The whole leveling experience of a new player... is this?

[LunaFaye]

There shouldn't be any wall when it comes to leveling nowadays. Exp have been buffed, so let's try a couple different method's here to get you back on track. I've to admit I didn't read all the pages, if it was already answered ignore it.

Make sure you unlocked your challenge log, this is a weekly log that's unlocked at level 15, however most people forget about it since it's a side quest that starts in limsa upper decks. Good exp especially when it comes to leveling more than one class. Higher level you're, more exp you will get for finishing it. Now I am not saying you need to complete all of it, since it has crafting parts etc, but at least try to finish the dungeon, guildhest, player commendation. If you still have time on your hands, try aiming for fates, beast tribes (40+) and leve quest.

Do your hunting log, sometimes it can be tedious but it's a good chunk of exp. Fates, do them if you are close or going in that direction for your MSQ. Don't get out of your way because it's not worth it anymore. Side quests are great, but not needed either anymore, only areas if you have the time I would recommend are Sylph area down in gridania, Coertas Highlands, Little Ala Mhigo. Again not mandatory. If you have run the first 3 dungeons, which I do assume since you're level 30, unlock palace of the dead. Just in case you run in a wall as you call it, solo level 1-10 or join a group, quicker than grinding fates for hrs somewhere. Same as with the challenge log, as higher your level, more exp you'll be getting.

Dungeons in general, you mentioned you having a queue time of nearly an hr, try opening your duty finder and enable all languages. Later on you might want to turn that off, since it can cause longer queue's, but for lower level dungeons it's a great option. Also don't queue for just one dungeon, sure if you get into an dungeon that's your level you'll earn more exp but if you can get in a couple of lower level dungeons, and run let's say 3 of them in the time you're waiting for your level dungeon to pop, you will end up with more exp at the end. Duty finder let's you select up to 5 dungeons, go ahead do that, exclude satasha, tam tara, copperbell mines because it isn't relevant and doesn't give many exp.

If you have not unlocked it yet, I see a lot of new players not even knowing about that, pick up a leve quest in your starting city and complete that one. After you've done that, you've unlocked guildhest roulette. That roulette takes literally 2 minutes and gives a huge chunk of exp, as well as just doing the guild hests itself. You will have to unlock them till level 45 anyways, so why not just do that on the way while leveling up.

Daily Dungeon Roulette, here again, great chunk of exp so don't forget doing these once a day. Another tip, no matter what you're doing, dungeons/fates make sure you having exp food. It don't matter what stats are on it, if you don't want to invest into some pricier food, you can go to npc's and grab a couple of low level food that give an exp bonus for 30 minutes. If you're in a free company and it's not enabled, ask your faction leader or officer to enable the exp buff. While a lot of people don't think it's worth it, all these buffs can stack up and making your leveling experience much faster.

When logging out for the night or a couple of hours, make sure you're doing that in an Sanctuary, that will give a good boost to your exp as well if that little exp bar turns into rested exp (blue color), try running your roulette as example right after you log back in and have these kind of exp.

I understand that are the basics tho, but you would be surprised how many players I find when leveling my alts, that didn't think it's worth while or veterans that forgot that these things even exist. See if that takes you somewhere closer without hitting that wall. GL.