So, as we all have been told grinding in LOTD is the best way to level effciently after you make the leap from T3 into T4; however, with the changes of the most recent patch I am not so sure it's really the case anymore. Pre patch at a bolster to level 36 with rested bouns one would net 5k plus per mob kill. At the very early levels 30-31 this would equal to 1-2% of a level per kill. With the current bolster to 40 with rested I am getting 1700 plus per kill. It takes 2 kills per % point with rested and as many as 4 or 5 without rested bonus for the same gain. I decided to go back and just quest in Reikland to see how it went and with the quests my leveling went much faster.
Now this is of course just me solo grinding in both cases. And I did not use a a banner since not everyone has access to them. The pros of LOTD grinding in the case of loot is still superior to questing and while you are in a friendly grind group that can kill tons of mobs in less time LOTD still is more effcient. But if you really don't care about the drops and really want to get the levels old school questing in the regular zones may in fact be a faster route for level gain.
I have alts but it is rare that I actually get them to 40 so I have not done this in some time. That being said, people that have been leveling more and more often to 40 what has your experience in this area been like with the changes to bolster in LOTD?