Am I missing something about leveling?

[Moonflower]

I wasn't in any of the betas for this game so please forgive me if this is a dumb question. I get that FF14 is an open world, but am I missing something about leveling? I am lvl 15 on 2 classes at the moment, and I "think" that my main story won't let me progress until I complete the first dungeon (Sastasha). I have sat in the duty finder more than a few times trying to get into this dungeon with no luck. I find quests here and there, but once they are gone I am forced to do leves and FATE's to level up (which gets quite boring after a while).

I found a guide that basically says "Once you hit 15, just grind out dungeons over and over" .... so is this what the game is about? Grinding FATE, leves, and dungeons? Are there more hubs with quests I can keep doing that I missed? Do I HAVE to complete Sastasha to get my next story quest and to open up Tam Tara?

[Cyfer36]

Nah the grind isnt half that bad until u have like one job maxed out. U just gotta get past that dungeon and there will be a buncha more quests

[Whizawk]

Yes you need to go through the dungeons to advance the main story quest. Though it is not all dungeons, some are optional.
I guess they are correct in saying that once you do all the quests it's grind with FATE parties or Dungeons until they release more quests or the next expansion comes out.

To be honest though it really isn't their fault that people have just rushed to the End Game so fast in a matter of weeks. :P

[Moonflower]

Thanks for the replies guys! As for the duty finder...are people just not using it? The times I have been in it, it shows me as the only person waiting forever, not even dps are added or joining? Is there a better way to go about getting into the dungeons?

[Cyfer36]

Tanks and heals r just scarce i guess. Personally as a tank i rarely wait. U could just try forming a group from your server through chat. Sometimes it can be much more efficient....and im pretty sure it never shows dps the queue til u have tank and heals. They r queued just probably waiting on that 1 key role

[Yachi]

Thanks for the replies guys! As for the duty finder...are people just not using it? The times I have been in it, it shows me as the only person waiting forever, not even dps are added or joining? Is there a better way to go about getting into the dungeons?

No many tanks and even less healers. As DD you need to wait around 30 minutes to get a party.

[Arriverderci]

No many tanks and even less healers. As DD you need to wait around 30 minutes to get a party.

I had to wait 1 hour in que as a healer for a tank.
Tank's are far less than healers I'm guessing.
30-1hr for Dps.
Don't be scared to /Shout in your area too.

[Cyfer36]

Yup i can tell u personally as a tank...queues r close to instant...and half the time ill b the only one ingroup who ran the dungeon before...god only knows how long some wait

[Lachryphage]

I had to wait 1 hour in que as a healer for a tank.
Tank's are far less than healers I'm guessing.
30-1hr for Dps.
Don't be scared to /Shout in your area too.

Sorry for double posting. Stupid character limit. >.< Anyway, my longest queue as a healer was like 6 minutes or something. You're right though that tanks are more rare.

[Slatervonjager]

No many tanks and even less healers.

You have that backwards. Its the tanks that are the scarcest of all. Yoshida came out and said so, while trying to encourage more people to play as tanks.