Faster ways to level up?

Okay, I'm at level 12 currently ( a thief) and it's more frustrating than ever right now. I get only 12 - 25 exp from each kill, and I feel LUCKY if I get over 30.

Right now I'm killing Goblin weavers and thugs, wild sheeps, mouse bats and all those things that are near San D'orian ( like that King's tomb). I haven't went too far yet, though; farthest I've gone so far is that King's tomb's vault 2 where I first encountered wind bats, and even they kicked my ass easily when I tried them.

So, can you think of any monsters near San D'orian ( since I can't go to other cities yet, I guess) which I possible haven't encountered yet and which might be possible for me to kill? It'd be great if I could get something like 50exp/kill again. :\
It's VERY frustrating to spend time with somewhat durable sheeps, which only gives you 15exp.

If you can party with people that know what they're doing and fight enemies that are just over the consider "even" mark you can get experience chains from killing more than one enemy at that level in a preset amount of time.

Either way this is why parties become good after a while as they allow you to tackle harder enemies for more experience.

EXP chains are fun, and easy to do if you're facing linking monsters...

Make friends; join a linkshell. You'll have a hard time finding a party as a thief untill higher levels because you can't take or deal much damage. Having a friend will let you have a party despite not having much to offer in return. Your parties will pick up around level 15, they say, so that's something to look forward to. If you know a whm friend, you can ask to be powerlevelled - entailing the whm healing you while not in a pt with you, so that you can solo enemies way above your range.

Yeah, I decide to solo for a while since it'd be possible a long time-wasting wait no party guaranteed. :)

And yes, level 15 is something to look forward to indeed, because I'll get the sneak attack then and I've heard it's pretty good and will make my thief much stronger.

Before I created my thief, I read from somewhere that first 15 levels with a thief is 15 LEVELS OF HELL and now I have only 2 and a half levels of that hell left, so I just gotta bare with it. :)

Thing is, sometimes when it's slow, you feel like playing is VERY forced, meaning you play eventhough you HATE to play the game at the moment, but you do it because you just *have* to do it to make it more fun and you'll have to do it sooner or later anyway. That's my gaming hell, when it comes to MMORPG's. It's awful especially you're tired. :)

That's what I liked about Diablo II, almost no wait.

Yeah, I found that a thief was very boring at the early levels, so much so that I abandoned the class at level 11. I wanted to play with other people, and as no one wanted to play with a thief I gave up.

Funny, now that I'm a white mage I have no qualms with partying with a thief and having them act as a tank. Of course I'm not too high in levels so it works well.

Level 12?

It's time to go to Valkurm.

From West Ronfaure, go south to La Theine Plateau, then south again and you're in Valkurm.

Don't try to fight anything until you get a party. You *should* have a map of the area before you go in, because you'll need it to find your party.

What exactly are experience chains?

And I wish I could find a party. Gotta try that tomorrow. I really haven't tried to talk with anyone insie the game yet...what are the best places to look for party?

EXP chains are when you kill a even or higher checked monster, then kill another one even or higher, in a certain amount of time (it starts at 80 seconds for exp chain 1, after that it reduces by 20 I think every time till it's 20 per chain)

Thier pretty good to get your party maximum exp.

I advise to start with Toughs first to build TP, then chain up to 200 or so by the 2nd, then go to IT and fight them over and over and chain up to 5 and get 300exp max from em. Rest for a min or two, then repeat. A good static party can take you miles.

Go to Valkrum Mik or fight in LaTheine Plateau if you want a bigger challenge. Valkrum is hard and you'll most likely die lots if you party with idiots. make sure there's a whm or at least two redmages in the party for healing otherwise things will go from bad to worst in no time flat at that low level.

EDIT: Redmages should know Cure II by then anyways and Chainspell is their 2 hours, not as useful as Benediction but still, if their MP is still relatively decent, you should pull out with SOME hp. ^_^

EDIT 2: One rdm should concentrate on the tank to heal and the other sort of heal around. That's what I usually do and the party pulls out fine without a whm. Make sure you guys plan out the roles if there are no whm in the party so everyone is well aware of their positions and there's no misunderstanding. Try to grab a black mage if there is no whm O_O the rdm can concentrate on only healing then instead of enfeebling. *nods* Last edit I swear.

Yeah, no healer means instant death for the whole party.

Thief. I hate thief, but I love treasure hunter.

Eternalshiva being the kind hearted soul she is, is giving me a boost with her uber healing magic, while I fight stuff I could never take solo. =)

If i've learned anything about this game it's that there really is no fast way of leveling.

Yes, I do realize there's no way to level fast and it'd be lame if there was. I just needed tips to level fastER than this very slow pace I was having, and this topic has helped me a LOT. Thanks guys. :)

Also, I guess I hadn't read manual well enough first time. I just now realized that you can put "seeking party" as your status. I hope it's gonna help when I'm past level 15. Right now I'm few hundred exp from level 13, and my goal is to be at level 15 by the end of tomorrow. And I'm kinda enjoying playing right now.

Okay, so how do you look for parties? For example, if I wanna party and wanna go to Valkrum as Bleys suggested, should I go near walkrum with my status purple? And once more, thanks everyone. Its' great to have some mentoring around here.