I've played this game of and on for 6 years and just came back for the umpteenth time. I've never made it to level 200 on my own, let alone 220. I'm more of an explorer and quester and don't like to skip content, so I level rather slowly, doing it in spurts when I am bored of my current level.
I have 2 accounts full of characters in the 50-170 range. Another was my brothers and has his old 203 trader and 200 MA on it plus a slew of my lowbie alts.
My own highest level character is my 170 MP. I have 8 AI levels and my research is 5-5-5-5-6-7-7. I'm 5 levels away from unlocking the 8th tier of research and am not close to it in 5 out of 7 of my researches. I know the amount of xp for research jumps at 9 and 10, but the first 8 levels seem fairly easy and I think I should cap them as soon as possible but don't know if thats right? its easier to get xp the higher level I am so should I just wait?
I level all my newer characters roughly the same way Phyxr does in his guide, I find the game kind of leads you to those places and theres not many cases of not knowing where to go.
I've done the last of my MP's leveling at Adonis Hecklers. But I really don't know where to go next or what my alternatives are.
I do some LE missions and RK missions to break up the monotony of Hecklers and thats it.
I don't have my Adonis Key and have never seen Pen or Inferno but I've heard of missions available there but have no idea how to get there.
I really wish there was something like Phyxr's guide to give me a clue on how to tough it out to 200 and beyond, with suggestions on when to hit up garden key quests, specializations, and any specific dungeons to hit in this TL for must-have items like inferno ring(i've seen it spammed for sale). I also wonder how far I should be progressed research and alien level wise around this time. I don't know if I should put more xp towards research or do more alien missions or focus on getting levels and the rest can come in a trickle as a I go.
I know this is asking a lot, and I don't expect a step by step guide in response, but some suggestions would go a long way.
I've done most of the Dark Ruins solo dungeon(just have to kill the boss, failed twice last night) and I read I can solo the first couple parts of the Team dungeon every day for a good chunk of xp. But besides that and Adonis Hecklers I don't know where to go.