I myself was not so conservative on the other activities leading up to grenades, but once I had them I leveled up up almost exactly that way. I got the first 4 levels though nading giant crabs at driftwood, while walking backwards. 2-3 lvl20+ crabs at a shot, gets ya to lvl 4 in no time. Take a friend to driftwood so you can tp out and reload at least once.
The rest of the above I pretty much follow(ed), to the T.
I much appreciate the section on "Dealing with other players", its quite disruptive when those that would just run out and create chaos, or staffers that basically 'take over the field' by attacking the group the second they spawn.
I got to a point that i'd razz them with a few lines, and just switch servers, as the types are generally not considerate enough to do that themselves are either griefers, or some kid that doesnt even see what im typing.
Zeppers Lvl 40
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