Style of Leveling and ProgressionFollow

What it like? The game is still early on, and things may change, but En Masse has stated that they intend for questing to not be the only way to level, but the most effective way.

At the moment, the recommended path of progression is to do your quest chains and lines from hub to hub, and work toward zone completion at which point you gain more options of places to go quest. Often you are the choice of doing repeatables and instances as well. It will vary by solo, party, class, or team composition, but generally there are different mobs that will be favorites of each class in terms of efficiency or ease. You can pick normal mobs, or mini-bosses. Progressing in this manner is known to currently be a good idea due to getting guaranteed rewards which bring your gear tier up to par with your level, and it advances the plot and opens up new options for you. It is unknown if there are or will be pockets of optimal solo or party grind spots which may actually be preferable to questing, as time efficiency hasn’t been fully charted.

Other fun notes of interest to me, is the declaration that end game progression will involve PvP instead of simply farming or grinding everything.