Coffee lots and lots of coffee. I think ncsoft s laughing at us when we race to be 'awakened' and find 0.01% per mob...
Now now, don't say that. When you awaken, you embrace the "power of the giants", which includes bundled Giant amounts of exp to level. Makes perfect sense :D:D
1-85 got exp adjustments. 1-86 allows the possibility to use extra exp bonuses equalling to what.. an extra 300%? Everything after that is meant to be business as usual for L2. The race to 85 is the new race to be your main class.