Quote Originally Posted by SoCalKingg View Post
I must suck at this game because it took me about 30-40 hours to get to level 27.
That's not a bad time for a first run. When you begin a new game, things take a lot longer because you're spending a significant amount of your time learning the game and its interface, and exploring an unfamiliar world. If you do decide to start over, repeating now-familiar content goes far faster than exploring and learning new content, so you can get back to level 27 in far less time than it took you to get there initially.

Or at least it can go a lot faster if you want it to. It really comes down to how much time you like to spend on exploring. You can decide to rush through the early levels up to the point where you left off with your previous character, and only then slow down enough to explore the content and side-stories, etc.