I found out something to make the Journey is Half the Fun quest easier (more specifically, the Nektulos Forest portion, the hardest part), especially if you don't have SoW. I was a 34 wizard at the time and I did the entire quest by myself. I found out that Spirit Totem of the Wolf stacks with Blood of the Wolf/Lesser Blood of the Wolf/Powerful Blood of the Wolf. It gets you to a steady faster-than-sprinting speed and makes it quite easy to beat any of the zones. I beat the Nektulos Forest part (without using the cheating way of jumping off N'mar's Ascent, as this usually just slowed me down) with over two and a half minutes to spare. I did have evac and used it after the last checkpoint.