of the party members and the healer won't need to touch them if they take a hit or two during a fight. When I run stuff on PLD I'll pop stoneskin on people if no one else has it, it's good damage mitigation and really helps the healers.

[Judge_Xero]

It's not a necessary skill for SCH, but Stoneskin is a great spell to have, even if just for before battles or to pop during downtime. 10% damage buffer is great. Pop it up on all of the party members and the healer won't need to touch them if they take a hit or two during a fight. When I run stuff on PLD I'll pop stoneskin on people if no one else has it, it's good damage mitigation and really helps the healers.

I suppose it's better than nothing. As PLD I use all the time to while OT. Just saying as SCH your Succor is a more potent AOE Stoneskin and Aldo is just better. Down time should be reserved for DPSing.

[JonFarron]

Don't forget, after you get the first job to lvl 50, all other jobs get a 50% exp boost.

[Anova]

Don't forget, after you get the first job to lvl 50, all other jobs get a 50% exp boost.

That 50% xp boost applies only to all combat classes lower than your current one, and only from monster kills and FATEs. Quest xp is unchanged. You should however have that static 50% boost to any combat class you level, at least until it exceeds your conjurer level (currently lvl35 or higher).

As someone who has leveled both conjurer and scholar and mains both, I will say it can be something of a grind. Early on, consider doing your hunting log and class quests. That should level you up to high lvl9 or lvl10. You can run a few leves, FATEs, or dungeons if you like to reach the next hump, but you will want to reach lvl 18. At that point, the low-level roulette and dungeons will help you tremendously in leveling. Be aware that arcanist runs as a dps, so the wait time is considerably longer for that until you get scholar.

You may choose either white mage or scholar for endgame healing. There are fewer scholars compared to whitemages, but you will have roughly the same demand regardless at endgame. That said, both conjurer and arcanist benefit from each other's lv.34 cross-class skills. Eye for an Eye from arcanist is very useful for mob pulls as a WHM and stoneskin is useful when paired with adloquium on scholar. The scholar can get away without stoneskin slightly more easily (it is just a matter of prebuffing adlo on the tank) than whm can without e4e, but neither is something you notice until you have it.