Thanks for the reply noleafclover. Let me spell out in detail what I've done so far as a DE mage
1-4: Nek forest newbie area. spiderlings, decaying skeletons, etc.
5-8: Nek forest general area. Tree snakes, black bears, the undead at ruins. Don't pull the lesser mummy. Watch out for the poison on tree snakes.
8-12: Piranas in the nek forest river. These drop no loot other than fish scales, which I heard you can sell to players for spells. I didn't know this so vendored it. Mobs patrol by slowly and can be soloed by fire pet. Guards are nearby in case of problems. I never fell short on mobs there. Some pirahas are up to level 14 and deep red but I could still solo those. They just die on the fire pet's DS. Great xp on those!
12-19: As soon as I dinged 12 I went to lavastorm. Piranas would be good for a few more levels but lavastorm monsters drop lots of gems and loot to afford those spells. At 16, pet was buff enough to solo 3-4 monsters with DS. Lavastorm starts getting light blue at 17 but its worth it even at 18 because of how fast the pulls are. Generally about 2 hours a level here.
19-21: East Karana. Doing Gorge hounds as per your guide. Very fast and easy xp, great spot. I bound myself up on the wall and I've only had to gate once (when I got 4 gorge hounds from adds). If you don't want adds, pull to wall. If you don't mind adds and want faster xp, med on the side of the road. Once you have 20 fire pet and new pet heal, it's like lavastorm where your pet can kill multiple adds.
I'll post more as I level more.
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