The only source of dmg.. (leveling help)

This is what I personally did:

I purchased NC with a reserve of spina I had from quitting and returning.
I basically got that reserve from selling old, rare gear and dyes (legit had 6 black a dyes that sold for 500-1m ea that was insane).
Of course, I used the NC to get my lck farmer to 150 easily and from there - I now have the 150 skills unlocked.
The 150 skills are insanely OP. Finale does so much damage its not even funny. Even lck farmers are viable in boss fights, something I didnt even know until I got finale.
So basically what I'm saying is:
NC is great to get a lck farmer up to 150, but let me tell you, from 125 or so of NC straight to 150, it costed me about 4-5m or so. It was NOT cheap, but for ME it was worth it because I didn't want to sit there for 2 weeks grinding bosses (I cant stand grinding bosses for anything but gear at this point on toram. It takes "grinding" to a new level when you're exp grinding. Plus I'm uber impatient rip.) so I "bought" my way to 150.
However, I wont do that to any of my other characters because like I said.. NC is expensive when you are trying to level characters to 165 with it.
Putting it into perspective, at 150, I'm only gaining 2% exp per STACK of NC which means I am going getting 8% per 35-40k.
Yeah its an expensive deal.

Wrapping this up:
My suggestion to you is to
A: get storm asap
B: farm the living heck out of Mecha Boars for Energy Bottles
C: sell energy bottles for 17-20k per stack (20k is the on going rate rn - board is 22k)
D: ??? either farm bosses or buy NC until 150 - your choice

 

My first character luk mage reach 115 after main q.
This one when i create the character i pick the continue progress choice (insta skip to chapter 7) i think that's why

 

I'm slowly grinding the bosses right now, i wontI buy nc 'cos it must be a pain to report the quest xD
It's just sad that the only thing we can do is to root for tier 4 skill for now

 

Use mecs and pets, atleast that’s how I did it o.e

 

I understand you i partied people with not 4 tier and i desperate s ton being tank. Its like please can go kill already? Maybe enchant blade could help you?