I think that the Balefort tomes quest line is horrible. Approximately halfway through the second quest where I needed 256 I hit level 23. At that point my options are to either play for hours and hours to get 1024 more tomes and gain zero experience or in the same amount of time get to approximately level 35, make a ton more gold, and qualify for much better equipment than the level 19 pink item that the tomes get me.

I have been playing along attempting to complete all quests in an area before moving on, but I just cannot justify the time and drudgery that this quest would require.