I feel like I'm doing well when I can finish 3 contracts in a WEEK.
If you're a new player, if you're RPing along the way, gathering information on the locations before going, make sure you shop around for level-appropriate gear, keep your professions and consumables in order, and explore slowly and carefully, Arelith is NOT a trivial time-sink.
Maybe cruising around in perfect "grind loops" is easy when you know the server, but I promise you that it's not second-nature to a lot of us. The ease of leveling for established players is the fruits of experience, which is appropriate.
EDIT: And if you have a sub-optimal build for RP concessions, it gets even more difficult. Fist-based monk is bloody hard.
Do Quests Give Too Much XP?
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