I've outleveled my quest

[UEXKULL]

Hi guys, newbie here
So I've outleveled my quest (I'm 50 and at Limsa Lominsa titan in the main quest, which is LV30ish).
What should i do? Is this mean when I gonna hit max level before finishing the main quest line? And then have to do it without getting exp?

[Kidria]

The quest will still give you exp but it'll be paltry and not move your bar much at all until you start getting into more level-appropriate quests, at least in terms of MSQ. You probably will keep outleveling it til well into your 50's and possibly 60's by the rate you're going, but I don't remember if the "filler" MSQs between expacs give much exp at all.

If you're worried about "wasted" exp you can always level another job up to go along with the MSQ until you reach the lv50 portions to resume on your main.

[Dyvid]

The quest will still give you exp but it'll be paltry and not move your bar much at all until you start getting into more level-appropriate quests, at least in terms of MSQ. You probably will keep outleveling it til well into your 50's and possibly 60's by the rate you're going, but I don't remember if the "filler" MSQs between expacs give much exp at all.

If you're worried about "wasted" exp you can always level another job up to go along with the MSQ until you reach the lv50 portions to resume on your main.

This is your best choice with any quest you run into that are below your level.

[InkstainedGwyn]

Hi guys, newbie here
So I've outleveled my quest (I'm 50 and at Limsa Lominsa titan in the main quest, which is LV30ish).
What should i do? Is this mean when I gonna hit max level before finishing the main quest line? And then have to do it without getting exp?

It really depends. If you're just doing MSQ then you'll probably catch up sometime in HW content. If it's a huge problem that you're so overleveled, you could always bring along an on-level class to get the xp (esp. since you can accept on one class and switch to another to do the content). There's also going to be a huge # of quests between the end of "base" ARR (Praetorium-ish, to avoid spoilers) and the beginning of HW that will only give 5k xp each no matter what, even "on level" at 50. So you won't be doing much levelling at that point and can plan accordingly. Also I believe the pre-50 quests give pittance xp if you're over 50? It's been a while, though, so I don't remember if that's the case or not.

[Sandpark]

If you have the road to 60 buff you are going to be above level often until it peters out after level 60. I suggest when/if you have the road to 60 buff, don't do any of the sidequest just do the main story and occasional fate. By the way once you hit level 60 on one job you lose that buff. So if you wanna level other jobs on that character do it before one of your jobs hits level 60.

[UEXKULL]

If you have the road to 60 buff you are going to be above level often until it peters out after level 60. I suggest when/if you have the road to 60 buff, don't do any of the sidequest just do the main story and occasional fate. By the way once you hit level 60 on one job you lose that buff. So if you wanna level other jobs on that character do it before one of your jobs hits level 60.

Oh thanks! So you mean i can use the buff to leveling every job that i want to 59?

[Rhus]

Oh thanks! So you mean i can use the buff to leveling every job that i want to 59?

Yup just go talk to guildmaster Npc to become x job/class and you will see the buff reapply. It only comes off once you hit 60 or change to a job that is already over 60. So make use while you can

[Iscah]

Even without the Road to 60 EXP boost, it's quite useful to level two classes at once throughout the story. (Ideally staying a level or two above MSQ so you don't get caught out by the quest level changing. For ARR in particular, you'll want to know that the MSQ level jumps from Lv46 to 49 close to the end, with some optional quest chains bridging that gap if anyone wasn't leveled for it.)

My leveling was rather disorganised through ARR and Heavensward, and I was trying to balance putting EXP into a lot of classes, but by the time I got to Stormblood, I was set on getting summoner and white mage to Lv70 as close to finishing the game as possible.

Working through MSQ and doing sidequests as I went, plus doing daily roulettes, that amount of EXP was pretty close what I needed to get the two classes leveled. I was doing quests in the final zone as a Lv69 summoner, and maybe Lv68 white mage (I remember having to grind a little to get up to Lv69 so I could collect quest EXP after summoner hit Lv70).

More recently I was doing the same thing with my alt character in ARR. Using a DPS class to pick up all the quest EXP and running roulettes as tank to keep that on equal level.

Also worth knowing if you're raising a crafter or gatherer: you can complete ARR story quests with those classes, as long as you're at the right level. (Obviously you can't do battle instances with them, but the game only looks at your current class when awarding you the end-of-quest EXP.) They "fixed" this in Heavensward, though.


So your options at the moment are:

1. Level a second class from Lv1 - after getting past the initial barrier of reaching Lv10 for guildhests and Lv16 for leveling roulette, run those each day and catch up to story level - or just run the highest level dungeon available if you want to get there quicker. It shouldn't take long at all with the multiple EXP buffs (Road to 60 + armoury bonus + rested bonus + Brand-New Ring*). Also make use of the various challenge log EXP bonuses for completing X number of dungeons, guildhests, FATEs, etc.

* if you haven't completed the Hall of the Novice, do that ASAP. The final exercise rewards you with a ring that gives a +30% EXP buff to classes under level 30.

2. Pick up Red Mage or Samurai - as long as you have the Stormblood expansion purchased, you can unlock these classes as soon as you reach Lv50. Both quests start in Ul'dah - SAM in the main street near the aetheryte plaza; RDM in the Sapphire Avenue marketplace. Both classes start at Lv50, so you'll still be way overleveled, but at least you'll have two classes to spread the EXP around.

3. Plan to pick up a class in Heavensward - Dark Knight (tank), Astrologian (healer) and Machinist (ranged DPS) all start at Lv30, but you can't access them until you reach Ishgard at the start of Heavensward MSQ. At this point the story quests are at Lv50, so again you'll need to grind them up to story level before you can actually use them.

4. Raise a crafter or gatherer, and use them for quest hand-ins - if you're ever going to level these classes, Road to 60 is an excellent boost for cutting down on how much tedious work it's going to take you to get there.


Generally speaking, out of the three roles of battle classes (and if you intend to raise all of them), it's best to use a DPS class for playing through the story and picking up all that extra EXP from quests. There are more of them and the dungeon queues are slower, plus they rarely get the 'adventurer in need' EXP bonuses that tanks and healers do.

Yup just go talk to guildmaster Npc to become x job/class and you will see the buff reapply. It only comes off once you hit 60 or change to a job that is already over 60. So make use while you can

Just to clarify, you don't need to talk to the guildmaster every time. Rhus is talking about picking up a new class.

I haven't had Road to 60 status on an active character long enough to actually get a character above 60, but I've seen other people getting or losing the buff as they change classes.

[Jollyy5]

I recently made a new character on EU data centre, so I can say from experience that if you keep doing your MSQ on your main class you should be at around level 51-52 once you reach Heavensward, and I recall quests catching up to you at around 53-54, at which point you'll have to start doing other stuff like side quests and dungeons to be able to proceed though main story.

In other words: if you are in a hurry to reach max level and get through the story, stick to one class. Furthermore, if you have one class leveled up to 70, any class you level up afterwards will receive an experience bonus of 100% until level 50 or 60, and then gets lowered to 50% until you reach max level.