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Looks like you’ve already gotten a lot of good info on potential perks of leveling another class, so I won’t add anything there.

If you do choose to level another class, I’d suggest doing the Hunting Logs for it! This is the fastest way to get early experience to get classes up to the level where you can start doing daily roulettes. These are available for all base-game classes and can be found under the “Logs” menu.

It's up to you. I like levelling lots of alts so FFXIV allowing me to have everything on one character is great. I do encourage trying out different roles so you get a feel of what they're capable of.

I leveled a Dragoon using the MSQ and a white mage doing all of the dungeons, my daily queues, and extra MSQ when my dragoon was over leveled. It was slightly slower but I was really happy to have two classes maxed around the same time. Then I picked up gunbreaker and had one of each role. I think it's worth it because you're going to spend so long clearing the MSQ anyway that you won't really notice the extra time and if you level a tank or healer like I did you get to avoid DPS queue times

The way you can look at it is the msq almost levels you to 90 by itself. Doing anything else like roulettes will mean that you're gonna surpass it pretty quickly. It's not hard to level alt jobs so you don't have to stress about "wasted" experience but it can be fun to try new stuff so feel free to if you want.

If you play a lot, you will just have to get used to not having skills whenever you're ahead of msq though.

IMO it's nice to explore different classes, and you get to experience playing from the perspective of a DPS, Healer or Tank respectively, which might allow you to be more effective on the class you want to specialize on. Who knows, you might also enjoy the other classes, too.

I'd echo the others saying do what feels right for you. I'm personally a fan of hyperfocusing on one job at a time, but I also have friends who enjoy swapping around to level whatever jobs they feel in the moment. There isn't a wrong answer to choose from here.

Also, make sure to /pet your carbuncle for me.

It can usually be a good idea to level a few jobs at once and switch back and forth to make the most efficient use of your experience. Eventually things will taper off a bit and you'll be swapping around less, though.

By the end of the MSQ I had leveled RDM, RPR, and WHM all the way to 90. I would switch between them as I over leveled while playing.

I leveled a single DPS class as I went through MSQ. There are others who leveled multiple. It is completely based on personal preference.

I would personally tell you not to feel obligated to level another class.

You can if you want to take time to go back and start that class from level 1, but it isnt required by any means. They changed the MSQ to give much more XP than it used to, so you will almost always be ahead.

The only time id say it may be worth it is if you are still on the free trial and your main class is already 60.

As you play and unlock daily duty roulettes for dungeons, trials, etc., thats a great way to level up alt classes while playing story on your main once you get those classes up a bit as well.

I mean, do you want to? That's the main question.

Altho keep in mind that around lvl 45-50 there are barely any quests and the requirements spike fast, so if you plan to level multiple classes don't keep them at "just high enough lvl to match msq", at least in base game.

You got a bunch of 44 quests, then there are 0 45 quests, next you got 8 46 quests, and then requirements suddenly jump to 49 for 2 quests before final base game quest needing lvl 50.

I did, and I wish I had co leveled a healer and tank at the same time. Doing MSQ with one class is fun, but I just wish I could do some missions as healer. Just my 2 cents.

It's up to you. I played almost entirely Black Mage through Shadowbringers then almost entirely Machinist about halfway through those patch quests and up to present. I only started levelling other jobs once I was done with MSQ, so keep occupied and to try new things.

it's all up to you, if you're not fond of either job arcanist gives you then you can always start another class. you can also just stick with it and level it to max because there's an exp bonus called armoury bonus that any job lower than your highest leveled job gets by default. when you do daily roulettes most of the time it wants either tanks or healers for the bonus exp and gil, and scholar is a healer.

i started out as an arcanist/scholar and stuck with it ever since, but nowadays I usually run MSQ in expacks as a warrior for free armor and then max out scholar so i can benefit from daily roulette adventurer in need bonuses from either role.

On my first character, I went all the way to the end of the MSQ with only white mage. I took a long time to slowly pick up each new role and level it to max afterwards. I wouldn't worry about "wasting" the extra experience that could be given to lower level jobs. But if the playstyle of another job sounds interesting then you should go ahead and pick it up! Also arcanist is a special class because it shares levels between both a healer and caster job, the scholar and summoner respectively.

As you progress through the MSQ and level up, you will also get improvements like flying mounts, more daily roulettes that give a lot of XP, and the armory bonus which doubles experience gained on jobs that are lower than your highest level (from "battle" experience, mainly dungeon bosses). So there are definitely benefits to focusing on just your "main job" including simply getting comfortable with your buttons.