Best way to level up as a dps

[ManuelBravo]

POTD 51-100 makes for easy levels and gelmorran shards for bonus materia, I would get 99/99 aetherpool arm and armor and hold that number till you're 60.

Ps. Learning a job can come at any time, dungeons only teach tanks and healers, striking dummies teach DPS. I got NIN 60 like fairly recent, youtubed an opener, practiced on a dummy for 15 minutes and now I hit harder than most people who maimed their job since 2.0...

While those are nice incentives I would probably recommend more of a mix. Being that Palace of the dead can be soloed by most jobs to from floor 1-110 which can make it really into a free for all depending on players. . Dungeons give more of an actual group co operation situation were it's more essential to work as a team. Speed runs in Palace of the Dead can vary based on player experience but I see it more of a tome, shard, glamor, and Kianna farming once your capped being that gears doesn't really matter and aetherpool does. If your soloing it as a challenge is a nice way to test your skills. Otherwise I would at least do t he dungeons on and off to learn them for mechanics and speed runs. Most runs take 15-20 min with right group. By the way , Dummies don't hit back :P just gauge damage and help you get a feeling for cool downs in a safe environment. Live combat is the best experience in my opinion. You could also learn the basics as a sprout by doing challenges, but that is more of 1-15+