How do people level now?

I posted this reply on a thread in the PvE forum. Hope its relevant for you.

I prefer to solo here. It's very flexible because you dont need to worry about others. No sitting around waiting, bad pulls etc. I believe that time invested vs reward is much higher because you kill when you want, move when you want, and task items and eggs are a godsend. And in all honesty, with most solo capable classes, I think faster.

1. All 3 realms have very different expectations for task items. Hibernia is by far the easiest, then midgard, followed by Albion. The reason why is the mob lvls vs the minimum task lvl turn in. Pretty much every single mob in hibernia is yellow and blue for the minimum task turn in. Midgard has more oj and a few reds but most are yellow. Albion is almost entirely oj and red pre 30. So if you solo in Alb, you need to get ahead by 2-3 lvls on some of the tasks before you attempt them unless you can safely take on oj or reds (typically only necro, cab, and theurgs can do this at lower lvls) .

2. Do NOT supply your toon with task items from another toon unless you plan to mostly group. (Edit: I should mention at roughly 30-35+ when grinding between levels becomes a thing) For solo a HUGE chunk of xp comes from kill tasks while farming items. Not only that but you get eggs.

3. At higher levels(35+) when you are having to grind more, there is a hidden gem here. That is RvR task items. Let's say you hit 35, and turn in your items. At 35 I believe it's like 6-7 bubbles? But what now? Hit the FZ task zone. Find a camp, preferably one with mob types you havent killed if you can. Farm them. Before the task ends turn some of them in. Let task finish, then turn in the rest. Rinse and repeat until you ding. Move around, find other camps. If you die to an enemy, no biggie. At least you dont have to worry about running to the supply master. Also, I tend to avoid hib because of the zerg. At that point I just suicide for my free xp and go back to somewhere else.

4. Save your eggs and RvR task items as much as you can. I almost never used them on my scout and when I hit 49 I turned everything in and nearly dinged 50 off the bat. I only use them to get a random bubble to ding me the next level on occasion. This really only should be done if your kill tasks are at lvl 2 or higher and you still want to level more. (Edit: usually I do this before I get off. I'll use some eggs to ding and turn in my next set of items and log off)

5. DF is great but gets overcrowded and changes hands often which usually results in gank squads. Honestly, I typically avoid it unless it's a last resort. But that's personal preference. If you can find a good spot by all means grind it. It's great xp.

6. Use buffpots if you want. I dont because I like to save cash. But if you got the money, by all means do so. Even better if you level alchemy or have one already in that realm.