It kind of sucks being a new player

[odintius]

Kay, I'm gonna level with you all. I've been playing since closed beta 2.0 -- off-and-on for like almost 2 years.

Honestly going to level with you that person and other like them, either have more time on there hands than you to play than perhaps you do. Second the leveling process is a joke in this game currently if you been off and on for like almost 2 years that your fault, if you're expecting to be at the same pace as mention player then all that is required is more effort on your part to achieve that isn't going to be drop in your lap so to speak.

[Kyonika]

@Kyonika

Chances are you are spreading yourself too thin by leveling a class a bit here then another a bit there.
It is best to just take one and level it to max by doing the main story plus a little extra (dungeons, fates, etc.). You get an XP bonus for leveling a class that is of lower level than you highest level class. On top of that, logout in towns to get a rest bonus to xp and always use food to get another slight XP bump.

That's pretty much it.

Thanks. I've pretty much been doing all that. I even managed to finally get my MNK to 50 like just a few months ago too (purely fate and leve grinding + side quests and dungeons here and there), so I've been noticing that it's a bit faster on the lowbie levels too - now that you mention it. I've had to go and level DoMs for the ranged - cuz I keep dying too much (like more than once per boss fight - every fight), but anyways...

Honestly going to level with you that person and other like them, either have more time on there hands than you to play than perhaps you do. Second the leveling process is a joke in this game currently if you been off and on for like almost 2 years that your fault, if you're expecting to be at the same pace as mention player then all that is required is more effort on your part to achieve that isn't going to be drop in your lap so to speak.

Not really expecting anything to "drop in my lap." Just thought there might be a trick to it that I've been missing...


Edit: Could it be that the fast-leveling newbies ... are secretly suffering from ... 「Ultra hikikomori Ultimate-NEET-mode Activated 」? ...And that they are glued to this game like 24/7 for that entire duration of leveling?

[myahele]

I thought you had to complete at least 3 of the HM dungeons in order to unlock HM roulette? Same with Trials

[TouchandFeel]

@Kyonika

Chances are you are spreading yourself too thin by leveling a class a bit here then another a bit there.
It is best to just take one and level it to max by doing the main story plus a little extra (dungeons, fates, etc.). You get an XP bonus for leveling a class that is of lower level than you highest level class. On top of that, logout in towns to get a rest bonus to xp and always use food to get another slight XP bump.

That's pretty much it.

[Colt47]

Well, the deal right now is that if the task of unlocking the roulette, flight, etc, rewarded end game currency for gearing up a character, there would be a lot less complaining and a lot more happy people playing the game at the moment. The whole point of the better gear is that it enables players to participate in certain kinds of content once they hit that level cap. Holding people back and making them rerun prior dungeons endlessly was the old hat way to do this, but the game has a lot of things we can do both in and out of dungeons, with some of it being required in order to participate effectively in other things like hunting.

Heck, the way they have the crafting and gathering separated from the combat classes is silly too. We could easily have dungeons / zones where the whole point is to get a gatherer to specific nodes. Kind of like big escort missions.

[Illya]

I can't fathom how someone got to 60 without doing a single dungeon. I mean did the OP literally do nothing but FATEs from 1 to 60?

[MrSmiley]

I can't fathom how someone got to 60 without doing a single dungeon. I mean did the OP literally do nothing but FATEs from 1 to 60?

I was gonna comment about the main story but remembered I saw someone hit 56 in N than the other day...

[IzzyData]

I can't fathom how someone got to 60 without doing a single dungeon. I mean did the OP literally do nothing but FATEs from 1 to 60?

The main story quest takes you through zero of the dungeons required for hard roulette. It takes you through all kinds of other dungeons such as easy roulette and other stuff not part of hard roulette.

Also none of them give exp.

[Underdog2204]

The main story quest takes you through zero of the dungeons required for hard roulette. It takes you through all kinds of other dungeons such as easy roulette and other stuff not part of hard roulette.

Also none of them give exp.

Random questgiver - "Congratulations you've hit level 50 and beat the Praetorium! Now run through Qarn!"

Player - "Ummm... I did that like 15 levels ago but ok, so long as you don't make a habit of this."

Random questiver - "Congratulations for beating the lower level dungeon Qarn!!! Now do Hero on the Halfshell guildhest!"

Player - "You have got to be f****** kidding me...." -_-

The patches content basically means having to do 2 years worth of this tedious stuff without the added benefit of getting anything that is actually useful for current content. Imagine having to do this all at once rather than be introduced to it slowly, it's no wonder people are kinda annoyed imo.

At least previously at this point we could start getting tomes for the relevant gear, just by having some law available beforehand would make people feel better I think. It lets them know they are actually progressing their character rather than being stuck in this 2.1 > 2.55 limbo where everything they do and get is pointless.

[Ksenia]

The patches content basically means having to do 2 years worth of this tedious stuff without the added benefit of getting anything that is actually useful for current content. Imagine having to do this all at once rather than be introduced to it slowly, it's no wonder people are kinda annoyed imo.

My storyline quest is 26 The beasts Maw. I craft,, it's where I'm happy in the game but I just found out I need to slog through that to even get in to the HeavensWard content that I just paid $50 to not play for 3 months while I go kill garbage in dungeons.