Highest Presearing level?

So is the highest level you can get presearing 16? I figure if you went straight into killing & did no quests, you could go up to 8 or so, then hit northlands till 15. Since the Charr bosses are level 10 they'd stop giving you xp at 15. Then you could go do all the quests for the reward xp and hit 16.

I just hit 10 presearing, but once you get to the Northlands only point for XP it can be a pain to find someone to team with that doesn't suck

On a related note... is it totally impossible to get a rune using a regular salvage kit, or just really unlikely? Getting a rune presearing would be quite a boost. So far no luck, always just salvage out the crafting materials. The Charr drop lots of minor runes in purple armor.

it is impossible to get a rune pre-sear.

I teamed with a level 11 (I was level 9) against the Charr hordes. I got 6 runes from it all. I tried to salvage one without the expert kit and lost it, so I didn't attempt to try the others until I got out of pre-searing.

because runes are so worth it....wood planks are worth more money than runes are.

WRONG
i got a minor water rune before from a char armor

using a regular salvage kit?

SUCKA GOT SERVED!!!!!

I got several runes pre searing, but didn't extract them. I brought them post searing when I came across, and extracted them there - you can get purple drops from the level 10 Charr bosses. I wasn't even a Wa/Mo - at that level a Wa/Me has nearly as much healing between Healing Signet and Ether Feast.

um ya....that's not "getting a rune"...you don't get the rune until you salvage it..

I got a funny feelign the other poster was refering to this as well.

for clarification...You can get drops with runes IN them...you CAN'T however get a rune in pre-sear

back to OP, I'm curious if anyone has gotten above 16

I couldn't see any way otherwise for it to be possible.

Wow. I see anyone over 8th and I'm thinking they just don't wanna live in the desolated aftermath and prefer their GW game nice and pretty. I've seen only a couple 10ths and nothing higher.

One I asked, why are you still here? To which he replied "still where?" :) I asked him to type /age... 150h. in Presear. I assume chatting and naked dancing, mostly. (I guess he could be a guild crier/recruiter bot, but he did answer me so he was at his keyboard that time.)

Uh, I don't know this off the top of my head, but if the Charr were 10th and you were 14th... wouldn't you need to kill about 1000 of them to level?

lol, I'm workin my wya up there, I made mistake of doing all quests already though , I'm mostly just keeping my char there to help new people, mostly friends when they start playing, or try the game out, but I help people if they need it for any random quest or if they're looking for collector items. And trying to kill char is fun, I'm only approaching lvl 8 so, I usually get killed pretty quick

Pretty much... after about level 8 or 9 it isn't worth it.

I got to level 11 or 12 or so, and got bored. I explored the whole map, did all the quests, got around 3 runes, got a +24 bowgrip, and some other stuff. 2k of gold, 20 or so dyes ( 5 of em black ). BORING AS HELL! Only fun thing was owning the other team in the PvP thing.

I've got a level 8 warrior with no second profession in pre-searing and I've only completed one quest. I did the 1st warrior quest to get some skills and received some other warrior quests to get skills but have not yet completed those quests since the skills are granted before quest completion. I've got other characters that are beyond pre-searing. I guess I do like the green grass and the pretty blue water. I've also noticed that for my pre-searing character it seams to get more dye drops than my other post-searing characters. Odd.

Wow no wonder some people are bored i have 4 toons 3 acended they were all post sear by lvl 4 and in LA by lvl 10 sheesh.

The highest I bother to get in Presearing is level 7. Usually it involves all the quests in there, maybe skipping 1 or 2 boring ones. I just get so sick of the soloing in there I end it as fast as I can while still having a good character.

Well my main has already finished missions and ALL bonuses as well. He's unlocked all skills for 4 jobs, ranger, mezmer, monk and elementalist. While I could easily go and get another couple characters acsended (like that is supposed to be some sort of difficult accomplishment???) I'd rather see how far I can push something that wasn't ever intended.

I also agree, the presearing area is one of the nicest looking areas in the game.

There is however one huge problem with getting to level 16 presearing. When you hit level 13 the regular char would stop giving XP. Only the 4 level 10 Char bosses would give XP and by that point they would only give about 64 to 32 each kill. So at level 13 you'd have to get to and kill those 4 bosses about 450 times, give or take 50 times. I am guessing this is why most people never say they've seen someone over level 13 presearing.

Also to clarify, yes I meant is it totally impossible to SALVAGE out a rune from a piece of armor presearing. I've gotten tons of runes to drop in Northlands, but so far always salvage out cloth, hides or iron ingots and the like. I just wasnt sure if there was like a 1% chance of getting the rune out or whatnot with a regular salvage kit. In my opinion there should at least be that tiny chance, but oh well. So far I'd say I've tried on about 15 or so runes in armor with no luck. It just reminds me of trying to get fur squares out of char hides back in the day with a expert salvage kit. Like 1 in 10 or more tries got you a fur, usually just got the tanned hide. Figured maybe like 1 in 100 tries with a regular I might get a rune.

Personally I got to level 9, and was way too bored to try and get any higher