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@Traitor: haha well... that's why i dropped Zero lol

Thanks guys!

[quote=hangwithhung]level 1-30, go to the evil, dark, cold, and surgeon eyes. they're much faster to level at.
I also hate theme dungeons so from levels 30-44, gravi stone gars.
then, if you have enough equips and have good mobbing skills, copper drakes.
At level 70, RJPQ or sandrats, if you can't find a party.
Then for the rest of it, follow what @nerdi prescribed

buuuuut can anyone tell me if the quests actually give good enough EXP to rival straight grinding? i'd be very interested[/quote]

Not to my knowledge but if you're looking for quest grind, Zero is a straight quest grind to 180.

level 1-30, go to the evil, dark, cold, and surgeon eyes. they're much faster to level at.
I also hate theme dungeons so from levels 30-44, gravi stone gars.
then, if you have enough equips and have good mobbing skills, copper drakes.
At level 70, RJPQ or sandrats, if you can't find a party.
Then for the rest of it, follow what @nerdi prescribed

buuuuut can anyone tell me if the quests actually give good enough EXP to rival straight grinding? i'd be very interested

Here's a guide I typed out for someone via PM a little while ago:

[quote=Traitor][b]Basic training guide:[/b]
-Starting from level 1-10, you pretty much just job advance as usual.
-Once you're level 10, you can go to Golem Temple in Henesys in which you can level there until 25-30.
-Once you're level 25-30, you can move to Gold Beach. I would start on the left side map with the coconuts and work my way up to Shockwave Beach 1. I would stay here until around maybe level 50-55 or so.
-Starting at level 50, you can go LudiPQ. PQs are now all gathered in one place available by the Dimension Door in most towns. I would Ludi PQ until level 50. [If you do not wish to PQ the whole way, you can go to drakes at around level 55-60 and work your way to 70]
-Once you are 70, I would do Romeo and Juliet PQ and stop and grind at the stage with the Roids. This stage is the best for exp even grinding outside of PQ best optimized with a Phantom/Priest with HS and a Kanna for Kishin. Other Alternatives are Sahel 2 in Ariant. You can stay grinding in this PQ until 140-150, it's pretty much the fastest way to level IMO, unless you wanna try to grind in some maps in Magatia which is a bit slower.
-Once you hit 140 you can do a party for Dimension Invasion PQ if you can't solo it yourself, you can pretty much do your daily 10 PQs and then go grind at Mysterious Path 3 in Singapore. Once you reach 165, you can now enter Stronghold. [b]Note:[/b][i]Honestly, I really don't recommend it unless you have friends to leech off of or unless you can do 1-3 hits. Otherwise, the exp isn't as great and you're better off doing your daily DIPQs.[/i] You can pretty much farm the gloves in DIPQ and sell in a shop for a couple mil apiece, I'm not sure where the price stands right now.
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http://mapleleveling.blogspot.ca/2015/01/maplestory-power-leveling-guide-2015.html
wasn't that hard to find man

from 50-70 lpq
70-140 romeo and juliet pq