Just need a Marauder to level 15...how?

[juniglee]

FATEs, leves, hunting log, challenge log...

[Starkmann]

Yeah, I just want the Marauder to 15 only to get my Lancer up to Dragoon. Later, perhaps, when I learn more about tanking, I'll consider getting the Marauder leveled up.

[Starkmann]

THAT'S IT! That will be my mantra: "Fates, leves, hunting and challenge logs!" Fates, leves, hunting and chocolate..." Crap! Already thwarted by my favorite sweet!

[juniglee]

Ideally you'll want to level Marauder to 26 for a skill called Mercy Stroke. It's an off-cooldown skill that you can only use when an enemy has 20% HP remaining, but if you land the killing blow with it, you will regain/heal up to 20% of your max HP.

[Estellios]

Just so you know, if you have any battle class at a higher level than the one you are currently on, you get a 50% XP bonus to enemy kills and some other sources of XP. I'm unsure which but for sure quests aren't one of them.

Anyway my point is grinding monsters for the first few levels will work just fine and dungeons on future classes will be extremely rewarding as enemy kill XP in dungeons is nuts with this bonus and rested XP bonus. Helps make up for the lack of quests!

[Niwashi]

Why when asked what the fastest way is are people excluding the fastest way from their replies? Fates, leves, hunting and challenge logs are the backup methods for leveling when you don't have any quests available.

But Starkman mentioned having "done all the quests in Gridania, but done nothing level 15 or below in any of the other areas." That means all the La Noscean sidequests that you'd use getting to level 15 are still available. And they're by far the fastest as well as most interesting way to level up a secondary class. (As an added benefit, they also provide a fair amount of low-level gear if you no longer have the gear you used as a low-level lancer.)

If you're intending to stick exclusively with Dragoon, use all the low level quests in Limsa Lominsa and La Noscea to level your Marauder. If you're planning on eventually branching out and picking up all the other classes as well, you may want to spread the quests out, using around half of them on MRD and later having the rest available to level Arcanist. In that case, you might add in the hunting log and maybe a FATE or two to fill in the gaps.