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Originally Posted by Snaggles
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I’m of the mind that nothing beats exp. Being able to make/save money as you do it is nice but should never slow the process. You can make money and farm gear at 60.
If I had enough for a gobby ring and a few main spells that’s what I’d do at the expense of any other gear. I would charm in Oasis then move to Overthere for a bit, then Velious cougars in Iceclad and off to GD for Kodiaks and Drakkel wolves.
The advantage of quadding is not speed but quality of life. You can blow your whole mana bar and then sit and go make a sandwich. At 46 with a Lumi staff you can easily xp in Highkeep, Oggok, and Grobb off single targets. It seems like a silly click but level 45 I couldn’t clear all Grobb ent before repops and with it at 46 I was speeding through them and Nobles have even less hit points. Really, it just opens up places to go if your quad or charm spot is taken. Later this approach is replaced by dot rotting.
I don’t know about speed. My guess is if you have a lock on bear pits nothing comes close. Quading wyverns and then suits or raptors is tolerable for those AFK breaks. Dot rotting is a 3rd but lets you think outside the box. I did some charming in Chardok and it was ok I guess.
The fact that druids have three very viable ways to solo exp is crazy. For me, I’d probably rather dot rot or charm than quad. 57+ with bonds of Tunare maybe it’s less painful but snaring four times and circling would add time and annoyance. My wiz spoiled me I guess.
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Straight up grinding gets boring sometimes so I like to take detours for extra QOL or gear upgrades. I guess on an alt you can literally afford to straight up grind but on a first toon it is nice to get some spare change and fill gear slots. If you can exp doing it, even better. If you have a 60 chanter farming felspine/chardok that's another story.
I brought up wyverns because I went there with my chanter and with regular charm double kills I went from 45 to 51 at record speed so I guess quadding is in the same league. Charming is good but if you have better opportunities why not? If you hate quadding then disregard that advice.