down time

hi, im new to L2 and i was wondering if theres anyway of decreasing my down time. im an orc fight lvl 10. i have relax which helps but any other advice would be great

Around level 15 or so you can get a buff from the newbie guide called Vampiric Rage - it lets you drain HP from mobs as you attack and should help a good deal. There's also a few quests that will give you about 100 healing potions that you can use to keep your HP up.

In later levels you'll need to either group, or use alot of HP potions... which isn't advised unless you're very rich.

To reduce downtime you need a good party. But at low levels it's hard to avoid having to sit for a while.

as a fighertype you alone will always have downtime unless you fight much lower level mobs. Then you will just increase the time between downtimes.

Sulutions.
Pots, pots tons of pots to help replenish hp. draback costs alot of adena.
Team up with a friend who has healing char. Works like a charm and you can get very good hunting from it. Drawbacks you need your friend online at the same time as you.
Team up with your self. Buy an other key/account make a healer type of character and heal/buff your main character while hunting. make a team and both will level.

thx for the replies, best get saving for those potions ;)

IMO If its your first toon you shouldn't use anything to speed up lvling before your second class change quest. Yes it takes twice as long to lvl andit gets boring regening hp/mp. But in the end you will have alot more adena to go towards your C gear. If you use anything to speed up lvling it will be much harder to upgrade equipment. I would also save everything you get in drops specially basic materials. It will pay off in the long run.