Leveling woes

Solitia said:
It sounds like you enjoy soloing the most though, so why not give BST a try?

I second that motion. BST is great because you don't have to worry about other people, their timetables or their bullshit. You xp when you want for as long as you want. The lower levels suck, but once you start getting up there a bit... fun.
 
If all you do is level up all the time, yeah you're going to get burned out. There are other things to do in the game. Quests, missions, crafts, etc. They're not that hard to figure out and organize. I see a lot of fresh players these days go from East Sarutabaruta to G5 in about two or three months now, which strikes me as a depressing, torturous (not to mention questionable) grind. Unless you're an old pro who knows all the ins and outs and can afford all the equipment required, you really shouldn't be moving that fast. It's not a race to 75. Being level 75 isn't even impressive anymore.

Later levels can seem like a grind since the days of getting a level or more in one session are over, but you still don't have to meet the XP requirements the game used to have and there are old timers who hate you for it. You still level faster and lead a more charmed life than a lot of jobs, including my beloved BST. Then again, as slow as it is, the BST is probably having more fun. Successfully leveling BST can give you a stronger sense of accomplishment than killing any god can. That said, it's certainly not for everyone.
 
Yeah, there's a lot to do in this game besides level. I think I've been playing close to two years and I'm only now getting ready to gear up and fight Maat. My pace may seem glacial to some, but that's okay. I've been having a blast the entire time.
 
I burn out alot playing RDM myself. I constantly complain that I hate RDM in pts and love it out of pts. Its common amoung most RDM's I have talked to. In order to level you need one of two things. A drive or a fresh start. That means you either really want to level, or you just took a nice long break from leveling. I personally have taken up fishing as the guild I want to reach 100 at, as you know that requires alot of time. I can only fish so long before I get sick of it and when that happens I will level for a few days straight, only to return to fishing again by the next week.

In terms of "Refresh please". Well late in pt's I generally get really bad at keeping up haste on the tank and refresh on the MP members. I still get it up though and don't get people asking for refresh generally. In fact the only times I have gotten that was toward the end of one pt from a low mp smn and this little taru whm who apparently had to somehow use tons of MP when we had a NIN tank O.o

Really though, I suggest not worrying about the requests for refresh. If your resting and they ask, say "next time I get up" and if the complain then say "I could just not refresh you". Yeah they will probally just complain more about it then but at least you can then complain back and get some of your frustration out for them asking for refresh when your resting :3


In terms of leveling subs. I only have BLM sub...no one cares if I have a whm sub or not...so whatever. NIN and DRK....I won't be leveling DRK until RDM is 75, and even then I only will if I am doing dynamis(dunno if I will or not yet). As for NIN...NIN is not a NEEDED subjob. Its just nice to have. Don't stress over it. As for leveling BLM...I leveled BLM and watched movies on my laptop...I generally rested the first half of the fight then the end half used up all my MP I could nuking to kill it. Sometimes I pulled hate in the last 2 nukes but generally I did't pull hate too bad.

Well thats how i feel about it all :p
 
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