The Spirit Realm

Obviously many people are gonna try many different ways to grind to 75 as fast as possible. I have been trying to decide between one grouping CoA instances and trying the new undead zone Frostcrypt. CoA is a wonderful choice imo because there will be no one around to argue of spawns. But, the idea of grinding while getting to know some of the new expansion is always a plus. Anyone have an opinion or another option for highend grinding?

I have been debating this with a few friends as well, here is the list we came with:
Instances:
-CoA with a few out of group DPS. Mobs still have huge HP, some have painfull resists and run at selo speed. I am personally not convinced.
-Nest instance, mobs are very spread, but are repoping.
-69.1 Hard: mobs are too spread in the plain, then stupidly packed/ bad apthing in the rest of the zone. For me it's a no.
-Lost gnome Hard: mobs are densely packed but you can get all pulls double without a puller. You don't have to run around much. Only issue is to get there between instances refreshes(and for that you can just camp an alt near the task giver).
Standard zones:
-Sverag with a few out of group DPS. Mobs not very packed, horrible pathing in a lot of places, will depend if the "good camps" are free or not and which race is up (undead = the best - Giants the worse).
-Dreadspire with a few out of group DPS: not enough mobs in shadowy student room, so the question will be if the squares near ballroom (Alex camp) will be camped or not. Pop rate is super fast, pulls are super short, mobs are a bit lower level but my experience is that it is very steady and fast XP. If you want to rest there is no issue, nothing is KoS. It is almost impossible to run out of mobs with a static camp unless there are other groups too close to you.


My personal choices would be lost gnomes or nest as I don't really plan on having DPS out of group (I know some will have it though). I am expecting many people to do nest because it is the simplest option so I will probably join those. I will use any occasion of exping in the new zones but I don't expect long grind sessions there. I might do a few CoA runs to get XP while gathering the augments I am missing if enough are using it as their lvling area.

Why race to 75 at record speed?? I DO plan to get there.. plan no AA's until I do.. but I would rather explore the new zones.. I was in one of the new zones last night... Sanderrock ( ??) Where we buy our new spells.. Trash was yellow.. ONLY way to get tier 2 spells is from TSS drops.. Sooo I think I will explore.. and go at a pleasant pace... Its all about the journey.. P.S. I saw a LOT of NPC quest givers.. Soo a lot of new quests and stuff as well..

I've been exploring some other zones since release. I loved Frostcrypt. It's all undead. But I spent some time in Icefall Glacier. If you are looking for XP, Icefall or Direwind are great choices. The XP is about the same as Frostcrypt but Frostcrypt is ALOT harder. I could duo Yellow and Red goblins in Icefall with my Shaman and I wouldn't even be able to touch anything in Frostcrypt without a full group. But the XP is the same or very similar. Go figure...

Frostcrypt can be fun if you have a good group, strong tank, good puller and plenty of healing. I enjoyed my groups there but they were DP geared guild groups with the best or near the best gear. But Risk /= Reward in that zone compared to other zones. It is unfortunate. They need to boost the XP in Frostcrypt to bring it into line with the difficulty, or else drop some of the XP in other zones that are much much easier. Otherwise, if you are just seeking XP at the most efficient rate possible, there's no benefit to going to Frostcrypt.

I hope they adjust it with a ZEM or some such to attract people there or else once the intial new zone frenzy wears off, it's not going to be frequented much IMO.