Quote Originally Posted by Aquaplex
A quick update. I got them all to lvl 18 over the weekend. I did it with mostly quests which was a total pain in the ass since so many quests are collection ones.
Avoid collection quests unless you are really really patient or there is a good reward that you want. What you can do is travel to the different low-level areas and grab any kill quests you can find. You also wind up with some extra discovery exp, and you should have some flight paths available pretty early. That makes the travel a bit less painful, and I'd rather spend a few extra minutes on a flight or boat than trying to collect 50+ items that are not a guaranteed drop.