Leveling THF to 15...

[Gman]

As you all know, getting THF to 15 is tourture. Not many want a THF in their group pre 15 for obvious reasons. No make matters worse, I'm a Taru, so that means less damage, less HP.

Any suggestions on what I should do? I leveled Ranger to 7 in order to use it as a sub for my THF to 15, so I would at least be able to contribute some damage, as well as tracking down mobs.

Do you recommend I bite the bullet and solo easy prey mobs for 3 levels or try to group?

I plan on taking THF to 25 to make use of both TH and flee, subbing it on my 50 RDM while farming. I figure 15-25 wont be as rough as getting to 15.

Thanks.

[PhoR]

put your flag up and solo worms in konschtat Highlands.

this way you're only 1 zone away from valkurm so people can still see you seeking when they do a player search.

there's a good worm spot about mid-map on the far west side right by where you fight the bomb for sam quest.

and use sword, not dagger. There are no good daggers till decurion's dagger at 20.. anything before that sucks compared to the swords available.

hope that helps

[Gman]

Thanks, I was actually fighting those worms last night until I ran out of arrows... their level range is quite a bit... they went from easy prey with low def/evasion all the way to even match. Still, if theres no competition, there are constant spawns to keep the exp flowing.

I use a sword, and a Freeswords Bow, and Bone arrows. Hopefully I will get an invite or 2. I'm only 1.1k till level 12.

[Rico]

I remember I leveled my Thief as a Elvaan to lvl 15 with no sub . In Ghelsba (sp) Outpost you can lvl there all the way to lvl 15. Just need to be careful of aggro and you'll be fine I made so much money there because of gil and fire crystals . I recomend going there... the EXP might be low but you can kill so many orcs so fast you can gain a good amount. I only fought Easy Prey Orc Grapplers and only Decent Prey Orc Fodders, got my thief to lvl 15 in two hard working weeks, lvling there gave me the amount of money to get two Balance rings +1 .

[Lightfoot]

Here is what i did, i went to ghelsba until lvl 12 (good money, fast exp) then at 12 i headed to valkrum dunes and got in party. i know what your thinking but before i get crucified let me explain.

Get in a party there will be a desire for you if nothing else then to complete a party. the exp will be good as any regular party but my kicker is we had somone who had a high lvl WHM keeping an eye on us. EXP was astounding! i jumped from 12 to 14 in a few hours. this may seem like a one in a million type thing but it can happen if you have patiance. getting a pt at 12 or so i not a bad thing.

People saying that you will never get a pt pre 15 is a myth, yes you will get passed up in favor of more beefy tanks but there is a demand for THF you just gotta look a little harder to find it.

[Kerriel]

I've been leveling mostly by myself until I hit 11 I believe. Then I got lucky and got some invites to pt. Then I moved to Selbina to level at the dunes. It was pretty fun and if you know people. That's another plus too. I usually end up in pt with some of the people I pt with before. So it's not that bad.

Good luck to you!