107876-rates-of-exp-accrual-and-options-in-leveling

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This is not a PvP thread. This is not a bug thread. This is not a PvE thread. 
 
Mods please don't move it.
 
The rest of you scalawags please don't discuss PvP/PvE or Bugs outright. ;)
 
That said ...
 
OK looking for options to leveling.  Rather than straight grinding when quests get broken to catch up to be on level par with quests in my log.
 
This has become a problem (for me) starting with Farside.
 
Is there a way to assess the rate of return for time invested in PvP for exp accrual vs. grinding vs. questing vs "Dungeon running"?
 
Looking for informed information.
 
Example, are there "break points" (certain "hell levels" to use an old EQ1 term) along the leveling path where one should engage in PvP or PvE dungeons to be more efficient vs. straight questing.
 
Again please keep it to a "general discussion" of your observations in the rate of accrual of experience with each play style option.
 
Thanks	
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			If you do every quest in every zone that you find then you will hit level 50 in the last quest chain of Grimvault without any problem. I leveled two characters and only did enough pvp to buy the amps I needed from the pvp vendor and I did all my path missions as I was leveling.	
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@Hardicon,
 
That is what I thought but, with well quest chains starting to break.  Chunks of exp are being taken out of ones path why questing.  I was looking for options at certain break points to fill those voids.	
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			Are you exile or dominion.  I just leveled a warrior on exile got to 50 last weekend, took me two weeks and didn't find a single broken quest.  Even with a couple of broken quests there should be no problem getting to 49 then heading to crimson badlands to do the quests there to hit 50.  I cant speak on dominion side but two exile characters had no problems whatsoever.	
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			Levels 25-40ish seemed rather quick for me in pvp. After 40, the returns seemed to be less than questing for time invested. I'm sure everyone has a different opinion. If you plan to do end game raiding, I would advise not leveling much in pvp. For some silly reason you don't get faction rep for killing the other faction. No doubt there are a few broken quests, however you should easily hit 50 with many leftover quests without pvp.	
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@Hardicon,
 
Leveling exile right now.  Depending on when you hit certain places you may have passed quests that were rebroken.	
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I just moved my Esper into Malgrave at 39. I did the first couple series of quests and I'm almost 42. I did skip a lot of quests that weren't World or Regional quests and never really had an issue.
 
I don't do dungeons while leveling because, to be quite honest, they are pointless to do while leveling (after you've already seen them).
 
I don't PvP while leveling because I'm not a huge fan of PvP.
 
My Engineer hit 50 well before I was done with Grimvault but I did just about every quest with him.
 
What I have noticed is that the Task quests give trivial amounts of experience but they do give you a decent selection of gear. With rested experience saved up, they get a little better because you are killing a ton of stuff. So, maybe every 10 levels or so I would do a bunch of Tasks type quests just to grab the gear upgrades.	
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@Hardicon,
 
That is what I thought but, with well quest chains starting to break.  Chunks of exp are being taken out of ones path why questing.  I was looking for options at certain break points to fill those voids.
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Are you exile or dominion.  I just leveled a warrior on exile got to 50 last weekend, took me two weeks and didn't find a single broken quest.  Even with a couple of broken quests there should be no problem getting to 49 then heading to crimson badlands to do the quests there to hit 50.  I cant speak on dominion side but two exile characters had no problems whatsoever.
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