Advice For Level 53+ While Leveling?

[Vipeax]

I finished my grind.

This was me on the 8th of September, so I guess I can post here? At that level you should just do the '8' loop in BRD if we're talking purely XP.



I did this until level 56. I then went to The Barrens to use the Swarmer scorpids to up the defense skill of all my mages (most were 20-30 below the maximum of their levels) and then I farmed the first part of LBRS as shown by the white line here:


For BRD a 2-3 hour session would result in about 50K xp/hr. Closer to 60K xp/hr if you would not take breaks and really try to speed it up. For LBRS I was substaining a consistent 75K xp/hr, and by tryharding I guess 85 up to 90K/hr should be doable.

If you want to farm gear while leveling than none of this applies. Including bosses (except for the 3 tank-and-spank ones that are part of the 8-shape BRD route since they are super easy to kill) will have impact on your XP rates so including those in the leveling process is a decision you have to make for yourself. I do have my question marks about the 'squishy' and 'cannot AOE' parts of your post though. At that level your defense level of the warrior should be ample to farm the initial mobs with no issues.