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I'm going to be very unhelpful and say I have yet to be able to accomplish a "Kill X mobs in X minutes" quest. I tried these a few times and gave up. Templar DPS is just too low to solo them.

PEople will list a tin cluster for 1pp if they think there is a .001% chance somebody might buy it. I think they just give you a small amount of exp and thats about it.

It is good to have these in the game, if nothing more than to just be another facet, another path to take. If all the facets of the game were removed, it would become a thin, streamlined, linear grind to the level cap.

Now, people have an option to do something different. It's not always about the grind...

I was hoping for something more like, "Says the spider to the fly..." :)

I'll admit, I've been in groups that have been an exp grinding machine for several hours, getting +30% or so. When you get above level 50, that's a significant amount since I'm now used to getting .1% per kill. That's point-one-percent. :(

But I do get the greatest satisfaction from helping others. In fact, when I go out on my loot runs, I puruse the LFG list for those in the 50-53 range. The area I go to is way too hard for them, but with my escort they are usually safe. I pull them along mainly to get them some exp, loot, or just so they can see a part of the zone they can't yet get to. Frankly, I enjoy the company.

The other night a 30'ish guildmate was logged on and needed a healer. So I switched to my 32 Warden and spent my night in Thundering Steppes helping him finish quests.

Now, I consider myself a casual-to-medium player, getting in 1 maybe 2 hours a night. Although one time I stayed logged on while waiting for a 4-hour named (T'sanne in Nek Forest) to respawn - sat on the floor and played with my baby during the wait. Another time I spent the night tanking T'sanne for a lower level group so they could get an HQ update.

A few members in my guild, and I surmise many throughout the game, sprinted to level 50 as soon as the game came out. They subsequently got bored and left. That's unfortunate since there has been so much great content and changes made since then. I'm glad to see many folks come here with, "Thinking of coming back..." threads.

By the way, I saw a level 50 Froglock about 5 weeks after they were unlocked. That's just crazy talk!

This brings up an interesting point...

How casual IS casual? How hardcore IS hardcore?

Just say it Tut...you hate me