Hill giants to 51 and then Geo caves to 60 is the way.
Hill giants EXP tapers off heavy as you approach 51 but the plat is so good its worth it. Also (atleast on green) tends to be a competitive camp so great way to sharpen your FTE skills. Bards are one of if not the strongest classes at the giant hill in Rathe...You can AE down all the trash to up the HG spawn rate, track to be the first to know when HGs spawn and what direction, fastest run speed to get to the mob and then you can either fear/snare kite (I pull them off the hill first for safety) or if you find 2, or get an add, you can charm kite.
Same with Geos except they are a lot more plentiful so charm kiting is 100% the way to go, just find a good place where you can grab 2 at a time in the caves. Charm one, use your 3x drum dots, then switch to the other and repeat until they are both about dead and running, once they are running snare and finish off with drum dots. Awesome exp all the way to 60 with very few greening out and great source of plat from all the gems as well as the stocking up on velious armor gems. If you get some decent resist gear the shaman become the same difficulty or easier than the regular geos, I resist most of their spells with velious raid resist gear.
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