Great post, love it. You can actually start leveling in Rathe Mts starting at around level 4 or 5 - start on brown and black bears, then move on to the named scarab beetles (can run between the two camps if you can kill them quickly) at level 8-9ish depending on how beefy you are. I've just started EXPing in Rathe in earnest for the first time on a troll shadowknight, and it's pretty cool how much different stuff there is. On the other hand, some things are a turn-off, like not being able to get to lower-level undead because they're right next to giant skeletons, guards and giant skeletons patrolling around where I might want to otherwise EXP; sparse areas with not a lot going on. But it is a cool zone.
My personal favorite outdoor zone is Butcherblock Mountains. I know it's not exactly obscure, but I just love the zone and I have heavy nostalgia for it since I used to hunt there on my very earliest characters on Live, who were mainly dwarves. The newbie yard is amazing, with huge monster density and a ton of skeletons whose bone chips you can use for crazy EXP in Kaladim or sell to necromancers.
The part of the zone between the crossroads and GFay has a ton of largely non-aggressive wandering monsters you can hunt to great effect from level 3-4 to 9 or so. Then you have the great goblin warrior camp by the crossroads - three goblin warriors, single pullable (kind of), with two single-pullable dwarven bandits nearby (not at the camp itself but wandering nearby) and a stationary giant scarab if you can handle more monsters.
Then you have the dwarven bandit camp between the crossroads and GFay, which is amazing because it has four bandits, all of whom patrol in such a way that you can single pull all four of them. On a standard short respawn time (~6 minutes), this is a great and reliable spot to EXP. And once you graduate from there, you of course can try the chessboard, assuming you have tools to deal with the tough non-warrior monsters there.
Finally, there is the lone static level 3 orc centurion standing right by GFay who you can always hit up for a couple of extra Crushbone belts. He is like a great best friend or family dog, always there for you, always willing to help out (by getting murdered - OK, the analogy isn't great).
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