Is it just me, or is ShB quest exp really under-tuned?

[Relisa]

So, as the title states, it seems to be really under-tuned compared to previous expansions. Where in, you could complete all the side quests + main quests and still level properly to continue main story line without having to do a roulette. I don't even remember having to do a roulette in SB or HW to continue the main story upon each of their initial releases.

This does not appear to be the case in some areas in ShB. As an example I just finished completing the quests in the left half of Rak'tika + 12 fates and it still isn't enough to finish the level to continue main story. I am at 17,835,584 of 19,750,000 exp.

Thoughts or similar experiences?

[Fynlar]

I have been hitting my head on the level requirement ceiling quite a bit more in SB2 than I ever have before, yes.

It isn't a huge deal to me though. I like that they've incentivized FATEs a bit more here, for instance.

[Skogli]

"SB2".. I like it! Using that from now on. Good Job!

[SturmChurro]

I do not think so. did almost every single side quests, left a few when they amount got overwhelming, and I have been actively 3-4 levels above the MSQ - I did do roulettes though. I also did some FATEs as I went, enough to get me to level 2 in each area (for the mount movement speed). Sidequests give about as much as a regular FATE, might be worth waiting till you have flying to mass complete them.

[Kuurei]

Fates are pretty incentivized, full map exploration exp is decent as usual, and sightseeing log is okay. Sidequests are good if you want to do them, unless you plan to save them for another class. Daily queues, including the MSR give a LOT of exp overall and often go pretty fast due to Dancers/Gunbreakers causing us to roll 60 and under content frequently.

The only time I almost hit a level ceiling was in the Greatwoods, but the Temple dungeon got me 76 and a little bit in.

DO FATES! Rank 2 in each area gives you access to a region's riding map which greatly helps speed up travel. I haven't got Rank 3 anywhere yet, but I'm sure someone has. And I'm sure there's fun rewards at that rank too.

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

I haven't done more than a trial roulette really, but I've been clearing all of the sidequests. I've only run most of the dungeons once, just the first 2 twice, but I haven't hit any level blocks. Even turned in 25 or so sidequests on DRG to get it to 71.

[Bacent]

I've been doing fates, but skipping the side quests for now, along with MSQ and some roulettes/repeat dungeons for friends and I've been having little issue with the level requirements.

[LaylaTsarra]

I've done nothing more than Main Story, all Side Quests, required dungeons and trial and some fates along the way that were being done as I went to my quests and I've gotten to level 77 with no problem. I did not do extra dungeons or roulettes so no I would say the experience is just fine, it's not under tuned.

I did do an alliance this morning when I discovered healer is the Adventurer in Need for the most part now and I could use the clusters so I'll be doing that for the clusters and not necessarity for the experience although that is nice too. I plan on doing roulette/dungeons/fates as I level an alt role. I'm doing WHM now and I suspect RDM will be next.

[Barraind]

Its pretty bad.

MSQ + every side quest in an area is somewhere between 50 and 60% of a level.

You either have to spam fates or dungeons to get through the msq, something I think I had to do twice in stormblood.