Decollete

Does anyone have some alt char leveling tips that might be good to apply.
1) Any recently popular areas that I can put in my go to places for dynamic events that are easily repeatable and well populated?

2) Which levels will be better off craft leveled?

I plan to craft level maybe 30 levels for character so it doesn't get too expensive.
And maybe finish some personal stories, if they're quick if I skip dialogs

Mostly what I did in the past:
1-15 in Queensdale (random events), Wayfarer (Maw and Wurms)
-> Maw doesn't repeat as often anymore

15-25 in Kessex (Centaur events from middle of map, then west of map)
25-35 in Gendarran (Vollym at arena and random events)
35-45 in Herathi (even more Centaur events)
45-55 in Bloodtide Coast (Tequatl & Poch, alpha drake, random events)
55-70 Sparkfly Fen, exploring dragon spawn and dungeon entrance areas
-> Mostly did 40-70 soloing events on my 4th alt, unlike having many many people on 1st char, some 10-15 people on 2nd

70-80 CoF 1 & 2 and Straits of Devastation to Balthazar
Straits: Sometimes nobody is around
CoF 1&2: Before Super Adventure Box, plenty of non-Zerk public games, occassionally get accepted. Don't know now with SAB

Not promoting/bashing zerk groups/gear linking, but for those groups that require gear, what is the minimum quality of gear that they expect?

I understand armor have to be Exotics
What about Back, Amulets, Rings and Accessories?
Stat differences between Masterwork -> Rare -> Exotic are small last I checked, are Masterwork/Rare sufficient?

Where in the game is the "Fear not this Night" theme? It gets mentioned everywhere but I'm not really sure that I've heard it before from playing the game.

Thanks!

I recently started joining Fractals of the Mists on my ranger and I would like to know how I should manage my pet while in the Jade Maw boss fight.

From the Wiki: "Try to avoid using pets or other minions that may get targeted by the laser, as this just wastes time when the Maw targets them."

Does stowing my pet away makes it a non-target for the boss?

Also, I'm not entirely sure what's happening but when I stow my pet, sometimes he just comes back. It kept on happening in the Uncategorized Fractal during the staircase with electric pulses. Is it because I downed/died and the pet is back when I got revived? Or is it because of a hotkey that I am accidentally pressing?

Can someone give some info about the new 20 slot bags from the Lost Shores and Fractals of the Mist updates?

20 slot bag from the one time event:
http://wiki.guildwar...Karka_Shell_Box

And then these are these 3 from:
http://wiki.guildwar...m/wiki/BUY-4373

20 Slot Fractal Exotic Equipment Box - 250 Fractal Relic
20 Slot Fractal Rare Equipment Box - 200 Fractal Relic
20 Slot Fractal Uncommon Equipment Box - 150 Fractal Relic

Are there any others?