What to do after Dark Knight boost

[Lisan al gaib]

Im gonna buy a Dark Knight boost later and want to know what to do after. Furthest ive gotten in FFXIV is a level 31 Dragoon and didnt finish realm reborn. Would be the best thing to do after? Grind a certain dungeon? go onto the next campain and just get gear through that? Let me know if you've boosted before and know the best/fastest way to progress after

[Jin-]

You also need to buy the story skip or you have to do the ARR anyway

[Lisan al gaib]

Originally posted by Jin-:

You also need to buy the story skip or you have to do the ARR anyway

well ive never finished it so im willing to finish it

[Seera1024]

1. First reconsider level boosting your first tank (or first of any role). There are certain expectations of tanks that are expected by the time you're a certain level. Players are far less forgiving to new boosted tank players than they are to new tank players who didn't boost. Especially those that queue into level appropriate content.

It's also not recommended to level the first of a class, but some are able to take the experiences in one class of a role and apply it to the new class subbing in the different skills as appropriate. Especially in the tank role in this game.

2. A level skip alone will not get you past the story. HOWEVER, this could work in your favor if you level skip alone. You'll be able to get used to the Dark Knight's kit at a slower pace in dungeons instead of all at once.

3. If you get both the story skip and the level skip, you need to spend some serious time getting to know the Dark Knight. Whether that's queuing through the dungeons level by level or spending several hours between a guide and the game learning and practicing the class. Several hours each if you're goal is to enter high end content such as savage content.

EDIT: If this is your first character through the game, I highly advise against a story skip. You only experience the story the first time once and skipping ahead will spoil certain points earlier on if you later decided to replay them. So a situation that's supposed to make you unsure if someone survived could be spoiled by seeming them in the future or by seeing people mention their death.

[Alun1]

i wouldn't recommend boosting a DRK, it has one of the best job story arcs.

[Jonas™]

As other have said, don't boost tanks or healers.

a) you will be expected to know how to perform your roll in group content and while FF14 people are much less toxic/abrasive in said group content they have a very low tolerance for for those who have clearly boosted and are wasting their time.

b) tanks and healers level ridiculously fast compared to DPS since they get insta-queue in nearly all group content. IMO if you are going to boost, boost a DPS since they are much more frustrating to level.

Originally posted by Alun1:

i wouldn't recommend boosting a DRK, it has one of the best job story arcs.

This is objectively false, do not listen to this person. The DRK job storyline is fine up to 50 (I would say upper 1/3 of job storylines), but down right terrible from 51-70 (probably the worst or at least bottom 3). The ending is deeply unsatisfying as well as confusing and nonsensical.

[Seera1024]

Originally posted by Jonas™:

As other have said, don't boost tanks or healers.

a) you will be expected to know how to perform your roll in group content and while FF14 people are much less toxic/abrasive in said group content they have a very low tolerance for for those who have clearly boosted and are wasting their time.

b) tanks and healers level ridiculously fast compared to DPS since they get insta-queue in nearly all group content. IMO if you are going to boost, boost a DPS since they are much more frustrating to level.

Originally posted by Alun1:

i wouldn't recommend boosting a DRK, it has one of the best job story arcs.

This is objectively false, do not listen to this person. The DRK job storyline is fine up to 50 (I would say upper 1/3 of job storylines), but down right terrible from 51-70 (probably the worst or at least bottom 3). The ending is deeply unsatisfying as well as confusing and nonsensical.

How one enjoys a story or does not is subjective.

Many people do rate the DRK story to be one of their favorite job stories in the game. Your mileage may vary.

[Jonas™]

I was being hyberbolic for humorous effect, but I still think the post-50 DRK storyline was the worst out of any job I have played (I boosted SCH so I didn't have to level SMN, but still wanted to do the job quests, and MNK since it is awful and after 5 DPS to 80 I couldn't deal with a 6th in a row).

[Lisan al gaib]

Well if what Serra says is true then if i buy the DK boost and still have to finish RR then im fine with that since it will give me the chance to finish the story and learn DK. As for people being toxicish about me not knowing how to tank i dont mind it as im sure ill find someone at some point hes patient and teaches me

[Om3ga-Z3ro]

Boosts always breeds terrible players.

I stand by that quote and it always holds true, haven't been proven wrong yet.

[MOSLEY]

Not worth boosting alt jobs IMO. Look up speed leveling guides instead. You'll level quickly and learn the job by the time you get to 80.

[Experica]

at this point its pointless to buy boost if your doing ARR story same with HW (50-60) and Stb (60-70), which gives you the most experience to level up your first job. Its only worth if your buying story skip alongside job level boost, else your wasting potential levelling xp to a job that barely requires it.

[Seera1024]

Originally posted by Fraxey:

Well if what Serra says is true then if i buy the DK boost and still have to finish RR then im fine with that since it will give me the chance to finish the story and learn DK. As for people being toxicish about me not knowing how to tank i dont mind it as im sure ill find someone at some point hes patient and teaches me

It still isn't something I would recommend at all.

MSQ will pretty much level you up anyway. Save it for the Dragoon or for an alt class after you've finished the MSQ.

[Oku]

Originally posted by Jonas™:

As other have said, don't boost tanks or healers.

a) you will be expected to know how to perform your roll in group content and while FF14 people are much less toxic/abrasive in said group content they have a very low tolerance for for those who have clearly boosted and are wasting their time.

b) tanks and healers level ridiculously fast compared to DPS since they get insta-queue in nearly all group content. IMO if you are going to boost, boost a DPS since they are much more frustrating to level.

Originally posted by Alun1:

i wouldn't recommend boosting a DRK, it has one of the best job story arcs.

This is objectively false, do not listen to this person. The DRK job storyline is fine up to 50 (I would say upper 1/3 of job storylines), but down right terrible from 51-70 (probably the worst or at least bottom 3). The ending is deeply unsatisfying as well as confusing and nonsensical.

"confusing and nonsensical"

Lemme guess, you think Frankenstein is about a spooky monster and a mad scientist who has to stop his evil creation, right?

[Sunny]

Originally posted by Jonas™:

I was being hyberbolic for humorous effect, but I still think the post-50 DRK storyline was the worst out of any job I have played (I boosted SCH so I didn't have to level SMN, but still wanted to do the job quests, and MNK since it is awful and after 5 DPS to 80 I couldn't deal with a 6th in a row).

Different strokes for different folks, I guess. It's absolutely my favorite of the job stories I've played. So good. So, so good. "Downright terrible" is ...opinion, not objective anything, and the ending was exactly right for the story. It was neither confusing or nonsensical.

[sabertooth]

I just started 2 days ago and im almost 30 13 hours into the game.. I'm about to pick my dragoon toon in plan to play it tell the end. And yes at 50-53 its slow in heard 70-80 is slow aswell but once ur max the gear set is amazing looking really only reason im playing a dragoon I might mage a sorcerer Too