Opinions on 71-80 leveling

[LianaThorne]

Just was curious what people's preferred methods for leveling 71-80 are (particularly tanks but all perspectives on jobs are welcome). I personally flip back and forth between Zadnor and dungeons at the moment, but I had a thought about whether or not those who choose one method of leveling are missing out on learning something important to their job through another method. There seems to be a common theme these days of people being unsatisfied with how others play the game.

For example, if you choose to level 71-80 in Zadnor, you get loads of xp and can use your entire kit which is great for learning your end-game rotation as you grow, but you're not really getting the experience of wall to wall pulls that you would in dungeons. You also might not have many opportunities to MT in Zadnor, therefore missing out on opportunities to learn/play with your kit with higher level encounters that you may/may not get in dungeons or trials.

So, was just curious what ya'll think would be the optimal route to go on to get the most experience/knowledge out of 71-80 leveling.

[ryouma17]

no idea what zadnor is havent unlocked it then again i havent unlocked or done bozja that everyone keeps talking about either

iam oldschool the way i leveled all my alt jobs to 71-80 is by doing my trial/leveling/506070 roulettes everyday then doing the fairy beast tribe then queing up for the highest level dungeon i can until iam high enough to do the next dungeon. in the meantime while iam the 5-10 minutes for the dungeon to pop iam usually off crafting or something else

[kaynide]

Hi there! All-80-here.

Generally, my way was:

Leveling Roulette > Beast Tribes > Raid Roulette (ideally Crystal Tower) > Daily PvP > Daily 50/60/70 Roulette > PotD

This is not to say it was necessarily faster to do it this way; rather it was what I could do in a relatively short period of time every day rather than long-hour grinds.

Probably PotD/HoH would have been faster, but these were not that interesting to me; or alternatively I did not do Eureka/Bozja for leveling. I was full 80s before Bozja, so I'm not sure what the XP rate is there.

At the end of the day, I found it was better to mix it up a little to keep it fun/interesting than beating your head on the wall. Like, I think I leveled a tank exclusively on PvP and Beastribes and just did roulettes on a DPS job.

[Caitlyn]

I m leveling my classes to 80. The most efficient and less exhausting way is: DAILIES!

1. Pixies! 3 Quests, 5 mins, about 25% EXP
2. Duty Roulette: Alliance > Trials > Leveling. May take up to an hour, about 60% EXP
3. Daily PvP Frontlines. May take a while to get in, but about 60% EXP (not sure)

If you have time, you can do Bozja. Castrum and critical engagements are the most effective ways to get EXP.

In my humble opinion, I cannot recommend powerleveling by running dungeons (71-79) all over again. Especially with Trust-NPCs. Trust-NPCs are nice to get into a dungeon the first time. But for leveling, it takes way to long. And even with friends or a group, you need about 32 dungeons runs to level a class from 71 to 80. Even with a fast group, that process can take about 8 hours.

[Sotaris]

I just spam trust dungeons, it not fastest but i have to afk a lot so it fits my playstyle more

[SomeRandomHuman]

I just spam trust dungeons, it not fastest but i have to afk a lot so it fits my playstyle more

I did this for most of my dps. For healers and tanks I just did roulettes and dailies then just que'd the 71-79 dungeons.

[ItMe]

I just spam trust dungeons, it not fastest but i have to afk a lot so it fits my playstyle more

That's my method too.
Keeps me easily geared and gives me practice with the job as it's kit approaches completion.

[Vyrerus]

Personally I like to sandwich as much content together as possible that goes towards the goal I'm working on.

If it's EXP I like to sandwich instance queues with daily hunts/fates. Daily hunts I find to be severely underrated. They give gil, seals, and exp. EXP for Stormblood hunts is like Rank 1: 600k Rank 2: 800k Rank 3: 1.1mil for completing the whole rank sets. SHB daily hunts are like Rank 1: 1.5mil Rank 2: 1.9 mil Rank 3: 2.4 mil or something along those lines. It's not much, but they are very easy to do, and a level 70 job in full i400 can very easily kill a level 79 monster with chocobo aid.

I also like to sandwich fates and levequests between queues on combat classes because any leve will fulfill the challenge log entry granting a few million extra exp a week for very minimal effort. I generally hop into East Shroud and go through the leves that can be blazed down in about 30 seconds. There is, very occasionally, the chance I get interrupted and lose a leve allowance, but I generally don't care.

Also another weekly thing is Wondrous Tails. It gives a juicy Zenos dump truck butt load of EXP now, and you can complete it on an 80 job and then turn it in on a lower level job.

The only thing I like about EXP in Zadnor or Bozja is it aids me in skipping dungeons I don't like, like Dohn Mheg or whatever. It's also simultaneously progress in that system, but in all honesty I'd rather level outside in other instances. It's a personal note, but I prefer working my rotation towards a new skill instead of trying to put the puzzle pieces of the rotation together all at once. I think being denied skills for a while lets you more easily see how they fit into your rotation because you're looking forward to the benefit they could provide. Also when you run dungeons there's a chance you'll run into someone playing your same job but at a level higher than you. They can already have the skill you're looking forward to, and you can witness it be put into practice (though not often).

On tanks I usually just run dungeons because every dungeon over level 61 lets me get tank mount achievement progress. Queues are generally faster, but I try to sandwich at least fates or daily hunts where I can.

And like I said already, I really like pairing EXP with other rewards. Gil, achievements, tomestones, seals, mounts etc. I've gotten a ton of EXP on jobs trying to solo or taking groups down to 200 and up to floor 100 of the deep dungeons. They're technically intended for lower level ranges, but EXP is EXP and however small an amount you get, that's still progress towards level cap. Not a lot feels better than dinging a level off of finishing a floorset, and then getting to sell a rare mount for a few million gil.

[Kes13a]

usually did dailies, (excluding pvp) and beast tribes, if a moogle event was up, did more msq's

I didnt mind taking a bit more time since I was in no rush to get all 80's, I knew I had lots of time before the next expansion and most of them were jobs I just wanted to get to 80, but not play, like.... mch for one lol

[Novae]

Roulettes ( excluding MSQ, I hate that one), beast tribes then dungeons. It was very important for me to queue up for dungeons because I wanted to play every job at their max level/rotation before reaching 80.
I've never touched deep dungeons, but I'll probably level in Zadnor when I'll reach this step with my alt character.