Short story is I want to level my CNJ to 34 asap solely for stoneskin. I ground my GLD/PLD thusfar purely with dungeons and story. All I want is one ability, so I have no qualms useing the fates. I understand the opinions of fates and how they gimp folks etc. I'm not interested in that. Having said that, I don't know the etiquette / methodology of fate grinding.

My main question, as CNJ, do I need to be in a party? If so, do I simply go to the hot-spot and spam invite requests? Again, I've never done this and don't want to rouse any rage from folks.

Last question, under ideal circumstnces, how long should it take to go from 15-34? I'm really not a lazy person perse, I just want to be the best tank I can. I don't want to spend weeks leveling CNJ. (If you are tempted to tell me that I could benefit as a tank by leveling healer through dungeons, I agree to an extent, but it is not an option I wish to explore)

Thanks for any insight.