I played nearly all day up to about 42, after that the exp without a scroll became a bit depressing so I just stuck to the 3 hours again.
From what I remember I think I got to 16 the first day, 24 by the 2nd, 28 by the 3rd then I got the nukes on the 4th day and I got to 42 on the 9th day, just using npc gear for most of it too, I only started buying better stuff towards the late 40's. I could have got to 52 in less time than I did if I kept grinding scrolless.
I didn't buy a gold ticket until 24, I used a 1 day one for the 600 chakji quest, seemed like a perfect time for it and then I bought one at 24.
The thing with ints is if your careful you can 2 shot stuff 5 or even 6 levels above you so you can forget the quests and level up really really quick, I did the yeowa quests cuz the drop rate is so good for those and the 1000 flowers when I could 1 shot them.
I'm sick of seeing the ice though, it's been almost 3 months but I'm finishing after this weeks ticket ends.
Once I'm 70 I'm gonna make a good guide on getting to 52 in a month as an int and ending up damn strong too, including what quests to skip and what to farm and when, it should be a good read
If your just doing your 3 hours though, it shouldn't take more than a month or so. I slowed down a hell of a lot once I got to 42, I didn't play some days.
Oh yeah and the big trick is, use bows (sos ones if you can afford them) to get you to 30 it's soooo much faster than anything else, you save up the curst hearts from level 20 and delevel the bow stuff once your 30 and spend the sp on your nukes etc, I had about 305 curst hearts when I hit 30.
