On my first char, so newer to L2. Right now, I'm lvl 48 Gladi and loving it, but running out of places to grind since im not familiar, the maps helps, but hard to tell if alots of mobs there or hp/casters hehe. It would be nice to have good cash drops too since im finding it hard to save up for B grade, using alot on pots/cc/swifts since im slow with weaps. Any tips will be appreciated ^^ ty In game name is Zefuris!
Try hunting in the area outside Shuttgart affectionately known as Pavel Ruins.
drops herbs, is fairly easy and quick kills, gives a quest for stuff, and is pretty tightly packed mobs.
i liked it, levelling there as a tyrant.
alternatively try soloing in Enchanted Valley. it will require you to use Greater heal potions, and Greater swift attack potions, but will prove the most effective soloing for a while.
other than that i'd say look for some help from friends in your clan/friendslist. often duoaing will make hunting in harder areas much faster/more fun.
EV was my favourite at those levels (though Pavel Ruins didnt even exist at the time). Once thing I will say about Pavel Ruins is avoid going inside the building to the group mobs, and make sure you have a half decent set of jewelry on.
I stayed at Pavel Ruins until I was sick of it and couldn't stand it any longer (about lvl 52).
After that, everyone recommends Forsaken Plains until your early 60s, but I personally hate FP, partially because it's hard to find an open spot there (cuz everyone and there mother considers it to be the "only" place to grind a 5x or 6x fighter...), but mostly because it's just ugly. I like to hunt in pretty spots like around Elven Village, Oren, Inadril, etc. ;)
I found that Outlaw Forest was just as good and far easier to find a spot to grind. Mobs are grouped closer together there and respawn rate is good so you don't have to run half a mile between mobs (oh, that's another thing I hated about FP.) Mobs drop pots there too, so that's good. And like FP, it has transformation mobs. The mobs in FP only transform once tho, the mobs in Outlaw Forest can transform a total of 3 times for a whole lotta xp.
I got really good drops in both Pavel and Outlaw's... I got tons of life stones in Pavel Ruins (about 1-2 per hour) and I got a few in Outlaws. I also got a full SLS drop in Outlaws.
Around level 58 (I think) I moved to the Devestated Castle area, which had bug and plant mobs, so I could use my detect weakness skill.