Exp gain question

[EternalAmbrosia]

Hi all,

I have a question that I haven't been able to find an answer to regarding leveling and exp gain.


I play FFXIV with my boyfriend, I am a DRG and he is a WM.

On our jobs we level, do duties and story quests together and we've discovered that even if we're doing the same leveling tasks together I pull ahead with exp and overtake his exp by large amounts, as a result I am leveling a lot sooner than him and We'd like to know why.

We play as a party, we both eat food (however I eat 2 at a time to get an hour buff opposed to one), We both do the same quests and don't do any exp gaining activities without eachother.

I was thinking that it might have something to do with the gods that we choose on Character Creation or our characters birth date's that might affect the rest buffs you get. I also thought it might be just because of our different jobs so we scale or gain exp at a different rate but I don't have an answer...

Any advice would be appreciated!

[Vrankyl]

The most likely thing here is if you two are running roulettes. If you are there is a very good chance you are getting an Adventurer in Need bonus for being a healer as it often changes between Healer and Tank. It is almost never for DPS because there are so many.

[Mocita]

If you have a job at 70, you get extra exp. There 'might' be exp difference between jobs, but I'm not sure.

[dinnertime]

Maybe it's your rested exp? It's the blue part of your exp bar which you gain through staying inside sanctuaries, even after logging out. Basically it gives you more exp in exchange for it.

[EternalAmbrosia]

The most likely thing here is if you two are running roulettes. If you are there is a very good chance you are getting an Adventurer in Need bonus for being a healer as it often changes between Healer and Tank. It is almost never for DPS because there are so many.

We do the roulette's together. Hmm this may be a contributing factor. However I am the DPS and I am ahead of my BF who is the healer.

If you have a job at 70, you get extra exp. There 'might' be exp difference between jobs, but I'm not sure.

We don't have an alt job at 70. :3 just came back to FFXIV from WoW.

[EternalAmbrosia]

Maybe it's your rested exp? It's the blue part of your exp bar which you gain through staying inside sanctuaries, even after logging out. Basically it gives you more exp in exchange for it.

Maybe I'll have to try and compare the rested exp. Does the amount differ for different people?

[dinnertime]

Maybe I'll have to try and compare the rested exp. Does the amount differ for different people?

If you mean for different races/jobs then I don't think so. It pretty much depends on how long has someone stayed inside a sanctuary, but I believe there's a limit to how much you can get. Not sure what factors the limit however.

[EternalAmbrosia]

If you mean for different races/jobs then I don't think so. It pretty much depends on how long has someone stayed inside a sanctuary, but I believe there's a limit to how much you can get. Not sure what factors the limit however.

Hmm, thinking about it like that, I believe I may stay in a sanctuary a little longer than he would but the gaps are near or over 1mill in exp. That's a big gap for rest exp I think?

My bf suggested that it might be the rest exp I'd get 50% exp from killing mobs where as a healer he might not?

[itsjustgent]

It may actually be the bonus exp from rested exp. I often burn the rested exp on gathering/trading jobs. You get like... 50% more exp? But it only applies to mob kills not quest completions or whatever. I dunno if that's the biggest factor though because I remember chiming in on exp amount and i was sitting at 6mil where she was at 7mil. still. maybe we're killing a lot more mobs than I realize... so maybe it IS rested exp.

[EternalAmbrosia]

^ The Boyfriend