[/)eathKiller]

I've gotten characters as high as level 9 before leaving with tydus and i've seen level 10s. The secret is to not do any quests (aside from one or two necessary skill quests) and just level up on the monsters. While you travel around slaying things, pick up all the extra job quests before you, yourself, get your subjob. By about level 7 or so you'll not be able to get EXP as easily any more. This means it's time to start doing the quests. Some people will wait as high as 8 or even 9 before starting. If you can get another person to help you across the wall just to the east of the ascalon city entrance (one person stands on top and hits a switch while the second person crosses the gate) You'll find yourself in and around level 5-8 monsters which, if you're skilled enogh, you can take down easily and get as high as 11-13 (though no one's ever been crazy enough to do this)

Ideally the best time to leave is about levle 3, acoording to the guild wars game manufacturers thoh it's possible to leave much later. Once you're past 3, though, you'll be able to take on anything the academy throws at you. Bear in mind it will take longer to level up and just like in pre-searing I still suggest you keep fighting monsters for a while before you start doing quests in post-searing because 1000 XP is a lot harder to earn at level 13 than it is at level 5. Also: bear in mind that the number of quests will only increase over time. I did one yesterday that got me 2500 Experience points! And all we had to do was travel through a jungle, then antoher jungle, talk to a guy, walk back, kill a level 18 dude, then walk back through the second jungle and talk to the guy again. That quest wasn't available when I first visited the area. And that was only one of many new quests i've seen.

That quest, by the way, is called Blood and Smoke and it's found outside of Ventari's refuge but only after you do "Dropping Eaves"