How are you preparing for Dawntrail?

We only have a week left until early access starts, what are you guys doing to prepare for it? I’ve grinded out the carbuncle earring from the mogtome event and plan to do the wondrous tails for that extra exp. Also, both my inventory and glamour dresser are completely full, so I’ll need to make some room beforehand… But most importantly, I still need a fitting glam :D

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  • @Stovetop
    7•5 months ago

    If anyone is planning to maximize EXP gains on day 1 for new jobs or whatever job you are taking through the MSQ, there’s prep you can do this week and on Tuesday to start with a good leg up.

    1. Pick up Wondrous Tails this week and do all 9 objectives, but don’t turn it in.
    2. On Tuesday, pick up Pixie and Arkasodara tribal quests on a current job you want EXP for. Do them but don’t turn in.
    3. On Friday (early access day), log in early in the morning before reset.
    4. Pick up one or both new jobs if you want to level them.
    5. Turn in the Arkasodara/Pixie quests for EXP on a current job and pick up another set on new or current job you want to level. Complete and turn in again for more exp.
    6. Turn in your complete Wondrous Tails on new or current job for EXP, grab another one, and turn in again.
    7. After daily reset, pick up yet another set of Pixie/Arkasodara quests and complete to triple dip on tribal dailies.

    In sum, on one day, you get EXP for:

    • 2 Wondrous Tails

    • 9 Pixie Quests (3 must be for a current job)

    • 9 Arkasodara Quests (3 must be for a current job)

    That should get you about 2 levels with relatively low effort, and then you still have your roulettes and weekly challenges available for more EXP. Though if you want to do roulettes, pick something role-agnostic like Frontlines or make sure you have a healer/tank friend to group with, because those DPS queues are going to be LONG.

    Other than that, my FC has over 2 weeks of Rank 3 EXP buffs available, and the job quests themselves should help get some good starting EXP as well.

    And remember that Azeyma’s earring gives you bonus EXP up to and including level 90, so feel free to swap out your level 90 earring for a level to get bonus EXP until 91.