2013-12-09, 06:23 AM
On my I/L I did this:
1-8: Beginner quests. (job advance hops you directly to 10)
10-30: Those starfish and jellyfish things near Nautilus.
30-40: Luster Pixies at "Cloud Park V".
40-50: Those enemies at the Gold Beach thing. Did a few of the early quests, but changed to grinding in the last few maps as soon as they wanted me to start collecting items.
50-60: Golden Mammoths at Chryse. The new spawn rate makes the map actually pretty decent, I hardly ever cleared a full spawn even though I oneshot them.
60-70?: Dark Sand Dwarves in "Desert of Serenity". Notably, they're weak to ice, so they're pretty easy to kill even with tons of missing.
70?-80?: Roids in "C-1".
80?-90: Homunculi in "Unit 202".
90-100: NLC Aliens.
100+: Evo world. Don't bother with Chain Lightning, just keep using Ice Strike and Thunderstorm from 3rd job.
Those fuzzy levels were mostly me just going "can I hit these guys often enough for it to be faster yet?" since there were no hard requirements like needing Ice Strike for Dark Sand Dwarves or the level 90 quest for Aliens.
They're all right next to each toher anyway, so it doesn't hurt to back and forth after a few levels to see which is faster.
Not sure how much this influences the training path I took, but I had a full newbie gear set (evo rings, absolute shoulders/ring/belt) as well as every level 2 link skill.
Also worth noting are those event weapons that come with the daily 2x buffs, they're often far better than the normal weapons for that level range.
1-8: Beginner quests. (job advance hops you directly to 10)
10-30: Those starfish and jellyfish things near Nautilus.
30-40: Luster Pixies at "Cloud Park V".
40-50: Those enemies at the Gold Beach thing. Did a few of the early quests, but changed to grinding in the last few maps as soon as they wanted me to start collecting items.
50-60: Golden Mammoths at Chryse. The new spawn rate makes the map actually pretty decent, I hardly ever cleared a full spawn even though I oneshot them.
60-70?: Dark Sand Dwarves in "Desert of Serenity". Notably, they're weak to ice, so they're pretty easy to kill even with tons of missing.
70?-80?: Roids in "C-1".
80?-90: Homunculi in "Unit 202".
90-100: NLC Aliens.
100+: Evo world. Don't bother with Chain Lightning, just keep using Ice Strike and Thunderstorm from 3rd job.
Those fuzzy levels were mostly me just going "can I hit these guys often enough for it to be faster yet?" since there were no hard requirements like needing Ice Strike for Dark Sand Dwarves or the level 90 quest for Aliens.
They're all right next to each toher anyway, so it doesn't hurt to back and forth after a few levels to see which is faster.
Not sure how much this influences the training path I took, but I had a full newbie gear set (evo rings, absolute shoulders/ring/belt) as well as every level 2 link skill.
Also worth noting are those event weapons that come with the daily 2x buffs, they're often far better than the normal weapons for that level range.