Quote Originally Posted by 'Ticks',index.php?page=Thread&postID=146640#post14 6640
Quote Originally Posted by 'XSync',index.php?page=Thread&postID=146632#post14 6632
Imo, the best place to do this as well as level your weapon skill is in the blasted lands. There are mobs which cannot die unless you destroy a nearby crystal or some such as part of a quest chain. I will update this post with more specifics when the server comes up, but basically just go auto attack those mobs and surf the web while you lvl def/wep skills. 8)
They changed this; you can no longer gain weapon skill from those mobs in Blasted lands.

I know there are many ways to level up defense, this method has been the fastest and easiest for me since it's easy to get to from Shatt. That's why I posted it. Why have a cat pound on you for 30 minutes when this method I posted will take you to max skill in about 2 minutes?
Because as you already mentioned not everyone still has the relic quest.

Quote Originally Posted by 'XSync',index.php?page=Thread&postID=146653#post14 6653
Ahh, been awhile. Blizz is so sneaky.
Not really they announced it directly in a patch note awhile ago.