Curious about leveling speed

[Charisma]

It's possible and it's been done.

Back on page one I posted my dates from 1-50 when I 1st started to play, took about 50-60hrs. I'm pretty sure there are people who did it faster. Really not hard to grind to 50 If you have the time. 12-18hrs a day you'll be done in 3-4days faster if you do it smart. Its about knowing what areas to do fates, When to hit up dungeons and doing hunt logs. Even without rested exp you can do it.

Here
1-40 takes 3,608,200exp
41-50 takes 4,125,800exp
I did 41-50 in a day no rested, no armory exp, that's 517k more exp than 1-40. So its not impossible to do 1-50 no bonus in 3 days.

Your post only shows 6 days, and 1 day left out inbetween, as long as no one shows this achievements gotten within 3 or 4 (considering no one is a machine) days, no one did it.

[Sleigh]

Your post only shows 6 days, and 1 day left out inbetween, as long as no one shows this achievements gotten within 3 or 4 (considering no one is a machine) days, no one did it.

http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest...ement/?page=11

I started this character late on the 19th, which is why I only have 5 achievements on that date, and got my beating the game achievements past midnight of the 23rd, technically the 24th but it was really just the night of the 23rd for me. It was basically 3 1/2 days of grinding. I wasn't even that efficient about it, I just played a lot and did a little DD farm and saved map completions for when I was leveled up.

Not very proud of that level of grind I did but it certainly can be done.

[Gillionaire]

I didnt even consider just being a craft/gatherer. I dont think most people on here even assumed that.I think most of us assumed that the information the OP was after was in regards to Battle classes. For DoL/DoH classes things might be different. But I have to ask, most people dont do the main scenario for the battle system, they do it for the story... so why play FFXIV if you have no interest in its story?

most MMO players don't play the game for story..

There are largely 2 schools of players in FF14. FF14 playerbase is quite a bit different than other MMOs though, so there's that.

Better question may be "Why play Final Fantasy if you have no interest in its story?" and my answer to you would be, I'm not playing this game because it's final fantasy, I'm playing this game because I'm an MMO gamer and my friends just happen to have landed on this one. Of course, among them, there's the:

Story guy (just played his first character to 50, then made an alt to redo the story)
I could just as easily ask him why he doesn't go into end-game when MMO is all about the end-game

Crafter
I could ask THIS one why he doesn't get into combat more because final fantasy is about combat


PvP'er
I had to ask this one why he dragged me into FF14 when I was perfectly content playing WoW on my own...



Anyway, different players have different ideas on how to play their game and FF14 just seems to have a little more variety in it than other typical MMOs.

I'm personally an end-game PvP'er/crafter. But since PvP in this game is almost non-existent, I've taken on a role of crafter for the most part..

Your post only shows 6 days, and 1 day left out inbetween, as long as no one shows this achievements gotten within 3 or 4 (considering no one is a machine) days, no one did it.

Are you really that unfamiliar with the craziness of online gamers to think that because someone who happened to link his time didn't do it in 3 days, it's simply impossible? He just posted that as an example, there are countless people bound to have done it faster.
For example when I used to play Diablo 2(ancient history, I know) I never got a character to level 99 in under 2 days or even 2 months.. But that doesn't mean it didn't happen. It's well documented that plenty of people have.. (couldn't think of another game where there's a ladder for speed leveling)

[Chihaya]

Eh... yea people say you can hit 2-3 day all the time, which is true.

Why people keep bringing up making new characters, going through main scenario and stuff? Yea these things will slow you down.

But leveling another class to 50 can be done super fast, heck, people were close to 50 within 24hr release of NIN and was well under 2 days before the first NIN on Balmung hit 50. You get 50% exp bonus after DoW/DoM to 50, dungeon exp have been boosted, queue for dungeon while FATE/Hunting Log/Leve in the mean time. DoH/DoL is even more of a joke to hit 50 with some leves available...

[tocsin]

I didnt even consider just being a craft/gatherer. I dont think most people on here even assumed that.I think most of us assumed that the information the OP was after was in regards to Battle classes. For DoL/DoH classes things might be different. But I have to ask, most people dont do the main scenario for the battle system, they do it for the story... so why play FFXIV if you have no interest in its story?

As gillionaire said quite eloquently, I play this game because I enjoy the crafting system, and my friends decided to play here. Personally, I was bored with the main scenario quest before level 10, and skipped all of the cutscenes and the dialogue, because I found it about equal to listening to a school lecture. it was literally the least favorite thing I did in this entire MMO, drag myself through hours and hours of pointless dialogue just to unlock a few fancy items.

[Nominous]

This is what I'm talking about: everyone claims "it is possible" yet few if anyone has done it. Everything's based on leveling alt classes which has the powerful Armoury Bonus.

What are you trying to accomplish, prove, or learn here? Are you trying to prove it isn't easily done? Or are you trying to learn how to do it yourself? Most people saying that they hit 50 in 3 days are talking about after their first capped Job. That doesn't make it any more relevant, which is what I feel like you're getting at.

The majority of players have a capped Job already, and that's the most important asset to leveling to 50 in 3 days. Otherwise, the other bonuses kind of pale in comparison. Other than the 50 bonus, here's what you need to fast track to 50 in that amount of time.

1) Have 99 leves stocked. 1-21 can be done in roughly 3- 3 and a half hours by completing leves such as, "Adamantoise Tears", which can be done without combat, and only take around 50 seconds (at max).
2) Hit up FATES while queued for dungeons, at this point. As long as you get decent credit, you're not missing out on EXP. However, if you have an FC party that will boost you, simply spam dungeons until roughly 30-ish. That's probably a solid 8-10 hours out, depending on how fast you complete dungeons. At which point...
3) Either you grind Coerthas FATES, or you continue doing dungeons, however... dungeons will take slightly longer than organized FATE grinding. This is until 41 or 42, which should take you another roughly 15-20 hours.
4) At this point you can FATE grind until 45 (about 7-10 hours depending on your dedication), and then you can DD run spam, which takes no longer than maybe 5 hours to hit 50, with a WHM/good party.

That is how you hit 50 in 3 days. The times are a bit off, I know, but the general idea is there. I didn't hit 50 in 3 days when NIN came out, but I was at roughly 40 by the 3rd day, it really isn't that difficult. Anyone trying to hit cap from a brand new character will never hit it in 3 days, it's impossible. You need the dungeons, which are unlocked via story, and there's Primal fights mixed in with that, not to mention tons of running tea around.

[CGMidlander]

Dungeon leveling is pretty damn fast. The only problem is the queues are a huge limiting factor for DPS if queuing alone. (But this problem isn't very prevalent for healers/tanks)

[Arkista]

Your post only shows 6 days, and 1 day left out inbetween, as long as no one shows this achievements gotten within 3 or 4 (considering no one is a machine) days, no one did it.

If you go back and read what I posted in parenthesis, Day one I played several jobs, I could have hit the 20 cap in beta the same day, but I choose to level other classes. Early access started at 2am PDT but I was unable to play until I got home from work in the afternoon. I see that you started in april 2014, So you weren't around for the great 90k days of 2.0 launch/early access. Aside from that I did 41-50 in a day which is 500k more exp of 1-40. So it is entirely possible to do 1-50 in 2-3 days with no armory bonus. As I said took me 50-60hrs to do it. I don't see why people find it so hard to believe someone could do this in 2-3 days. There are people with no life you know?

[Ryans]

I really don't see the point of this thread. People will level at whatever pace they want to level at. If it takes 3 days, does that really matter? Not unless you are on some kind of deadline. If it is just for curiosities sake, why are you questioning peoples' firsthand accounts so much? It is possible. Leave it at that. I think what you should be asking is how long does it take, in hours played not calendar days, for a fresh character to go from 1 to 50 if you actually want valuable information.

[Kerii]

1-15: Hunting log
15-25: Leves
25-30: Fates
30-35: Leves
35-40: Fates/Leves
40-50: Fates/ Leves

When my girlfriend first started playing the game her computer delivery got delayed by two weeks and she would have missed her first in game event if she didn't have a character high enough to do all the legs of it. The above got her from 1-50 in about four days, only a few hours a day. Honestly I can't say I'd ever suggest that to anyone, but it's doable and I've done it for my own jobs/characters in the past.