Decisions, decisions...

[Ishkira]

Hi!
My journey in Eorzea started a month ago and so far i loved every bit of it. The lore, the unfolding of the story,options,crafting,visuals..Hell, i can write for hours about how much i got attached to this game &my character. It's the first FF i play, and I'm not that experienced into MMOs either, but i am a fast learner.I run it on a very old PC and i have problems when there is a lot of action/loading involved&in busy places (i made the settings as low as possible). With the main story line,i stopped @Garuda.I will not attempt the fight until i get a better PC (in about 1 month).So until then i have to decide what to do, and that's where i need your help

I feel there's just so much to do so i "catch up". I leveled to ~lvl 10 all of the classes, i like the stories behind them all & plan to max them(DoL,DoH).
I am a bit confused on the order i should do it, considering the fact that once i will get to 50 and finish story,there will be even more things to do!
Cheers&have fun♥

[vanityobscene]

Try using the time on doing daily beast tribe quests and building your rep, working on your company ranks and getting company seals, and look around for some fates to participate in that you might not have yet. Two of my favorite fates are three parters, one at High Bridge in Eastern Thanalan and one at Camp Dragonhead in Central Coerthas Highlands. Also use the time to work on your crafting classes!

[Sagittarian]

The daily beast tribe quests unlock after Garuda I believe, so ignore that particular bit.

Have you leveled arcanist to 15 yet to unlock white mage?
If you want to work on more adventuring, I would get arcanist to 30 for scholar which is the other healing job.
For the DoH/L, I like leveling them more or less together.
For DoH, you can get to 15 without ever leaving the guild. After that they need materials that either need to be gathered or made by a different DoH.
I'd start with blacksmith and weaver. Then carpenter and leatherworker. Then goldsmith on the side. The bsm makes almost all the tools. The weaver makes the clothes you will need. The carpenter and goldsmith make the tools for weaver. And leather shows up in a lot of stuff.
Armorer and Alchemist make some needed materials, but they show up less often. Culinarian products are useful to eat but aren't used in other class recipes.
For gathering, there are a few things that need fish but otherwise fishing is fun but pointless. Miner and botanist are very useful.

[Ishkira]

Thank you both! The first beast tribe quests i got just before the Garuda quest, and i'm focusing on Slyphs and Kobolds now, until i get to next rank. I found more beast tribe quests unlock after ''The Black Wolf's Ultimatum (46)''.
Yes, i leveled Arcanist to unlock WHM and that is my main job now..I plan to level all magic jobs for the cross-abilities & fun, and experience both jobs of healing.
With DoL & DoH... I think i will do more botany to gather enough mats for weaver. Fishing I'll keep for times when i have nothing else to do, and i guess it's a long time until then

[vanityobscene]

The daily beast tribe quests unlock after Garuda I believe, so ignore that particular bit.

Beast tribe dailies unlock between Stone Vigil and Garuda. Ishkira said she's up to Garuda, so all she needs to do is check in with the appropriate NPCs at the Grand Company HQs and pick up the sidequests to unlock them. They are level locked between 41 and 44, by Stone Vigil it's pretty easy to already be around 44 - 45.

Everything else, though, I agree with!

Edit: I just wanted to say that Carpentry is hard. obscenely, and it doesn't get easier till the mid-twenties. So don't be discouraged.

Good luck, Ishkira!

[Ishkira]

Carpentry is hard. obscenely, and it doesn't get easier till the mid-twenties.

I noticed it eats up a lot of mats & doesn't seem too profitable.. Well, personal housing will soon be in game so maybe more people will be interested in furniture, walls, etc.

Thanks & good luck to you too!

[sheepysheepy]

doh are never really needed, unless you find it fun, then sure, but otherwise can easily just get other people to do it when you want a meld or something

so i'd just get all the dow/dom to 30~, that should tie up the best part of a month for an average player

[ColorOfSakura]

You should take this time to level Thaumaturge to Level 26 in order to obtain Swiftcast, since Thaumaturge is the White Mage's Tertiary class.

Swiftcast will allow the next spell you cast (within 10 seconds) to be instantly cast. It makes it an absolutely invaluable skill to have as a Healer since you can use Swiftcast and then instantaneously cast Raise on any fallen party member (instead of waiting eight seconds to cast Raise.) You can also instantly AoE heal the party in tight spots by using Swiftcast and then casting Medica.

It can help stop a party wipe if used correctly, so I'd absolutely get that before you take on Garuda.

I'll admit, as a Healer I stalled on leveling Thaumaturge because I didn't care much for it, but if you run Sastasha, Tam-Tara Deepcroft, Copperbell Mines, and Halatali, and run a handful of Levequests, you should be able to get to 26 in almost no time. I managed to get it done in like a few hours of play over a couple of days.

[vanityobscene]

... since Thaumaturge is the White Mage's Tertiary class.

Actually it's an Arcanist. CNJ 30, ACN 15. Swift cast yes, though. Worth getting.

[ColorOfSakura]

Actually it's an Arcanist. CNJ 30, ACN 15. Swift cast yes, though. Worth getting.

<- Is a White Mage.

Arcanist is White Mage's Secondary class.

Tertiary means "Third". Thaumaturge is the third class that a White Mage can pull skills from for crossclass skills. (The other two being of course, Conjurer and Arcanist.)