Zero wrote:

if elins gun spawns the same way as niss's staff, you should be able to just bank the one you have, get a new one, bank it, etc.... until your comfortable... but i'm not sure, since i don't have her gun yet, i'm going to try and get it today :)

The easiest way to get a large number of Elin's gun is to take it off of her and store it in the storeroom in the tent (this saves a trip to the item bank), but this trick does work.

As for leveling places, I recommend staying at cirrus until about 42-45, then going to Osyla and sitting outside for raptors (not the raptor cave), since you only fight 2, so less chance to die/less food to eat. At about 50 you can sit inside the cave at earth raptors (least amount of damage/group), and at about 55-60 (if you added CON to a good amount and have a riding pet) you should be fine to walk the raptor cave. I was able too, anyway, but I boosted CON more than most people do.

NOTE: the levels are for solo leveling, they are likely lower for groups