So how will new NINjas deal with DF queves

[Kripp]

I would use Leves + dungeon que + rested bonus + free company bonus + exp food + refer a friend exp hat + a tank friend and healer friend. That way you can hit max level in 2 or 3 days depending on how good of a grinder you are.

[Altijacek]

One one paid me 10 million Gil to tank stuff for them so why not?

[Pylfer]

Leves+rested bonus+food+action buff

Rested will get you to about level 10, Leves will work to an extent but I dunno... You'll probably get bored real quick with leves, Food is ok for sure +x% exp, and the FC buff is of course going to help the whole way through.

Recommendations: The Friend hat that gives +10% or what have you till level 25, or the moggle/helm of light for +10% till level 10 at least.

Honestly I don't see the point in rushing to 50 unless you're gunning for a Shiva weapon OR doing FCoB ASAP... otherwise you're getting your Tome gear just as fast as everyone else, and can grab a UAT weapon more or less out the gates.

As mentioned by Stormrider, the new bonuses for "class in need" will go up... so all you tanks and heals, get ready to make a mint


EDIT: Fastest way is use all the EXP boosting stuff you can get your hands on, and then taking a heals and tank with you. Fill extra dps slot with as many passerby NINs the duty finder can offer.

[OMG]

They could at least allow ARC to queue as healer That might alleviate a little bit of the queue times. Not sure why they haven't done that yet >.>

[Jobefuzz]

FATE party with Chocobo

[Ilitsa]

Pretty much this with my FC as well. Most of us have a tank at some level.

Hey, we're on the same server, if you ever wanna double up or anything feel free to message me ;D

[Gralna]

Rested will get you to about level 10, Leves will work to an extent but I dunno... You'll probably get bored real quick with leves, Food is ok for sure +x% exp, and the FC buff is of course going to help the whole way through.

Recommendations: The Friend hat that gives +10% or what have you till level 25, or the moggle/helm of light for +10% till level 10 at least.

Honestly I don't see the point in rushing to 50 unless you're gunning for a Shiva weapon OR doing FCoB ASAP... otherwise you're getting your Tome gear just as fast as everyone else, and can grab a UAT weapon more or less out the gates.

As mentioned by Stormrider, the new bonuses for "class in need" will go up... so all you tanks and heals, get ready to make a mint

Rested bonus should last me until 40's at least, since my friend and I agreed to level up at same time and she can only play during early morning hours. Leves are also a lot less boring when you do them with other people, also thanks for reminding me to use my WoL/Mog xp boost hat. I'm not going to be in a huge rush to lvl up rog/nin, I expect it to take me 2-3 months to reach lvl 50 at the pace I'm planning.

[Sadana]

FATEs and leves. Dungeon trading too, I'm sure. Gonna be a NIN behind every rock in the open world, waiting on FATEs and doing hunt log.

[aerolol]

It may not be a 100% fail-proof method, BUT you could have 3 Rogues/Ninjas and 1 healer in the party and queue for a dungeon in a pre-made party.

Me and some friends have been able to speedrun Dzemael Darkhold (lv44) and Aurum Vale (lv47) first "rooms" (before 1st boss) for exp farming using this no-tank strategy when I leveled up dragoon and scholar. After everyone is comfortable, it's even a little faster than going 2 DPS / 1 tank / 1 healer, even if you dont do one huge pull but 2 or 3 medium pulls on DD or half a dozen pulls on AV. When I was healing as SCH i could even put DoTs and Bane them on the mobs and no one died. SCH are very overpowered. Eos or selene can handle the healing, i was just reapplying stoneskin and adloq on the DPS after DoTing the mobs.

When I played Beta Phase3 before DF even existed, I also had done Sastasha with 3 DPS 1 Healer since I was not aware this game had the " Holy Trinity " the first time I entered my first dungeon.
Randoms that joined me at Sastasha door also didn't seem to care or know lol

So... It's doable. It's not like Marauder or Gladiator NEED to use any of their cooldowns to survive any dungeon pre-Brayflox (lv32).
Tank classes are not very different from a DPS classes early on.

And they don't have the Oaths or Defiance or job crystal bonus before that, so I'm kinda confident it's totally possible to go 3 DPS 1 healer for most, if not all, level 30- dungeons.

[Tyrn]

They said what the increase reward for the class in need will be. Maybe they will give free minions and houses to tanks and healers to level all the ninjas.

They're going to need something better than just gil, gc seals, allied seals or tomestones to tempt me into doing it when I could be doing something new and fun instead of going through the same old dungeons I've grown tired of and leveled all classes (except for 2 I did through fates) through.