Subjobs for war/drk and questions for early lvlsFollow

You'll solo faster at the very beginning. Once you hit 20+ you can join a GoV group in Gusgen Mines.

Your best bet is to do something like this:

MNK to ~20, get your subjob unlocked
WAR/MNK to ~30, unlock DRK
DRK/WAR to ~50, start on limit breaks
WAR/MNK again until WAR is at least 49
DRK all the way to 99

Abyssea leveling really isn't good for your first job. Sure, the levels fly by fast once you get going, but you'll come to a screeching halt at level 50 with G1, and every five levels thereafter. It will take about 8 hours of a solid Abyssea party to get from level 30 to 99 when your limit breaks are already unlocked, but 20-30 hours of Abyssea exp in fits and starts to get from 50-99.

Instead, you should try to find Grounds of Valor groups. They're just about as fast and you actually get to play instead of standing around trading keys to boxes. And the exp is a lot faster in the first hour compared to Abyssea, and you don't have to "know" someone or pay lots of money to get your exp done.

NOW FOR MORE QUESTIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! >:D
How would I go about equipping myself for the early levels? Is there a quick easy way to obtain gil early on I should know about? Or some kind of trade in reward stunt? I played this game LOONG ago and all I remember is the gil grind required to get anywhere? Im sure they made it much easier from what ive read so far?

As somebody who was thinking about picking this game back up on a fresh account after not having played for 9 years, I'd like to thank you for providing the first truly helpful post on starting the game from scratch right now. There are literally dozens of posts scattered throughout the forums talking about how easy it is to create a new account, level to 30, leech to 99 in Abysea and go from there. This always sounded too good to be true to me - I constantly wondered what could a lvl 30 possibly contribute to one of these groups.

This is the first post where someone brought up that leeching from 30-99 either requires some connections, and/or serious cash. Thanks for being honest, and not trying to delude people that any random schmoe can buy a fresh account and go from lvl 1-99 in a weekend.

I am also curious as to what someone on a brand new account with no connections would do for money and leveling gear these days as well. There were 2 things that made me quit the game originally - the ridiculously long and boring lvl grind, and then having to take a 15 hour break every 2 levels to farm money for new gear, spells, and consumables. It sounds like the first issue has been addressed quite well - where do we stand on the second one?

Level Sync allows someone in a party, usually the lowest level, to have everyone else drop to match that level. The long and short of it is this: As long as at least one person can still get exp in a GoV camp, that camp is viable. This is great on your wallet because you'll probably be wearing level 20 gear until you approach level 37/40 if you've got a long, sustained group in Gusgen Mines.

You still need to keep up to date with your spells and your skills, but because your level is capped even as you earn exp, you don't have to spend cash on useless intermediate gear that adds a whole +1 defense.

I'd probably stick with doing major gear overhauls at the following levels:

1 - Start gear ftw
15 - Access to the first decent rings and other accessories.
30 - Access to the level 30 gear sets that start having real stats.
45 - Access to gear to sustain you through AF levels
60 - Access to AF set, and choicer gear pieces like good old Scorp Harness and Hauby and the like
78 - Access to the Abyssea AH gear, which is in many cases the best non rare/ex gear available for the level. The set bonuses alone are great. The only reason it's thought of poorly is because it is cheap, and at level 99 there's better stuff. You can get the entire level 78 Abyssea sets for around 50K total gil on the AH.
99 - Access to all the gear in the game. I wouldn't bother starting on your permanent gear set until this time. At 99 you can start working on your Empyrean armor and all the rare/ex yummies that drop from NMs in Abyssea.

Additionally, gil flows like water at low levels due to inflation at the higher levels. Only lower level folks farm crystals, for example, so putzing around with gobbies and getting a stack of fire crystals will grab you 5K on most servers. Supply and demand. I don't even really farm at 99 and I never really have major gil crunches unless I just treated myself to an expensive toy, like Thunder V.

Edited, Apr 12th 2012 1:23pm by catwho

MOAR QUESTIONS!!!!!!! So far ive hit lvl 20 and about to venture out and get my subjob quest done and start my war to 30. My next question is what weapon should i lvl once i unlock drk? I hear gs is the weapon o choice currently? Should i lvl both scythe gs and ga? Just checking to see what i should be lvling my war with atm. Also if anyone has a ls on cerb willing to teach this dog some new tricks i would be more than happy to join and help out the ls in any way once im up there. Thanks again for all the great info it really helped me a great deal!

When looking for low-level gear, don't overlook being able to buy some pieces with conquest points, depending on your starting nation. I never realized this until much later, for like the lvl 40 combat casters stuff. I do remember wearing the lvl 1 RSE gear, then moving onto a leather set at 7 (NPC buyable). I also slowly collected pieces to the bone and beetle armor sets (lvl 16 and 21 IIRC). This would last me until the high 20's/low 30's once I could wear the quested RSE.

This was several years ago when I first started out and did it this way, but I was always broke. I don't think I ever had more than 10K at a single time until my first job was in the 50's. Let's just say that when WotG came out, I couldn't afford to rent a chocobo in Jeuno for a long time.