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  • Laid back PLD lvling

    With the addition of Campaign Battles in the WotG expanstion, I have found a great, low risk, and laid back way to lvl my pld.

    I go to jugnar forest (s) as my pld/dnc and rack up around 3k an hour just doing aspir samba and special jig. I throw in some steps with it as well but i usually get about 1500 xp per battle. Reason for this is that special jig is worth 10 xp per cast. It dosnt cost any tp and has a recast of 30 sec. In otherwords, in a 15 min C.B. you can cap off your buffs xp with out using any tp or mp.

    Next, I always have aspir samba on so I can use my mp with out ever haveing to med and waste time. For example: I find a mob that isnt claimed and flash it. Then hit my aspir samba and start to beat that ass. With the high amounts of HP the mobs have, my main goal is to just stay alive. I use most of my mp casting cures on myself then when im around 100 left, i go to curing myslef with curing walts 1 and 2. The reason i want to just "stay alive" is to take as much damage as possible without dieing bc you get 10 points for every 100 damage taken and 10 points roughly for every 100 hp taken off the mob. After about 10 min on the same mob (who is hitting me for 30-70 per hit), i usually have about 600-800 xp without really doing anything.

    Just remember to keep aspir samba on and rotate your normal pld abilities such as rampart and sent. along with flash. The main reasons I do C.B. instead of partying is that 1.) I dont waste time seeking in midafternoons when nobody is playing. 2.) I dont show up to a party who disbands 30 min into you arriving. 3.) NO MORE CRAPPY PARTYS. 4.) I can craft, grab something to eat, realx, and not have and stress about keeping myself alive or worry about hate issues. and 5.) NO XP LOSS ON DEATH. So i dont get a penalty for getting oned when the whm or rdm choose not to back up cure me.

    I have lvled my pld from 63-68 in a couple days without really going die hard about the whole thing. I Hope this helps you other PLD's out there when you get feed up with constant issues you may recive.

    PS: 3640 is my record for 1 C.B.
    PSS: You can use the A.N. you also get from the C.B. to spend on the items and sell in the AH for a good profit. ( Iron Ram Pants... cost: 7k in A.N. but I get 30k in gil)
    Originally posted by Raydeus

    Other than that the only thing I'd like to see is SE changing Homam so RDM can use it, but the chances of that happening are the same as those of me winning the Mog bonanza.

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    Re: Laid back PLD lvling

    Sounds good. Let me know when you have something like this for a lv 52 RDM...
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    • #3
      Re: Laid back PLD lvling

      my rdm is only 14 so im not sure but let me run some numbers and see
      Originally posted by Raydeus

      Other than that the only thing I'd like to see is SE changing Homam so RDM can use it, but the chances of that happening are the same as those of me winning the Mog bonanza.

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      • #4
        Re: Laid back PLD lvling

        Originally posted by Evion View Post
        Sounds good. Let me know when you have something like this for a lv 52 RDM...
        my rdm is only 14 so im not sure but let me run some numbers and see.
        10% of a cure: cap of 500
        20xp for a buff on you: cap 150
        10xp per buff on npc/other char: cap 300
        15xp per debuff that lands: cap 300
        20xp per buff song x members: cap 300

        aka
        5000 in cures
        7 buffs on you
        30 buffs on others
        20 debuffs
        15 songs

        looking at 1550 for curing buffing and debuffing on a rdm/brd. Thats what id do i guess.

        again, im no mage though
        Originally posted by Raydeus

        Other than that the only thing I'd like to see is SE changing Homam so RDM can use it, but the chances of that happening are the same as those of me winning the Mog bonanza.

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        • #5
          Re: Laid back PLD lvling

          Do you get skill ups in campaign battles?
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          • #6
            Re: Laid back PLD lvling

            No, thats the only down side to it but nothing a little besiged cant take care of
            Originally posted by Raydeus

            Other than that the only thing I'd like to see is SE changing Homam so RDM can use it, but the chances of that happening are the same as those of me winning the Mog bonanza.

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            • #7
              Re: Laid back PLD lvling

              Do me a favor and make sure you actually tank something (you know, hold hate off of someone else) every 5 levels or so... The fact that one could feasibly level the last half of their career w/out ever actually doing their job is a bit scary. But ehh, most of us haven't done our jobs in 2 years anyway.
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              • #8
                Re: Laid back PLD lvling

                Only problem is you'll be lacking in shield skill/sword skill unless you have them already leveled from another job.

                Shouldn't really half-ass the job, not saying you are, just saying that if your gonna lvl a job do it right, im guilty of it to, i brought Dancer from 52-61 beating up on a fortification in Garlaige[S].

                In between campaigns you should still go out and exp so you still know how to play the Paladin job.

                It will be a rude awakening when you start tanking higher-end mobs and not knowing what to do because all you did was whack away at mobs in Jugner forest the last half of your paladin career. It is very very very hard to skill shield after 75 Paladin.
                Last edited by Selphiie The Enchantress; 01-24-2008, 10:09 AM.
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                • #9
                  Re: Laid back PLD lvling

                  Ya, i never said "you never ever have to party with complete retards again!". But I still perfer it over a normal party any day of the week. I do continue to get a party or 2 ever couple lvls or so for skill up and to keep fresh on how to manage hate between dumbasses. But the parties I get only full my desire to stay in jugnar forest (s).

                  Again, i agree with what your saying about keeping in touch with you inner pld party but its a great alternative when you get pissed at bad players and parties.
                  Originally posted by Raydeus

                  Other than that the only thing I'd like to see is SE changing Homam so RDM can use it, but the chances of that happening are the same as those of me winning the Mog bonanza.

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                  • #10
                    Re: Laid back PLD lvling

                    Oh yeah i hear you, i remember in Aydeewa Subttereane once there was a Dark Knight who insisted on SATAing the bard with like a 300TP souleater last resort guilltone each time.

                    Is that the kind of dumbass ur talking about? lol cuz then id do campaign forever if i keep meeting people like that.
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                    • #11
                      Re: Laid back PLD lvling

                      lol, thats what im talking about.
                      Originally posted by Raydeus

                      Other than that the only thing I'd like to see is SE changing Homam so RDM can use it, but the chances of that happening are the same as those of me winning the Mog bonanza.

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                      • #12
                        Re: Laid back PLD lvling

                        Originally posted by Selphiie The Enchantress View Post
                        Oh yeah i hear you, i remember in Aydeewa Subttereane once there was a Dark Knight who insisted on SATAing the bard with like a 300TP souleater last resort guilltone each time.

                        Is that the kind of dumbass ur talking about? lol cuz then id do campaign forever if i keep meeting people like that.
                        I want to play drk now so I can do that to my brd friend.
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                        • #13
                          Re: Laid back PLD lvling

                          I'm just glad I got to learn how to play and leveled up PLD and RDM before Aht Urgan and WotG.

                          This sounds nice though, but I'm really starting to miss old school parties.
                          Last edited by Raydeus; 01-24-2008, 10:56 AM.
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                          • #14
                            Re: Laid back PLD lvling

                            Originally posted by Raydeus View Post
                            This sounds nice though, but I'm really starting to miss old school parties.
                            Amen. Bibiki Bay anyone?

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                            • #15
                              Re: Laid back PLD lvling

                              Party, can i have it? (' A ');

                              It is good to heard that there is an alternative for getting exp.
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