Originally Posted by
Sharuko
If you want to be max level in a week or even months playing casually this isn't that game. The more casual player will take 3 months at least to hit VR10. I probably will take longer. If you don't like the questing and leveling content, and don't like it now you probably won't like it later on.
You get a lot of xp for exploration even silly things like opening chests, so you shouldn't just be questing.
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That fight was impossible for me as melee, so I switched to range and it got easier but was still hard. You need a CC or throw back ability and you can constantly use that ability because there are no diminishing returns. I kept using the destro staffs knockback and kept kiting it was the only way to do it for me. Some of those fights are incredibly hard as melee.
In terms of who to pick, I made the same choice as you and had the same problem as you. Not sure if it effects anything later on, I don't think it should.