Quickest way to rank up in Campaign?

[Zumi]

The first few ranks the requirement is so low that you probably can get the rank up after 1 fight.

[Ultimagi]

I never had a problem with people soloing in Campaign Battles before. If the battle was still going, but there were no enemies, and no messages saying there were more on the way, you could just leave. But now with Unions, you have to wait for the battle to end, and thus have to wait for someone to solo their 1 enemy off in the middle of nowhere, which could take a long time. Hopefully this practice will end, and if it doesn't we should suggest that they take some measures to prevent it.

[Phlow]

So I guess everyone here that is bashing Spider-Dan for not exploring new content has already gone through the Pankration content in anticipation of new items...?

I thought not.

[Stromgarde]

That's only half the problem. The other half is that the time-based caps suck ass, and prolonging the fights is the only way to get the most experience/AN out of a given campaign.

[Antithesis]

That's only half the problem. The other half is that the time-based caps suck ass, and prolonging the fights is the only way to get the most experience/AN out of a given campaign.

^ X1000.

EDIT: I am taking this as a double-edged sword. In the bad news, the update has made it pretty damn near impossible to get EXP / AN from battles. The good news? We will probably have access to the Campaign Ops BCNMs very very soon now >:3

[bungiefan]

Also, a physical dmg set is huge if you do pull agro. All BLMs should already have a standing set which includes stuff like cheviot cape, jelly ring, sorc earring, earth/terra staff, and a refresh piece. All items can be bought or soloed including jelly ring (did it with /whm).

Cheviot Cape is more gil than I've ever had on me at once. I'm on my first job to 75, and have trouble even getting 100k. The other items I could do with a few months of work, but that item makes me cringe at the cost. My inventory is full already with a full staff set (NQ-only, can't afford HQ), my 1 set of BLM gear to wear (my AF and a few accessories, I have no room or gil for a second equip set) and the lowbie gear for the jobs I've been trying to level to 20 for gil, plus my WHM gear. Until my token shows up, my inventory is packed. I wouldn't dream of having a second gear set just with all the weapons taking up space and how broke I've always been. It took me months to get the gil for the AM spells I have.

[Rocl]

So I guess everyone here that is bashing Spider-Dan for not exploring new content has already gone through the Pankration content in anticipation of new items...?

I thought not.

Not the topic on hand, but I was ahead of the game when ZNMs came out because I had a huge amount of jettons stored. To this day, I've never actively farmed jettons for ZNM. It usually does not hurt to participate in new content. Conflict, however, man I wish I could've invested that time elsewhere.

[Suiram]

Spider-Dan seems to be fully aware of the consequences of his decisions and is content with it. I imagine most people bashing him are really bashing the guy in their own LS who didn't rank up in campaign is now complaining about it lol

I do disagree with this though:

That's only half the problem. The other half is that the time-based caps suck ass, and prolonging the fights is the only way to get the most experience/AN out of a given campaign.

The time-based cap is really not an issue. The difference between going to one hourlong fight and getting max exp and going to three 20min fights and getting max exp in each is like 600 exp at highest rank due to total travel time. But you get 3x the chances for union drops.