Laid back PLD lvling

[Skoal]

Re: Laid back PLD lvling

I use campaign to merit on my drg lol.

[Callisto]

Re: Laid back PLD lvling

I want to play drk now so I can do that to my brd friend.

lol, I want to hop on my BRD now and have my cousin SATA me w/ his DRK so I can tank, I always wanted to try BRD tanking but wasn't high enough until they fixed Mazurka.

[Ameroth]

Re: Laid back PLD lvling

Amen. Bibiki Bay anyone?

Not bashing on the "old school parties" or anything, but the one time I had a party move from the mire to Bibiki bay to fight dhalmels and goblins, my expwatch went from ~7.5k/hr to ~2.5k/hr. I found a replacement after about an hour.

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Campaign Battle is nice, indeed. Hell, I went from 22k tnl to lvl 71 in just a few days. Nice, but no skill ups makes me a sad PLD. My divine magic has been capped before I level since I was around 65. Sword almost always caps before I level, and shield... Well any kind of skill up on shield is welcome. I like CB, but after 70+, you tend to enjoy the 7-10k/hr exp parties over the 3000k exp every hour or 2 from CB. Campaign is a lot better as a supplement for EXP. Example: I went from 1,200/34,000 to 24,000/34,000 in one good party, and then used Campaign to ding 72.

[Callisto]

Re: Laid back PLD lvling

I agree that it doesn't compare to an actual XP party, it's very nice for doing what the OP stated and tacking a bit on at your lesiure. I'm usually tied up in linkshell events until 9-10pm at night, by the time we're out I don't have enough time to join a proper party before bed, so it's wonderful for being able to restore some buffer or finish a merit point whenever I want to hop into one.

I certainly wouldn't recommend it as a way to actually level a job in proper parties, but I'm very glad they added a way to get supplemental XP, even while you're flagged up, and it has to be even nicer for PLDs.

[Pteryx]

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.

One thing about Campaign Battle, though, is that unlike Besieged, attempting to tank in Campaign isn't a fool's errand. If you're capable of holding hate and surviving, doing so is a great boon for, say, any BLMs around. -- Pteryx

[Lunaryn]

Re: Laid back PLD lvling

One thing about Campaign Battle, though, is that unlike Besieged, attempting to tank in Campaign isn't a fool's errand. If you're capable of holding hate and surviving, doing so is a great boon for, say, any BLMs around. -- Pteryx

Or Thieves. Or Dark Knights.

[Lmnop]

Re: Laid back PLD lvling

One thing about Campaign Battle, though, is that unlike Besieged, attempting to tank in Campaign isn't a fool's errand. If you're capable of holding hate and surviving, doing so is a great boon for, say, any BLMs around. -- Pteryx

This is a very good point and I'm glad you brought that up. Campaign battles really are what Besieged should have been. Still, tanking isn't quite as controlled.

However, my initial avalanche of fear was from...

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.

Before elaborating, I thought the OP was saying they just signed up and stood around getting exp. Which prompted me to say that mainly to address anyone who does get exp that way. But anywho, thanks for the summary of how campaign's been going, Amberly.