Guild Wars 2

Hey guys, my gf wants to get a Guardian to 80 but she doesn’t want to go through the leveling phase again.
She has about 30g to spend on leveling that alt.
So what is the best way of carrying it to 80 with 30g and me being able to level her?
If I bring her to a lvl 80 map and kill mobs does she get more exp or something?

XP gain from mobs is based on character level, so no, playing in higher level areas will not really help. If anything, it may hurt if her character does not do enough damage to the higher level mob to get kill credit.

A few things that may help:

#1: Crafting is worth 10 levels per craft that you level to 400. That being said, you get more XP from taking a single craft to 400 than you do for taking 4 crafts to 100. The cheapest crafts to max are Chef, Jewel Crafter and Artificer…. maxing those three can be done for around 12-15g and will get you 30 levels.

#2: The longer a creature is on a map, the more bonus xp you get from killing it. Those Moas that everyone ignores? Goldmines of bonus xp. Likewise, playing on under-played maps in less visited areas can get lots of XP via this method.

#3: Event chaining has often been shown to be highly effective for leveling. Look for areas with events that spawn close together and frequently. (The north end of Sparkfly Fen is one of my favorites for this at lvl 55-65, Centaur events in Hrathi Hinterlands are good for this in the 35-45 range, etc.)

The best thing you can do is look at ways to make sure she
1) Stays alive when playing in areas above her level (5 levels up is fine, more than that is pushing it a bit)
2) Work to make her killing more efficient. If you can kite / pull mobs to her, great. I
3) Escort her to waypoints so that she can WP to events quickly…. you may burn more silver on the WP than you get back from the event, but who cares? You’re there for the XP.

Hope that helps and happy leveling!

See if she (or you) could play the character for the first 30 or so levels since they tend to go fairly fast then craft the rest. You should be able to afford to max 4 trade skills with the amount you have (plus what you earn on the way).

I’d say crafting as well as dungeons. Some people will do most of the dungeon on their 80 then switch to an alt when the boss is almost dead to get the xp at the end. Each run gets you about 70 or 75% of your level, can’t remember the exact number. If she’s going to go that route it’s essential to make sure your party members are okay with it first, before you even start the run.

rozcinana.7249:

I’d say crafting as well as dungeons. Some people will do most of the dungeon on their 80 then switch to an alt when the boss is almost dead to get the xp at the end. Each run gets you about 70 or 75% of your level, can’t remember the exact number. If she’s going to go that route it’s essential to make sure your party members are okay with it first, before you even start the run.

My best suggestion for using dungeons for XP gain is CoF p1 for the levels 75-80… it runs fast and you can easily handle them on a lvl 75 character in blue armor (it’s how I finished off my mesmer)

Switching to an alt in the wrong PUG can get you kicked because there are people who consider it an exploit. Robert Hrouda (dungeon dev) is okay with it happening, but if you PUG with him, he may dance around you and do silly emotes at you if you bring something to the party that contributes nothing (lvl 20 character in CoF.)

In my experience DEs will get you the fastest xp provided they are around 4-5 levels higher than you. You can use your 80 to run your gf through events quickly, and then it becomes about knowing where they spawn and which zone to move to next.