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MrWizard
10-08-2007, 03:17 PM
If this is your first character, it is fun to do each quest and go for all the optionals as it is just plain fun.
However, if you have done them on a toon already and this is you 2nd, 3rd, or 10th toon, you may want to try this method as it is very fast for xp, leveling, favor, and fun.

I am going to periodically add to this as I progress.

Theory: fast runs through dungeons, no time wasted on optionals, and if you already have cash rich toons, not wasting time on useless chests of low level.

Object: to quickly obtain favor (for backpacks, resists, etc), xp for leveling, and to keep the fun up and the grind down.

How to: complete a dungeon once on elite and move on. Do not repeat. Follow chains when you need to, but try to go level by level and do not start on a new level of quests until you have finished the previous ones.

So far on my wiz...

1st level quests
I did all the solo quests and just ran through them.
I did all the solo/party quests on elite only and just ran through them as fast as our party could.
Each of these quests takes a minute or so...

2nd Level quests
So far I have done all but stealthy repo and the catacombs chain. Ran through all, one time on elite except....baudry (hard/elite - no opener), Waterworks (hard/elite - no opener).
Note: 2 third level quests had to be done to complete the chain of WW.

Where the toon is now...

Favor: 239
Coin lord: 153 (have both backpacks)
Skip: I will probably skip stealthy repo on elite as it is a big time waster.

XP: 44.325 of 50,000. Last rank of third level, almost 4th.
# of quests: 31 (all but a few done only once)
Adventuring time: almost all quests are 1 minute to 5 minutes (yes, even WW if you skip everything)...I would say 1 hour to 2 hours counting non-adventuring time depending on group.

MrCow
10-08-2007, 03:40 PM
Stealthy Repossession a time waster? Its nice EXP for the 2-4 minutes it takes to complete. (2 minutes usually on a speedy run through, 4 minutes for the stealth method).

MrWizard
10-09-2007, 09:23 PM
Stealthy Repossession a time waster? Its nice EXP for the 2-4 minutes it takes to complete. (2 minutes usually on a speedy run through, 4 minutes for the stealth method).


When I speed level I try to skip out of quests that can be failed like stelathy repo. Doing that quest on elite as a second or third level can be complex for a PUG....

I personally just do not like it...lol... and if you go level by level there are a few you can just pass over (like the sacred helm) and still get that 1750 pretty easily.

If you ever want to run that quest, and can do it quick, I would join ya...but I find puging through the levels is pretty hard nowadays. A lot of new people (which is actually really good) make me want to do it slower so they enjoy it more and it is hard to find just 'fast' run through groups of xperienced players.

Doing waterworks took almost 20 minutes due to people running around trying to break boxes or wasting time on optionlas here and there....for quick leveling and favor, optionals and ransack are not conducive to the goal of fast leveling...

I am gonna just run this toon one day a week for a few hours. I think he should be 9th after about 10 hours of play time.