Guild Wars 2

Hi everyone,

I’m a serious altoholic, and have 3 level 80’s currently. Aside from those, I have 5 other characters (all professions) all between level 20 and 50.
My first 2 characters were probably leveled in times when many others were still leveling their mains to 80 as well, so I always had people around me to play with. The game felt much more dynamic that way, and I often found groups too to do the much more fun event chains and big group events.
My last 80, only completed just recently was a lot more boring. Deserted zones, avoiding certain events because I knew they were just not solo-able, etc. Not only did this lessen the enjoyment of playing, it also significantly slowed down my leveling.
Now, I’m not asking for tips to level, because I just want to race through content and become 80. I’m asking for tips because for me personally, a large part of my enjoyment also comes from the achievement that you actually progress in levels from time to time. This progress is starting to feel slow, and this is again due to not much to do anymore in lower level zones.

My current experience with my level 47 Ele is, is that when I go into Bloodtide coast? (the one directly south under LA), I barely ever see anyone, and when I shout in map chat if someone feels like grouping up to do events together, I rarely get responses.
Then I try to solo a bit, but everything just feels slower and less enjoyable that way.

So, for anyone who’s like me, currently leveling your x.th character, what do you usually do to still get some leveling progression? Do you sit it out and just go for zone completion by yourself? Do you port around same level zones until you find some population in one of them? Or do you have a set few levels that you just craft your way through because you know those are problem level brackets? Or perhaps an optimal route you figured out where you know that you can always find a few events to have both more fun and a more efficient time leveling?

I’d love to get some insights, because as long as Anet doesn’t come forth with an underflow (if ever), leveling just feels quiet now and in turn also slower than I’d like.

I suppose if you have the gold, you could just craft your way there. Be 80 in a few hours doing that. And quite broke.

Craft from 40-60, if you can. Cooking —> Jewelry --> Tailoring. Discovering new recipes your own level = massive exp, so make FULL use of the discovery function. go to the GW2 database and search for recipes to craft if you need help discovering. Take full use of Karma NPC’s from heart quests that give foods like Peaches and lemons. You’ll want to aim for these kind of heart quests with priority over other heart quests. Some ingredients are only available through Karma NPCs.

When you get to 60, start busting out the story quests. they give massive EXP no matter what level you are and the difficulty is on super easy mode.

If you are a few levels shy of 70 by the time it starts to get difficult, just go to Orr’s Cursed Shore and farm some of the events there.

Just keep in mind that you MUST collect as many gathering/harvesting/mining nodes as possible as you play. It makes cooking so much easier and certainly more fun. Otherwise, it will cost a good amount of gold to level up your crafting. Also, if you want to salvage materials and send them to your collectibles, that helps, too.

But, that’s how I did it……. There is probably an easier way.

I did one solo, I did one with a friend, now I’m doing one by doing map completion on it. I’ll probably do one more not sure exactly what I will do with this one.

Do some crafting. Artificing is the cheapest.
here’s a guide
http://www.guildwars2guru.com/topic/63836-artificing-leveling-guide-0-400-cost-efficient-and-fast/

Or just run 3x AC daily with your friends/guild. That gives you 3 levels…and cash…and tokens…

Don’t get me wrong, I already try to do AC 3 times a day, and often succeed there. I also do two crafts, but usually from level 20-40. This because a lot of classes only start to feel more complete with the 2nd tier of traits. (Ele, Thief, Mesmer, Engi)
And then there’s the gap that I feel that lasts until at least 60, if not 70. Those 30 levels, I could do in 10 days with just AC, but just spamming AC isn’t my cup of tea.
But yeah, then I get back to my original issue, what else is there at this point that is fulfilling and fun to do and still acquires xp at a good rate? Again, I’m not aiming to just craft 80 levels. I do want to play the actual content, but a lot of the content is just unfun at this point with deserted maps. That’s why I’m hoping for tips on what people do now when normally playing the game to level a character. I’m not looking for powerlevel tips. :P

Story quests is a good point though, I’ll start doing them a bit more with my characters, perhaps that will help a bit. Thanks!