I turned in my quests after I hit 39 and Joana’s guide said that I should be about halfway to level 40. I was at about 40%, so, yeah, give or take, I was halfway. Then I almost cried when it said to grind to level 40. I could look for things to do around level 40, quest-wise, but that would involve traveling, too. So I started after different mobs than the guide, opting for leel 40-41 mob XP rather than 37-39s.
It got so friggin’ boring, I’m turning in for the night. I’ve got 45 minutes left to go in the morning before we head to the beach for the day. I’m gonna get that bird sometime tomorrow.
Gold update: I have 127g on Velen between my toons, with more up in auctions.
Grinding sucks – it can be mitigated a bit if you’re grinding something that you can skin (for leatherworkers anyway.)
I would have hit 40 this weekend as well on Rainchaser – but I took time out to grind through the early Teldrassil quests in order to get her Darnassus rep as close to exalted as possible. I’m holding fast around 18,000 of 21,000 right now!