How effective are Campaign Ops for Exp?

[Clever Ninja]

I didn't see any topic on just campaign ops themselves(nice new feature btw on the similar topics showing up :D), so I'm curious exactly how much xp people get for the level 20 jobs? I remember seeing 1-2 people mention doing that for jobs they leveled and I'm wondering which specific OP's they did(like did they just repeat the goldsmithing one) or if just standing in a battle with the offensive/defensive objective gives any.

Just wondering since I'm leveling some subjobs and all >_>

[Malacite]

Re: How effective are Campaign Ops for Exp?

They're great for quickly raising a low lv job every once in a while. I spam Iron Anvil IV on the few lowbie Jobs I have left (need to be 10+ to get exp) for 402 each time.

[Durahansolo]

Re: How effective are Campaign Ops for Exp?

They're great for quickly raising a low lv job every once in a while. I spam Iron Anvil IV on the few lowbie Jobs I have left (need to be 10+ to get exp) for 402 each time.

I remember heading out to Eldieme as level 30 BLU. I left after I realized i wasn't doing any damage to the fortification lmao. Bunch of 0's and 0's on Blue Magic as well. Maybe I should skate back out there now that I'm 41 and give it another try. I think I got used to putting up semi OK numbers on Warrior lol.

Edit: DOH nvm you meant the actual ops hehe I havent done any of those yet.

[Ellipses]

Re: How effective are Campaign Ops for Exp?

I've been going through the Supply Manufacturing line to build up subjobs I don't actually want to play. I'm up to Crystal Fist II for around 200 XP a pop now (more if I get there when it has more than one star).

[Aksannyi]

Re: How effective are Campaign Ops for Exp?

They're a safe way to get some XP on a job you don't want to level. I was 36 NIN for a while, about 2k tnl, and I leveled it to 37 from there on Campaign Ops because I didn't want to go out and xp for 2k and disband right afterward. (I have no intention of leveling NIN any further at this point.)

Now, I use them strictly for the additional notes toward ranking up, so I make a point to do them once a week before Einherjar, though it varies which job I'll do them on. Most recently, it was BLM, but I realized I was really close to a merit point so I did one on WHM to finish that one out.

As far as worth it? Not really, but if you're like me, you just hang out in the past once a week, knock out seven of them on a job you'd like to get some XP on, and it's a nice little bonus for the ones that you can solo and solo quickly.

[TheGrandMom]

Re: How effective are Campaign Ops for Exp?

When I'm busy doing paperwork at my desk, I get into Campaign and can whack away on a building, nuke some stuff, etc and get some exp. I don't have to pay complete attention and still get some exp which works. I can get called away or get a phone call and its ok. Thats what I like Campaign for.

[Cotners]

Re: How effective are Campaign Ops for Exp?

I know you mentioned lowbie jobs but if you are doing campaign battles already, you can sign up for either offensive or defensive ops and get additional exp for what you are doing already.

[Solymir]

Re: How effective are Campaign Ops for Exp?

The one I like doing the most is Slaughterhouse. You sign up, teleport to a zone that is under beastman control in your nations "area". Run to the tower, click on the ??? spot, you will drop a bomb, wait for it to blow up, and click on the ??? again for your exp. There will be two ??? spots at the base of the tower, only one of them is for this mission, if you click on the other nothing will happen so don't be afraid to click until you find the right one.

The best part about this mission is if you do it with other people in a party you can get exp off of their bombs and they can get exp off of your bombs. There is a requirement for this to happen though. Let's say I am in a party with one other person, and we are both Sterling Star II. The highest level Slaughterhouse Op we can sign up for is Slaughterhouse II. If we both sign up for Slaughterhouse II, go out to the tower, I drop my bomb, and I click on the ??? to get my exp. When he clicks on the ??? he will get exp, but he will then not be able to drop his bomb, however when he goes back to the Op giver he will receive his Allied Notes for a successful mission. Now, let's say I was the only one to sign up for the Op, we both go out, bomb blows, we will both get exp by clicking on the ???. at this point I can wait at the tower while he goes back to town, signs up for the Op and comes back out to set it. We can alternate like this until we have no more credits left, and we will have gotten twice as much exp together than we would have solo.

This situation only applies to Slaughterhouse Ops of the same level. If I signed up for SH III, and he signed up for SH II, we would both get exp from eachother's bombs during the same "runs".

The more people you add to your party the better, just communicate about who is signing up for what Op.

The biggest drawback is when your nation controls all of the zones in it's area, you cannot sign up for this Op.

[Aksannyi]

Re: How effective are Campaign Ops for Exp?

@TGM, He's talking about the Ops though, not the battles themselves.

And for me, it's not like TGM described (slight derail here lol), I have to work at it. Gotta keep SS up, gotta keep myself cured and hasted. It's a lot more effort for me. If I just stand around smacking things I won't get shit for XP because my weapons are underleveled. If I had a melee job it'd be like that, though, used to beat up on fortifications on my WAR when I was actively leveling it.

[Cotners]

Re: How effective are Campaign Ops for Exp?

@TGM, He's talking about the Ops though, not the battles themselves.

And for me, it's not like TGM described (slight derail here lol), I have to work at it. Gotta keep SS up, gotta keep myself cured and hasted. It's a lot more effort for me. If I just stand around smacking things I won't get shit for XP because my weapons are underleveled. If I had a melee job it'd be like that, though, used to beat up on fortifications on my WAR when I was actively leveling it.

{Skill} {up} {Party} {Can I have it?} My sword on RDM is underleveled too. Funny thing is my staff skill for BLM is currently higher than sword for RDM.

[TheGrandMom]

Re: How effective are Campaign Ops for Exp?

And for me, it's not like TGM described (slight derail here lol), I have to work at it. Gotta keep SS up, gotta keep myself cured and hasted. It's a lot more effort for me. If I just stand around smacking things I won't get shit for XP because my weapons are underleveled. If I had a melee job it'd be like that, though, used to beat up on fortifications on my WAR when I was actively leveling it.

Well I didn't say I got good exp!

[Aksannyi]

Re: How effective are Campaign Ops for Exp?

{Skill} {up} {Party} {Can I have it?} My sword on RDM is underleveled too. Funny thing is my staff skill for BLM is currently higher than sword for RDM.

I'm talking about on WHM. My club skill is decent and I can get reasonable xp, but I need to work for it, by buffing, curing, maybe even dying a few times (damage taken ftw), I can get good xp but if I just bag at forts all day it'd suck.

On RDM, sword is almost capped but I never feel like gearing to RDM just for Campaign anyway, so WHM it is, takes a lot less effort. If I'm gonna go out and get xp/merits on RDM, I'm just gonna seek for a meripo.

And touche, TGM, touche.

[Lunaryn]

Re: How effective are Campaign Ops for Exp?

Didn't know about the trick with Slaughterhouse per se, but that's somewhat similar to the xp potential of the 3-member ops (Pit Spider, Granite Rose, Brave Dawn, Cut and Cauterize); only one person needs to actually be on the op, but everyone can get xp, so if you rotate having only one person on the op, you can go 3 times as many times for 3 times the xp. It's like pulling teeth to get people to come along for the easiest of these, though, even when you assure them you don't need them to spend any op credits, or in the case of Cut and Cauterize, do anything other than be in the party (only need 1 person per healer NPC...).

Honestly, if your playtime is at all limited, the potential for xp from campaign ops is huge, because you can do them quickly for a chunk of xp. I've leveled more than a few subs on my alts almost entirely on scroll and op xp, including taking Koren's SCH from about 24 to 29.