What level should I begin grinding?

Poison_Ice - Raging Tide wrote: »

Hi, Im just wondering what level is advised to start grinding for money (exp and spirit)

Im a level 53 cleric, and this is my first character this level. I was very careful about my money and I searched everything up on forums, although I still made a couple of money-spending mistakes. I can't say that im broke, but those 350k in my bank are just enough to have enough money for spells b:pleased

So Im wondering:

Am I considered poor for my level?
Should I create a new (veno) alt so i can earn more?
Should I start grinding?

Also, if I start grinding, wouldnt it mean that by level 6x I would still be pretty poor and VERY behind on all the quests? b:shocked

Help!

Hi poison_ice,

I didn't start grinding on my cleric until my 90s because I've spent a lot of time doing TTs, collecting mats for gears and such, but I would recommend that in your state, focus on getting to 70 first with some decent wood resistant armors (make that your grinding armor set ). At level 5x, that questing area, Tusk Town is really crowded and you want to get those quests out of the way before starting a grind session later.


I also wont recommend to focusing on full TT gears until level 90 (you don't need to make TT80 gears to decompose to make lvl 90 TT green), but rather, use TT weapons and some TT jewelry at level 80, Hat of the Drum Master (TT80 head armor) if you can also manage to get it

I went mostly with molded armors, or armors with -3% channeling on my cleric from 50-89 as you are constantly changing between these stages.

If you're truly in need of money, I recommend spending about 1-2 hours in a 1 on 1 grind session to NPC your DQ mats (if you're not doing DQ quests). Or start farming wine/TT mats to sell in west archosaur.

Also, to help you out financially, keep your important skills upgraded, leave out the seals (unless you plan to pvp), siren's kiss, flight mastery, chromatic healing beam, stream of rejuvenation and purehearted blessing. (you can level those once you maxed out everything else).

Here is a video I am going to share about grinding and what I recommend to collect a separate armor with high wood resistance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4suCatmKfw

As you can see, the cleric in this example was trying to round the mobs close together while purifying herself and then doing aoe dmg (razor feathers) to the whole group. I think it's the excellent way of grinding for clerics, and it's much better than spamming pet heal on my veno. The only downside to this is mana usage. I've done my calculations using the Herb Yuanxiao's (if you have that luxury, I would recommend buying tokens to exchange for Herb Yuanxiaos as those do wonders). Doing dmg 1 on 1 will probably consume 1 every 3-4 fights compared to using 1 with a group of 10.

If you need additional advice or opinion, feel free to reply, and good luck.