So.. now that my CNJ is 31, I want to go WHM and I've been told that THM to 15 is what I have to do (though I need to get Swiftcast too) and so I suit up, as a THM and the first few levels go OK, and then at about 8 or 9 it starts really dragging.
I hit up FATEs whenever they actually spawn, but half of the time, groups of high level players rush in and kill everything before I can hardly hit it. I'm told THM gets a spell at... Lv15... that helps with this, but that's kinda after-the-fact.
Can't do Duty Finder for dungeons until Lv16, and there's the Duty Finder for Guildhests at Lv10, but that's only once per day (additional times give almost nothing).
There's one-time quests, but it seems that a lot of quests are not available to you unless you are from that area (I started in Gridania, and most of the quests in Thanalan aren't there, and the few that are only give me 400-500xp which isn't much when you need 12k at Lv10). There are Guildleves, but Pre-10 they only give 500 or so per (again, that's not enough to justify using Leve Allowances on). Not sure how much Lv10 Leves give, but I need those for my crafting classes (going to make a big push Monday if I can to get some important milestones in crafts such as Steady Hands II and the ability to make new tools on my BSM).
So, back to sitting, waiting for FATEs to pop because it seems like FATEs are the only real way to get XP.
This is one thing I wish they'd consider improving; trying to get your 2nd class+ to 16. Once you get 16, you can Duty Roulette to your heart's content and get levelups fast. But Pre-16, it just seems like it takes too long to get anywhere, especially when you're only leveling said class because it has an ability or two you want, or worse, it is required for a Job.
IMO, 500xp quests and especially Guildleves just doesn't cut it. Killing mobs only gives 100xp or so, so that's not a viable option either. They could/should make FATEs in <Lv10 areas pop faster and require less participation to get Gold, that would help a ton. It isn't like anybody is going to get a mountain of gil or company seals from those FATEs, and the XP wouldn't be worth it to a higher-level player, so why not?
EDIT: I also did all the Hunting Logs too thusfar. Nice little boost, but falls way short on XP required.
Edited, Aug 30th 2014 6:26pm by Lyrailis