Quote Originally Posted by KIka93 View Post
We're going on 3 hours right now for today's DF queue, let's see if we can't beat last night's record.
I hope people really aren't just sitting around waiting on DF, when they could be gaining levels instead. Esp. the person wanting to level THM/BLM up. You can make XP pretty quick on that job solo, more so with a choco assisting you if you've unlocked it. And you don't have to be pushing Chain5's either... just even Chain 3's can pull in steady xp with rested bonus and food up.

Just for the record, BLM and ACN were my first two to 50, and I did that almost entirely outside of dungeons. That's right... leves, fates, and just running around slaughtering crap the old fashion way... sometimes by myself, sometimes with a friend or two. The only dungeons I did while leveling my first 3 jobs were mission related or the odd guildhests to help a friend out. It really isn't that hard to do, and really doesn't take that long to do.

I was farting around again tonight on PLD tonight to finish bonding a pair of legs for conversion. With rested bonus and food, I was getting 118% bonus XP and pulling in upwards of 450xp/kill WITH my chocobo out (reduces your xp a bit and gives some to your choco). The targets were only up to +4 over my level occasionally, which in this game is still quite manageable regardless of job.

Gather a couple others and roam an area with a good selection/quantity of mobs and you can pull in some nice XP/hour numbers. Might even find you grab a level or two in the same amount of time you've spent waiting on DF queues.

Just saying... it isn't as bad as some of you are making it out to be. Just need to think outside the box a little. Or rather... to think more "old school".