Leveling a second class issue

[MidnightS]

This is why I've not done any side quests or hunting logs yet.
I've still managed to get to level 40 just by playing the story and running each dungeon a few times.

Means I'll have all those to do when I go to level my second class.

You know each class has its own seperate Hunting Log, right?

[Ephany]

You know each class has its own seperate Hunting Log, right?

Yeah, but can't you do them on any class?
Like, I could get exp for doing my Arcanist hunting log whilst leveling an Archer?

Might be wrong but I just assumed so which is why I've not done it xD

[Darkov]

Levequests give about 60% of the xp of a same level normal quest, but you'll want to do the Grand Company ones for seals anyways, so it isn't that bad. You also get +50% for kills because you have a level 50 already, this can add up when you consider how many mobs you kill

FATEs are the main xp source though, but you'll probably need a FC or LS group early on, especially once the "new" shine wears off and the lower areas become less populated.

I can live without quests, but I don't think the average MMO gamer can. My biggest issue though is the wait time between FATEs, if you're in a zone where there are more than one FATE group farming them, then you'll spend over half your time standing in town waiting for them to pop, which is boring and unproductive.

[CaptainRains]

Yeah, but can't you do them on any class?
Like, I could get exp for doing my Arcanist hunting log whilst leveling an Archer?

Might be wrong but I just assumed so which is why I've not done it xD

No hunting logs are class specific. Meaning an archer can only do the archer hunting log.

[Aedra]

I remembered doing 8 LQs per day for 2 days for a level...

I really see no problem here.

[Sammi]

I have not touched 90% of side quests been doing fates dungeons, hunting log and main story line.

[Marley]

I have not touched 90% of side quests been doing fates dungeons, hunting log and main story line.

This is what I'm doing. I am saving the side quests, even all 3 city ones until I am desperately bored. I am not to that point by any means even though I've done a lot of this several times already in beta.

To the OP. If bored of FATES in Gridania move to Limsa or Ul'dah. Do Leves, guildhests, or hunting log and dungeons when you get to that level.

I mix all of this up as I go along doing a bit of everything sometimes breaking off to level botanist, mining or even another class. I haven't taken up fishing yet so there is that to switch to down the road and all of the other crafting classes too. I know with this method it will take me forever to get even my main class to max level but I am not in any sort of hurry.

[Dastard]

How come nobody has mentioned the Armoury Bonus?

You get bonus exp. The larger the discrepancy between your highest (50) class and your current class, the larger the exp bonus is.

Jump in on those FATEs. You'll want the company seals anyways, I'm sure.

(This is also one reason I'm doing Cnj first. It's the least fun class to play solo, imo.)

[Darkov]

It is disappointing seeing 1.0 players saying "it isn't as bad as when I did it"....

Just because it was really bad back then and it is better than that now, doesn't make it actually good. This game needs players, that is why they made 2.0, if it wants to keep them, it will have to consider issues like these.

EDIT: To be clear, I'd like SE to do these things,

- Armory Bonus applied to FATE, Levequest rewards
- FATEs to scale with number of players in area or spawn more frequently
- Make it possible to do Grand Company levequests in a group, like you can with normal levequests

[Drakan]

They've aleready stated that they will continue adding more sidequests with time. That being said, you don't have to be constantly doing FATEs. What I recommend would be Queuing on the last dungeon you can enter for your level using the job you want to level. Once you've done that, you can craft or gather using another job, you can camp FATEs, you can do levequests, you can complete your hunting log.

This is an MMORPG. The basics of an MMORPG is that it's made to play with others. The team has made it possible to level a job to 50 completely solo, but it is not what an MMORPG is aiming at. The goal is to play with other people. The main way to make exp in a group is by running dungeons. Following dungeons closely are FATEs. Post 35 you will be doing FATE parties more than dungeons because dungeons get harder and finding parties that complete them swiftly without death using the Duty Finder may prove difficult (think Stone Vigil).

You have repetable quests, they'Re called Levequests. they give less exp than normal quests, because they're repeatable. I think it is good, because if they were as good exp-wise, we would see no parties, everyone would just be soloing all the time, and it would be a very boring game. I'm really glad myself that you cannot solo more than 1 class to 50.