Leveling from 50-60 Trouble

[Tango185]

I've completed all MQ/SQ as BRD which is 60 and that's not the issue. I recently got DRG to 50, though, and hit a wall. I want to level to 60 but don't want to waste time w/FATEs. I can't do Lv50 Roulette b/cc iLvl too low but don't want to run CT/ST/WOD for gear if I get no XP and the wait is forever. Also, my left side is all i90 but my right isn't. Lv50 roulette req's i90 and I'm i73. What should I do?

[Anzaman]

You can purchase level 50, i115 gear from vendors in The Jeweled Crozier, The Pillars.

[ChameleonMS]

You can also get i120 Poetics gear in Mor Dhona.

[Alberel]

I've completed all MQ/SQ as BRD which is 60 and that's not the issue. I recently got DRG to 50, though, and hit a wall. I want to level to 60 but don't want to waste time w/FATEs. I can't do Lv50 Roulette b/cc iLvl too low but don't want to run CT/ST/WOD for gear if I get no XP and the wait is forever. Also, my left side is all i90 but my right isn't. Lv50 roulette req's i90 and I'm i73. What should I do?

The intended progression path is that you do the highest dungeon you can and use the loot drops from there to gear up. This takes forever though and is entirely unnecessary. Use your BRD to get Tomestones of Poetics and buy i120 (i130 with upgrade tokens) gear for your other jobs. By the time any of them reaches 60 you'll have enough Poetics again to outfit another job. Rinse and repeat.

If you have some gil to burn you can also buy i115 gear in Ishgard from the NPC vendors there. Or you can craft it yourself or buy from crafters.

[Tango185]

Awesome! These answers help alot. Thank you, all of you.

[Cnidarian]

You can also do DR:Trials, DR:Leveling, DR:Main Scenario for exp as well as Vath and Vanu dailies for exp.

Edit- You also have your daily hunts that also give you exp.

[LunaFaye]

yes you can waste your time farming poetics with your bard BUT there are other ways. Let me help you out lol.

1) go to the foundation and pick up NQ gear at the NPC. Or check the market board some of the HQ items you get from the quests anyway people sell at 1-5k (on my server) and are good enough for this method. Or check the pvp vendor if you pvp'd before and have some marks/seals left.
2) Since you're already there, go to the INN and pick up all 3 hunting log (daily) you can ignore the weekly one since it gives no exp unless they changed it by now.
3) Open your duty roulette and que for level 50 roulette.
4) Main scenario Roulette (yes I am aware is horrible place to go but once a day isn't bad)
5) Daily Beast tribes. Make sure you are picking up the quest with your drg (50) and not with your brd. (60) Ignore the old beast tribes since the exp ain't worth it.
6) After you're done, summon your chocobo and start your first hunt log. Go through all 3 of them.
7) check for challenges since it's weekly reset, some of the challenges give great exp for running lets say 3 dungeons. (little tip here, you could unsync satasha if you wanted 3/5 times and get the bonus, if you do not want to bother with higher level dungeons just yet or save it)

By now you're easily level 52/55, depending how many times you ran the regular 50 dungeons and how much rested exp you started with etc. Now same thing, go check the market board first if you do not have crafting professions, if not than check the vendor @ tailfeather. Start with the HW dungeons. Normally you start with the aery (lvl 55 dungeon), but even the prior dungeons are great now that they buffed the exp. It's even faster if you have FC exp buff, food buff (any cheap 3% bonus food will do), rested exp and if you're super lucky a NEW person in your group since it gives bonus exp/gil at the end

There is a couple other tricks, you could for example pick up the 3 hunting logs right now on your level 60 and then ignore them till tomorrow, after the daily reset.
Now after the reset you start doing those logs you picked up prior. After you're done go and pick up 3 more (this are the today's logs). Anyways, if you then have the patience for example to do it even at lets say 6 am since the server don't reset till 8 am, you could then pick up another 3 logs at 8. So means you are doing basically a total of 9 logs during one play session/at once if that makes sense.

Note: At the end of the day I am not saying my method is the best, however it gets you to level 54+ quick and from there on it's just a couple of hrs to 60 without fates or CT/ST/WoD spam. This method is faster than having to farm poetics first or again the towers for gear that's not even worth it. When you reach the aery you can start picking up gear from there, everything prior is fine with just the NPC gear. Also if you que multiple times for the level 50 roulette you are getting faster in the dungeons. Yes you do get bonus only once a day via roulette, however you are getting the full exp in the dungeon itself. And at level 50 - 52 its a lot of exp and takes barely any time since people speed running them.

[Zari]

Also, you DO get exp from the crystal tower raids now

[Gemina]

If iLvl is 90, the left side should already be taken care of if you have done your lv 50 job quest. A friendly crafter can make iLv115 accessories for the right side fairly easy. They are marketable so you can check the MB as well, and you're done. That's without even going to Ishgard, which is another option I believe. You definitely don't need to farm dungeons or fates to increase your iLv.

If you want to get to level 60 asap, then I would suggest to do the opposite of what I do as I deliberately avoid exp by staying away from things like:

- leveling roulette
- story roulette
- NM FATEs
- Hunts
- GC Battle Leves (if allowances are maxed)
- dungeon runs
- Side quests

These are just the sources I know about.