Guild Wars 2

I have a level 43 human elementalist and I really would like to get him to lvl 80 as fast as I can. So I was wondering: would it be faster to try and level up via crafting? Or does completing areas and doing dynamic events get you more experience faster?

Crafting is hands down faster. I just leveled a guardian in a few hours from level 2 to 80.

If you have gold and materials, crafting is definitely faster. Even faster if you use crafting boost (from gem store, BL chest or daily rewards).

Rabman: Really?! How did you do it? I’ve done some crafting on other characters, and it didn’t seem to give me that much exp. Do you have to spend a bunch of money on materials? What kind of crafting did you do?

JuniorSB.7089:

Rabman: Really?! How did you do it? I’ve done some crafting on other characters, and it didn’t seem to give me that much exp. Do you have to spend a bunch of money on materials? What kind of crafting did you do?

I crafted every profession from 1-400. It cost a pretty penny, maybe 40-60g. A whole profession is only worth 10 levels (1-400). Honestly you could do just 7 professions and just do Orr map completions for the remaining levels.

If you only need 40 levels then do 4 professions.
Chef and Artificer are/were the cheapest. Weaponsmithing was the most expensive, with Leatherworker/tailor/huntsman falling in the middle.