Level 1-10 just do the yellow story quests, then do Frostrock Forest dungeon in easy mode, trust me its easy, your hp regen is OP.
Level 10-18 do yellow quests and blue repeatables in next map the wolf one gives like 20k a pop including the kill, just kite the abyss wolf with Dot and auto attacks (RUN FOREST RUN) in the blue portal.
Level 18-22 try to find 2 dps to run Lupurs Excavation Site easy mode so then your yellow story quests will stack up & you get awesome gear/items.
Level 22-27 catch up on all those yellow story quests that are stacked up now, do a few blues/repeatables if you feel like it or need them.
Level 27-33 spam that hall of recluse dungeon with 2 dps on easy baby, you will get a purple weapon in a few shots unless you have angered the RNG gods.
Level 33-35 catch up on all those yellow quests, you will get cape (mantle) from the equipment manager in Labyrinth Forest and battle mode at 35.
Level 33-40 try and have level 40's powerlevel you on top of the platform in Emperors Garden. (ty to squishy for info) If you dont have anyone to powerlevel you then just do this.
Level 35-39 In the center of Labyrinth Forest there are like 7 circles, you will quickly learn which ones to farm. Make a group and train them/wreck them, each mob gives about 4-5k exp and you can train like 10-15 mobs. so thats 2-3 quests in 30 seconds work.
Level 39-40 finish your yellow quests off and get ready for pvp/end game dungeons.
I hope this helped ppl who were a little stuck, This was the road most of us followed to level in Ascension.
Btw when i say do yellow / blue quests, i skipped all the blues, just did yellows and if i was stuck then did a blue repeatable for that last 10%. but i just click X on the quest info for all my blues unless i was bored and wanted to do one.