Leveling up makes me want to quit.

[Felis]

Yeah, but no, I do not agree with this. The current method is bad and as an older player if it took you months with all the constant fate runs around, then you are just bad. Not my first character here.

1.0:
leveling content: 8 leves shared by DoW, DoM and DoL, 8 leves for DoH. Leve reset every 36 hours. Behest (limited to 15 (later to 8) participants in every camp) every 30 minutes (later every 1 hour because of 33 minutes cooldown)
endgame content: NM leves

It took around 1 year to level up every class up to 50.

In 1.0 level 50 could be done in a day (or two), especially with a level 50 warrior spamming attacks later on in the wolf camp.

That was 1.21-1.23, not 1.0

[Moonleg]

I'm one of those people who leveled all my classes to 50 in the semi-drought leading up to HW.

I take Coerthas 30-40/42 (depending on if I'm in a good and fast group), then Northern Thanalan 40-50.

In my experience, mileage may vary etc., I would get one level per hour for those twenty levels. Allowing time for food, sleep, bathroom and life, that meant finishing a class or two every week. Some I found more boring than others, so naturally those took longer because I just couldn't be bothered.

Right now there is a situation I'm not sure the OP is considering. EVERYONE that has a max level character is gearing up for or already running VA and Diadem. That will be the case for the next couple of weeks. Then things will cool down again, alts will get picked up, and the fate trains start choo-chooing once more. Right now is a very bad time to try to do fates, at least if you insist on having a group for them.

[Okhad]

I honestly disagree with you . leveing up DOW/DOM is different and each class has uniqe style .. will except for tanking classes were diffrences become less and less .. , to do so .. level all 12 jobs 1 level everyday for each .. in tow months you get them all to level 60 easy and fun as will . after all of this .. i suggest one tanking class and one healling class and one dps .. for me i would say WAR/SCH/BLM . the best EXP method is dengeons , from 15 to 30 around 1.5 run , from 30 t0 50 tow runs , above 50 around three runs .

[AnaviAnael]

OP, one of the benefits of being an Arcanist is you have access to Topaz Carbuncle. He's great for helping solo fates. Once you hit 30 and unlock your chocobo companion, it's like having your own mini party. Thanks to this, I personally found soloing SMN to be quite relaxing and enjoyable. I hope this helps.

As others have said, remember your hunting log. That small boost can help you a ton!

[Loony_BoB]

Full monitor screenshot for real world date/times. One dungeon (Halatali), two FATEs (both at Costa del Sol - the FFXI FATE and the buffalo FATE, both FATEs done solo). Leveled up. About 45 minutes total. Was going slow, too, and the first five minutes was me doing nothing at all but hanging around Ul'dah. No food. Buffs: Lower Level buff for having a higher level job, rested bonus, Heat of Battle II. Felt like no time at all had passed.

[dinnertime]

It took me 3-4 days to level a class to 50 from scratch with only FATEs. It could've been faster with doing dungeons.
It took me about running 4-5 appropriate level dungeons to earn one level from 51-60. It's not that hard.

EDIT: It takes about 2-3 dungeons to earn one level from 15-50.

[Loony_BoB]

One dungeon (Haukke), half a FATE (got called into dungeon half way through FFXI FATE).

[Mwynn]

Some People have already maxed out every Class/Job @ 60 and that before 3.1 even hit.

Don't tell me leveling is hard after they nerfed most Dungeons and gave them more EXP, either enjoy it or you're free to leave.... simple as that.

Some People <_<***

[Loony_BoB]

One dungeon (Haukke), half a FATE (got called into dungeon half way through FFXI FATE).

And with that, I finally have all classes at 30+.

[Kurogaea]

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.

If it does make you want to quit, then why not quit?

It's primarily one of the easiest things on this game and if you can't handle it, tough love from here.

Posting any sort of negative feelings toward the general system of the game is gonna cause people like that^ to answer you, mainly for defending their purchase and others being un-remorseful jerkbags. Just a heads up.

My advice for you is as soon as you feel bored from grinding, take a break. If you start up again and get bored faster then that just means the game is boring to you and you should consider unsubcribing. One thing I don't do is lie to myself and I'll admit, this game is a real piece of s%$# sometimes. I played Wow one time with a friend and as soon as I started doing quests for gathering I was already bored. 2nd try, I unsubscribed. A little more close to the topic, I gave my cousin a subscription for XIV. He played it to lvl 14 and gave up saying "this game isn't for me". It was boring and tedious to him and he plays plenty of rpgs and action games.

If lvling is bugging you, use the pf to make a grind group for dungeons or something. All I did was dungeons to get my classes that high, boring as hell and made me want to spike my controller but kinda worth it. Also try requesting for the exp storage thing some players asked for. Something about taking exp from a fully maxed character and giving it to another class Idk. Good luck