Leveling up makes me want to quit.

[mdha02]

I'll never understand why people who complain about the simple little things in this game still pay to play this game. If you dislike it so much just unsubscribe. Nobody is forcing you to play something you don't like. It's a way better alternative than coming on the forums to complain and expecting everybody to back you up. Then, turn around and complain more when people don't agree with you. If you hate it so much then quit the game. If grinding levels is upsetting you, then grinding for gear post 60 is going to make you want to throw your PC/PS3/4 out the window.

[AeraLure]

I'm of two minds when I try to think of a reply to the OP:

On the one hand, the game makes it fairly easy to get to level 50 with a job after your first. I may have done it in two weeks or less. I pretty much just did hunt logs, some fates at Aleport, and then a series of dungeon spams at the appropriate level, with some fates here and there, all the way to 50. It's been pretty much the same after 50, just a bit slower, although they just upped the exp gained from dungeons and I got a huge amount from having done the Aery. Queue times were pretty easy as I usually had a tank friend with me at the minimum.

On the other hand, it's got to be one of the most boring level ups in any game I have ever played (after the first job). There's really nothing to be gotten from doing any fates except exp. There's really nothing to be gotten out of any of the old dungeons, either. It's really repetitive and nothing useful drops. There's no RNG to surprise you or anything. It's just an exp grind over and over from level 1 to 60 for as many jobs as you can handle doing that for. The only fun I had from it was had from doing it with friends. I have only tried it once with a second job, and I am not done yet. Really not sure I want to do any more, even though there are jobs I would like to have.

Queue times are definitely an issue if you are trying to queue alone. Time spent waiting might take longer than the time spent doing. Seriously. Also, it's way, way, way more fun with friends, so if you haven't already, do yourself a favor and find an FC and LS you like and play with them. Definitely do not queue alone except for those rare times there's no choice.

[Vazoth]

Funny, I would rather complain about being able to level past 50, while you're trying to get access to Heavensward, instead of the leveling of second classes being tedious. Except for all the DPS classes maybe. I save as many quests and leves as possible for the time I decide to level a DPS class.
I'd say it's all about patience. Make use of the rested XP and the daily bonuses with your second class. Then level your main, enjoy your time in the Gold Saucer or do anything else, while you wait for the bonuses to reset. Sure, overall you're probably going to need longer, but it's way more efficient and wont feel like such a chore.

[mandodo69]

So for new players it is impossible to be like older players and get everything 50+. I am out of Leve quests. At 0 points. Only get 6 per day that comes back.

Leveling roulette, queues hit up 2 hours. Specific dungeon, even longer so let's not talk about it.

People been telling about Fate, yeah, okay. Where? Quarry Swiftperch / Aleport is empty. Quarrymill is empty, Costa Del Sol is empty. Camp Dragonhead... also empty. Northern Thanalan got some action.

But I bet by time I get there there will be none left.

So how this leveling issue will be fixed?

Sincerely I feel like quitting the game at this point. Been too long I try to get some level on Arcanist for example.

Weird. I got my BRD from 53 to 59 in one day just doing dungeons.

[Ayerinn]

Weird. I got my BRD from 53 to 59 in one day just doing dungeons.

to be fair, not everyone loves grinding dungeons (myself included) - soo yeah, if you don't like dungeons you are SoL on alt jobs unless you don't mind it take 6-8 weeks to slowly level up doing daily hunts/beast tribes. Battle Leve xp in HW content should be doubled - it is absolutely ridiculous how little xp they are worth. Believe it or not, there are plenty of MMORPG players that like to level via quests, not grinding dungeons...and FF14 leveling beyond the MSQ is pretty crappy if you don't do dungeons (I like to do them once or twice for the story then never touch them again...)

[UlricCraft]

I agree with OP.

Playing since day 1, 30min+ queue for DPS, always zero levequests, FATEs are as bad as hunts.

Never gonna level a DPS class again! :'(

[Malzian]

I agree with OP.

Playing since day 1, 30min+ queue for DPS, always zero levequests, FATEs are as bad as hunts.

Never gonna level a DPS class again! :'(

The funny thing about this is.... this isn't new and hasn't really changed much since ARR was launched. It's the same old problem that was coming up in threads just like this 2 years ago, but it's just new players finding out and complaining about something the community already knows, has accepted that this is just how it is and moved on. DF queues for DPS have always been and will likely always be much longer than tank or healer queues based simply on the number of DPS jobs to tank/healer jobs and the overall number of people playing those jobs.

[Critical-Limit]

No sympathy, if your first job, you have first time guild hests, dungeons, while queuing? Hunt logs, side quests. A lot of fates are solo-able.

Too much exp and too easy IMO

[bounddreamer]

Food bonus, FC with exp buff, run your hunting log for each class, challenge log stuff, not to mention a lot of FATEs can be solo'd. If you run around doing FATEs and hunting log while waiting for duty to pop, you're always leveling. Plus, fetch quests that are at your level. You can also put up a PF to see if you can grab a tank and/or healer for a few runs. Idk what you're talking about with a two hour queue, either. My dps queue has been really short lately. I queue, start a beast tribe quest, and I'm in before I've even finished an objective.

[PArcher]

I know the op is probably long gone, but he's on the aether data center, same as me. I had a 5 min dps low roulette queue last night, so yeah, dungeons are terrible to use for leveling.

Also, as ACN, Topaz makes soloing fates really easy til 30...when you can use sch for dungeons. My guess is he has no idea how to use the class even somewhat effectively