getting a toon to 40th level is fairly easy. it's time consuming, but it's not overly labourious. the leap from 40th to 50th is an absolute grind.
pyung ahn was my first real success with a melee toon. he began life as a 2 schooled UA with lore spec'd, and in time he became a 3 schooled tank. he is a real hoss, able to hunt in places my hybrids and mages far to tread. he was my orginal bug hunter, and in many ways is the real partiarch of the group, rather than naihanchi. everyone has benefitted from the loot he has extracted from piles of dead bugs.
while he is a foromidable UA, thanks to his recent mastery of level 5 buffs, he suffers from the same shortcomings that all UA's suffer: poor damage. i am one credit shy of training mace, and once i unspec UA, he will become a macer. he will get the almighty last credit on his 50th birthday, something like 12 million XP from now. at that point i am hoping to get him to 300 base in meleeD and mace. he just made 275 in each, so i am not sure if that will be enough.
my problem is that while i have the hunting grounds for 1-40 all worked out, i am not sure where to hunt pyung now. i could power level him at the phntos menace, but that is a real drag. i could keep pushng at OHN for another few million, he is able to make it to the second phase now, but i would rather solo someplace a little more appropriate to his level, only i don't really know where that place is.
once he hits 50th, and i can imbue a mace for him, pyung will set up shop in one of the bug dungeons on the plateau or perhaps a matron hive of some kind. at that point he'll move from the original bug basher, to the ultimate bug basher.
UPDATE: i yielded to the temptation and hit the phyntos menace for the final level. i feel dirty and ashamed, but he made 50th and will very soon be a macer :-)