ARR and Beyond!

[Lucke]

Pretty sure it's +50% exp for any job lower than your highest, regardless of what the gap might be.

That's what I thought, wasn't 100% though. That, plus the Ala Mhigan earrings (if you have them) plus rested EXP + EXP manuals + FC EXP buffs (if you have one)....makes it very easy to level up nowadays.

[Iscah]

I went and tested the EXP bonuses.


On my alt character with highest level 49:

- low level classes (Lv9 and Lv16) get a total 180% boost when fighting enemies of similar level, which seems to be 30% from the Hall of the Novice ring, 50% rested bonus and 100% armoury bonus

- when fighting enemies of much lower level, the boost is higher but the actual EXP is lower. From attacking the same Lv7 enemy, the Lv9 class received "223 (+180%)" EXP and the Lv16 class received "51 (+230%)" EXP. So the bonus can make it sound more impressive but actually you're getting less out of it.

- Lv37 class received +150% total bonus, so 50% rested and 100% armoury



On my main Lv70 character:

- my lowest class is Lv55 and got +170% EXP, I think this includes 15% from FC boost and 50% rested bonus, leaving 105%? It seems an odd amount.

- classes over Lv60 all get +115%, so after the FC and rested bonuses that leaves 50%.



Someone else will have to check what bonus a really low-level class gets when catching up to a Lv70.

[Frizze]

So ill agree with and expand on what Canadane said. The difference between the levels is irrelevant. What matters is the actual level. Below 60 its 100% armory bonus, over 60 its 50%.

[Niwashi]

Pretty sure it's +50% exp for any job lower than your highest, regardless of what the gap might be.

Up to level 60, the armoury bonus is 100%. Then from level 60 to 70, it's 50%. It doesn't depend on the amount of the level gap in either case, just on the level of the class you're currently advancing.

- when fighting enemies of much lower level, the boost is higher but the actual EXP is lower. From attacking the same Lv7 enemy, the Lv9 class received "223 (+180%)" EXP and the Lv16 class received "51 (+230%)" EXP. So the bonus can make it sound more impressive but actually you're getting less out of it.
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- my lowest class is Lv55 and got +170% EXP, I think this includes 15% from FC boost and 50% rested bonus, leaving 105%? It seems an odd amount.

It sounds like some other bonus may have been involved as well. Were you attacking multiple mobs? If you get several kills in quick succession, there's a chain bonus that adds to it after the first one, though I'm not sure what the amounts are on that.

[Iscah]

It sounds like some other bonus may have been involved as well. Were you attacking multiple mobs? If you get several kills in quick succession, there's a chain bonus that adds to it after the first one, though I'm not sure what the amounts are on that.

That could explain it. I'll check again next time I remember about it.

[Mikazuki]

Thank you for all your tips (and calculations :P). I will definitely keep in mind doing MSQ with my main class and use all those side quests for my DPS second class. I've now unlocked SAM, got a good bar set up, and look forward to learning it, love the look and feel so far.

I've also done some Hildy quests which I only stumbled upon and decided to do them. Absolute madness, I couldn't believe what was going on! Any, in terms of MSQ I've just moved the Scions to Mor Dhona