I've found with my monk that getting to 55 was cake. I solo'd all the way there without much difficulty at all, but then came to a screeching halt when I dinged 56.

I'll admit that I want to pack away a few important AAs before moving on, but I can't find a place to solo, and the only place I could find a group was Greig's End, which I loathe. I imagine people have moved on to Acrylia Caverns, so I'll see what it's like there, now that it's a hotzone, but the AA exp is slower than normal exp when I was soloing. It takes HOURS to get a single AA right now, and the jump in difficulty of the mobs from 55 to 56 is incredible.

What I'm looking for is either (a) a place I can solo as a 56 monk with the gear and abilities shown in my Magelo profile, or (b) a place that's a good place to group at 56-60 that actually has a decent exp rate. I'd prefer to group, since my days of soloing as a monk are quickly coming to an end, and I won't see them again until my 70s, I imagine.

I'd also like to pre-emptively say to anyone that would like to give me the advice of "grind to level XX before getting AAs," no thank you. I'm taking this slow for a reason, and I want to have some very strong abilities under my belt before I get to 70.