There are other places to level besides The Hole, you know

[starkind]

Orc highway is desolate on green, so is FM probably aside from 40s farming plat.

[Mblake1981]

Originally Posted by strongNpretty [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

......... Rushing through EVERquest.. Fascinating.....

[Shourty]

Along with "don't eat the yellow snow", grandma also taught me to embrace the grind, and that Leveling was over rated.
I had a great time kicking and punching rats, snakes, skellies and ork pawns in the freeport zones as a new player. There is just something about grinding out the exp and looting the corpses. Every copper was saved up for food or water until I could afford some nice cured silk garments. Those felt so smooth and silky.
The grind is the thing. Embrace it.