Side Quests XP is a joke

[Jojoya]

If that is the case, I want the ability to hide all those annoying yellow bubbles on my map that block out aetherytes, vendors and such. The ones that seem to be getting more and more problematic due to ever increasing quantity each expansion.

I am 100% with you on this. We definitely need toggle options by icon type on the map.

I would even say it should go so far as adding a toggle to hide the side quest icons and other icons over NPC heads.

[dspguy]

If that is the case, I want the ability to hide all those annoying yellow bubbles on my map that block out aetherytes, vendors and such. The ones that seem to be getting more and more problematic due to ever increasing quantity each expansion.

This. Give us a filter so we don't have to see them. You know how there are different quest bubbles for those quests that unlock content? Allow the filter to differentiate.

I'm just wrapping up EW quests on my sub-90 pictomancer. I do it after I do all dailies (roulettes, hunt marks, tribe quests). It is painful though. And I'm doing it mostly so I don't have to see the quest bubbles. I don't care so much about the lore at this moment. I care more about not seeing those quest bubbles.

[Blindheart]

I did every quest as it popped up while doing MSQ and I was able to level up multiple classes along the way. I feel like that’s the correct way to do these quests. By doing MSQ along with sidequests, and also grabbing nearby fates to unlock riding maps, I had to keep swapping classes to not outlevel the MSQ level. But I’m also a slower pace player so this process along with random daily duty finder I had one of each class type at max lvl by the time I finished MSQ.

[dspguy]

I did all the sidequests on one job. Maybe it added up to 2 levels. Maybe. It is probably less painful if I cared about the lore. My wife reads some of the sidequests and she enjoyed them for what they are. I just wanted the icons off my map. So, it was painful.

[Jojoya]

I did all the sidequests on one job. Maybe it added up to 2 levels. Maybe. It is probably less painful if I cared about the lore. My wife reads some of the sidequests and she enjoyed them for what they are. I just wanted the icons off my map. So, it was painful.

I'm working on doing them all myself, though slowly since I'm also playing on my alts with friends. So far I have all the Tuliyollal side quests done. At level 90, it added up to a little over 4.4 mill XP or about one-third of a level.

That tracks with your estimate of about 2 levels.

I may end up spacing them out a bit with some other content in between so I can get the reward XP figures at each level. I want to confirm that they reward either a consistent percentage of a level or that the scaling changes based on level (at 90, it's about 2.8% of a level per quest). If the scaling changes, there may an efficient method to get the most out of them when it comes to XP.

[Toutatis]

Considering how many jobs there are in the game, I think side quests should give more XP if only to add a bit of variety to the leveling process. Maybe add xp for NG+ too. We’re going to get even more jobs in a few years.


I did all the side quests in FFXIV because I like lore but they are definitely not good for leveling.