FFXIV 3.0 : Heavensward - Expansion Information and Discussion

[Jem]

True. I didn't think about it, I just took his word for it. So maybe not the original owner.

[LinktheDeme]

Is the new BRD/MCH LBs on par with BLM or more or less?

[Cutriss]

Is the new BRD/MCH LBs on par with BLM or more or less?

They look more awesome, so yes, they're better.

[Serenseven]

I was told this, went into low level, got cutter's cry. I cried as I cut my wrists

I will be happy to take your Cutter's Cry, if you'll take the shit-group, hour-plus Aurum Vale that I got last night off my hands.

[Niiro]

Is the new BRD/MCH LBs on par with BLM or more or less?

The potency of the BRD/MCH LBs isn't listed in the game's files like the old ones so it's hard to say.

[Lucavi]

I don't know about the end-game raiding progression much or any of that, and I don't care. The crushing sidequest grind aside, this is the best MMO expansion I've ever played. The enviornments, the music, the feel, the MSQ progression and fights (dear god that final fight), and the sense of peace and freedom I get when flying around beautiful zones with this amazing OST playing... its second to none so far.

Worth every penny, regardless of how it ends up months from now.

[Adajer]

Dx11. Soken not suckin. MSQ so good. So many different things to be explored in coming patches.

I really like what they did with combat for drg at least. It is very dynamic and requires more skill and alertness to cooldowns and fight to be best dps output. Cant attest for other class changes.

Biggest dissappointment is giving drg the exact same weaponskill twice. Also, feint is still useless and they didnt give us new traits.

[lilbubbles]

How are people leveling second job to 60?

I hit 51 off n than fates, did the level 51 dungeon and with food bonus, armor bonus, and fc exp bonus I only got around 280k exp.

[Adajer]

Going to be another week or so til enough people hit 60 on their mains and start leveling another 50 to 60. Assuming they arent spamming dungeons for tomes and doing hunts.


Going to have to wait for 50 to 60 fate groups become mainstream I think.

[lilbubbles]

There are hundreds of 60s on my server at any time, and fates are hopping. It's just not better exp in expansion than n than lol.

Most people are doing hunts though and its awful... You have to join at least 4 hunt linkshells.. hope one calls it out in time for you to get there and find a party before it dies in 10 seconds. If you get there but don't make it into a party, that is 4 seals at most lol.

[Eldelphia]

I'm only 57 but I've been leveling BLM a bit. 51 means I can spam Dusk Vigil. Clan Hunts, Fates, leves, dungeons and roulette when you can. I have a bunch of quests left for 52/53 too which will help.

[The Stig]

My progression so far on my first job to 60 has been, as I am a tank:

Ignore all side quests (yes I know this is bad, flying flying, etc, but if the first side quest in the chain gives me a current, I'll do it)
I intend to do the side quests on a second job, such as a DPS.
Do all roulettes each day
I'm level 55, nearly 56, and about to blow the horn in MSQ. No side quests done besides ones that rewards a current. I heard there was a dreaded EXP drought between 55-56, but I think I've managed to avoid that now.
Also done whatever fate I can on the way but I did not specifically go out of my way to do them.

[Classikmage]

My progression so far on my first job to 60 has been, as I am a tank:

Ignore all side quests (yes I know this is bad, flying flying, etc, but if the first side quest in the chain gives me a current, I'll do it)
I intend to do the side quests on a second job, such as a DPS.
Do all roulettes each day
I'm level 55, nearly 56, and about to blow the horn in MSQ. No side quests done besides ones that rewards a current. I heard there was a dreaded EXP drought between 55-56, but I think I've managed to avoid that now.
Also done whatever fate I can on the way but I did not specifically go out of my way to do them.

Didn't seem that bad from my perspective, was only about 10% until the next level when I ran out side quests. 58-59 was worse. I ran out of quests in Dravanian Hinterlands right about 50% into 58, and had to spam dungeons, etc in order to progress.

[Odin'sLaw]

Didn't seem that bad from my perspective, was only about 10% until the next level when I ran out side quests. 58-59 was worse. I ran out of quests in Dravanian Hinterlands right about 50% into 58, and had to spam dungeons, etc in order to progress.

I'm 800k til 59 just hoping there's 20 more gobbie quests so I can get a move on

[Kaslo]

My progression so far on my first job to 60 has been, as I am a tank:

Ignore all side quests (yes I know this is bad, flying flying, etc, but if the first side quest in the chain gives me a current, I'll do it)
I intend to do the side quests on a second job, such as a DPS.
Do all roulettes each day
I'm level 55, nearly 56, and about to blow the horn in MSQ. No side quests done besides ones that rewards a current. I heard there was a dreaded EXP drought between 55-56, but I think I've managed to avoid that now.
Also done whatever fate I can on the way but I did not specifically go out of my way to do them.

The best thing about this plan is you avoid Churning Mists quests, which can blow Bismark's dick.

[Jem]

I think you only run out of quests if you rush levelling. Daily hunts and roulettes massively bridge the gap. I just hit the first 57 MSQ and am already level 57. I did all the W Coerthas and city quests but have all the Churning Mist quests available that became available at 56, I haven't checked the other 2 zones to see if there's flags.

Whereas all my LS/FC friends says they hit gaps at 54 and every level thereafter. They warned me the gap at 56 > 57 was huge but I didn't even come close to seeing any sort of gap given I have a ton of quests still available.

That being said I am not looking forward to leveling my second job. I purposely did DPS first as even with the influx of DRK's, I think dungeon queues on PLD should be quicker.

[octopus]

Can confirm. Been doing trial and MSQ roulette on my main every day, haven't run out of quests yet (currently half way in 56).

Also, you get newbie exp bonus on dungeons and trials so feel free to help out your LS/FC mates on first time clears!

[Destinye]

How are people leveling second job to 60?

I hit 51 off n than fates, did the level 51 dungeon and with food bonus, armor bonus, and fc exp bonus I only got around 280k exp.

First 60 was MSQ and Dungeon spam

Second 60 (56 atm) is side quests and dungeon spam. I didn't do the sidequests that opened after I unlocked flight. Also challenge log and dailies+new player bonus on new dungeons.

[Niiro]

Roulettes are actually pretty shit for exp now since % exp gains have been nerfed into oblivion from 50-60.

Low level is 5% tnl, high level is 7%, and you'll get a lot more than that just running the highest level dungeon available to you (plus gear). The only time it's worth it is if you do low level roulette and get one of the new dungeons (since you'll get exp from the mobs).

Once you get your first 60 you're much better off using roulettes for Law bonuses and just straight dungeon queuing for exp, for DPS tho I imagine the queues are beyond awful.

[Jem]

Low level is 10%. MSQ is 10%. I got identical for both at 56 yesterday (was ~250k and 2.5m per level). At least that is what I have received every time. Unless it varies depending on the dungeon you roll.

Trials definitely varies as we had 2 LS members do it at the same level. One of them got 7.5% and the other 4.5%. Guess it could depend on dungeon. I don't think it depends on a newbie or not as last night I only got 3.5% for Chrysalis which had 3 new players in.