The Climb From 40 to 50 QuestionsFollow

-Do FATE's give experience based on level only?
Yes, based around the FATE level.

-When Level Sync'd does the FATE give exp that's appropriate to your current un-synced level?
No, see above.

-What is the point of a FATE party exactly? Does getting experience come easier?
Yes, quick, fast, easy and mindless EXP.

-Where are some Locations besides Dragonhead to farm FATEs from 40-45 then from 45-50?
Camp Bluefog for 40-45, Mor Dhona's Saint Coinach's Find for 45-50.

Blackbrush Station, north of Ul'dah. Then just move north from there to Northern Thanalan and you hit Camp Bluefog right off the start.

you get your AF gear from job quests. story has no impact on this\

quests open up as you do story quests. this has been said over and over and over...if your not doing story quests, quests dont become active

the answer to everything is just do your story quests

Edited, Sep 13th 2013 11:33am by Keysofgaruda

Thanks - I was afraid that was the answer but I guess there's no choice but to put on the hard hat and go back down into the Story Line coal mine :)

This is the one time I wish I had a young kid around the house still...

Join a FATE party and you'll do better on XP. Solo its near impossible to get credit, much less even barely tag a few mobs once before they die, if you don't have high damage or AOE.

I know this is heresy but this is my first FF experience so I;m not invested with the lore like a lot of people are.

For me I can only compare it to the writing/story of other computer games, which I generally find mediocre at best.

I can appreciate the love people have for the lore but for those of us that can;t get into that aspect of the game the "on the rails" aspect of the story line is kind of a downer.

The thing is, the "lore" in XIV is unique to XIV. The only thing the story is related to is the 1.0 version of the game, which few people played. All previous 13+ final fantasy games occurred in their own separate universes, with little overlap. While monsters and some characters are re-occuring, they are more like cameos in each new game than anything else. Take Cid - the Cid of XIV is not the same as the Cid of XI, the Cid of X, the Cid of VII, or the Cid of III where he was introduced twenty years ago. The character requirement for Cid is that he be a middle aged guy who messes around with airships. That's the extent of his cross universe lore. In X he was Rikku's father and the leader of the Al Bhed. In XI he was the head engineer of Bastok.

(Actually, I think giving him that epic beard between version 1.0 and ARR was a means of bringing him better into alignment with the standard Cid archetype. 1.0 Cid was too young and good looking.)

So if you're skipping the story content because you feel it has no meaning for you, you're doing yourself a disservice. The narrative of ARR is completely unique.

Even so I think the "flavor" and "style" of the FF lore in general makes the game far more enjoyable to those who are familiar with it.

It partly could be a cultural thing or just "stylistic" but I've never encountered an MMO that so heavily relied on lore before.

The possible exception was SWToR and Bioware gambled (incorrectly) that people would pay a subscription rate for "story" as content.

Fortunately FF14 is a vastly deeper/broader game and the one saving grace for appeal to "traditional" MMOers is that the main story line does not have to be repeated in order to play other classes (i.e. alts).

I'd stick to Northern Thanalan (Bluefog) personally. There may not be as many FATEs as Coerthas, but at least on Diabolos, they weren't steamrolled by the time you get to them. As well, there's a staged FATE in the eastern end of the zone where smart groups will farm the endlessly spawning minions until just before the timer ends. It's not uncommon to get 150k+ EXP for that FATE alone from the EXP chains. Also reason to party up. Just be warned, this chain will probably knock of 2/5 of your armor's durability or more, so expect to repair afterwards.

The "Go, Go, Gomeira" FATE can be rough if you don't have many people in the zone, though. Good tank and healer is pivotal, and under a certain HP% he gets mean. Nevermind the adds.

You speak of the Isle of Umbra and it is possible to go back at any time. You simply needs speak with the ferry skipper again.

Very good.

I think I might just do that tonight. Although, having just posted a honey hole on a public forum I don't expect it to be as quiet as it was yesterday...


Also, as others have eluded to, you should be spamming your highest level dungeon through the 40's for gear and EXP. Although the EXP reward for finishing dungeons isn't that great I find that I easily pick up 100K of normal EXP off monsters in a dungeon like Stone Vigil. There's also the drops for gear rewards, which you'll want to be accumulating.

Edited, Sep 16th 2013 7:23am by blowfin