Quote Originally Posted by Eloah View Post
The leveling isn't as fast as you might think, to start.
No, I do think it can still be faster since I heard the late 40s may still require to farm some exp, and even beyond ARR there were certain points where I was level gated.

Ideally, you shouldn't need to rely on bonus exp (meal, gear, armoury bonus, preferred world bonus, etc.) to complete the MSQ all the way without stopping. And that's the minimum, as it should be even faster for alt jobs that don't have MSQ to do.

Quote Originally Posted by MOZZYSTAR View Post
Yeaaah... We had a level 37 MARAUDER in a level 35 dungeon (Cutter's Cry), and it's all because he's locked behind MSQ (level 20 I believe) so he couldn't get his soul crystal at the time. He said he was closing in on Level 20 MSQ, though, so... yeah. :|
Is Cutter's Cry an optional dungeon? If so, the solution is to make sure that you can't unlock content unless you're at the equivalent level on the MSQ.