This is part question, part suggestion...Is it feasible to rank up pretty high in the DZ whilst low level in the main game?
For the hardcore on here this may be more a question for your alts...I don't know.
I'm only level 10 in the main game but already level 16 in the darkzone. I got there in only 2-3 hours by grouping up with randoms.
Both times I went in (DZ1), there were only 2-3 players in the zone total, and they immediately invited me to join them. There are tons of PvE enemies and it's pretty hard to survive them on your own, so there is a lot more incentive to team up and treat it like a really hard PvE zone.
We were basically in a constant firefight the entire time, so getting XP and cash is pretty quick, and pretty risk free as in a team of 2 or 3 you can control the encounters well.
My plan is to level a little in the main game, but always out-level that in the darkzone, I'm hoping that from 10-29 the same pattern of low server populations and high AI enemy counts will encourage teaming up and therefore fairly painless levelling up.
My aim is to get to level 50 or more in the darkzone by the time I'm levelled for DZ5 i.e. a few main levels before 30.
Is this a good idea? or a stupid one?