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Can you outlevel content?

cmdrgodfreycmdrgodfrey Posts: 20 Arc User
edited September 2012 in Champions Online Discussion
Just wondering if I took advantage of the Double XP along with XP boosters from the C-Store, if I can go back and complete missions/perks (aside from tutorial) that I missed?

Didn't know if all/certain/no missions were level capped here.
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  • crashdragoncrashdragon Posts: 31 Arc User
    edited September 2012
    No you can't out level them, I'm going back at the moment to complete perks, and found a mission that I missed. And I'm Lvl 40. It was a lvl 23 one.
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  • kenpojujitsu3kenpojujitsu3 Posts: 1,320 Arc User
    edited September 2012
    You can go back and do them. About the only thing you'll outlevel is XP from mob kills on missions way below level. But with Double XP affecting mission XP you won't care.
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  • yogid0nnieyogid0nnie Posts: 132 Arc User
    edited September 2012
    short answer, yes you can out level the content in CO
  • kenpojujitsu3kenpojujitsu3 Posts: 1,320 Arc User
    edited September 2012
    yogid0nnie wrote: »
    short answer, yes you can out level the content in CO

    No, you can't. The OP asked if missions were level capped as in you can't go back and do them once you level past them. None of them are level capped like that.
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  • canadascottcanadascott Posts: 1,257 Arc User
    edited September 2012
    Bumping to make sure game content threads aren't knocked off the front page.
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  • canadascottcanadascott Posts: 1,257 Arc User
    edited September 2012
    Another bump, unfortunately, is needed. Sorry folks.
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  • sockmunkeysockmunkey Posts: 4,504 Arc User
    edited September 2012
    kenpojujitsu3 wrote: »
    No, you can't. The OP asked if missions were level capped as in you can't go back and do them once you level past them. None of them are level capped like that.

    Yes, in that respect. its correct.

    But you'll only be offered missions up to 3 levels above you. So its very possible to over achieve. If you focus strictly on orange and red level mission you can easily find yourself out of missions without new ones to take....except for missions that you passed over, that have become grey.

    Its best to stick to blue level missions, to avoid this.
  • jorifice1jorifice1 Posts: 588 Arc User
    edited September 2012
    A little piece of trivia here:
    1)There are a few missions that will not be offered if you are too high a level. It happens so seldom to me I do not even remember what they are anymore. Just that they require a "triggering" event, usually for an opponent to attack you from ambush and you are so high a level that they will ignore you completely. It used to happen a lot with the old Brains Behind The Breakout mission with the Viper Recruiter.
    2) At a certain level you will stop seeing the yellow "!" over old mission givers. This doesn't mean that you CAN"T do the missions, it just means that you are so over levelled that doing them will prove to be relatively meaningless for you in terms of reward or experience.
    Hope this helps.
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  • jennymachxjennymachx Posts: 3,000 Arc User
    edited September 2012
    Small hint: You can use your crime computer to track missions from mission npcs and their level ranges in case you want to go back and complete them when you've already surpassed the level requirements.
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  • crypticbuxomcrypticbuxom Posts: 4,620 Arc User
    edited September 2012
    Not all missions and contacts will be visible through the crime computer. So its best to use the wiki to find all the "interesting" (perk packed) missions if you feel you may have missed any. And you will miss a ton.
  • klittyklitty Posts: 1,545 Arc User
    edited September 2012
    jennymachx wrote: »
    Small hint: You can use your crime computer to track missions from mission npcs and their level ranges in case you want to go back and complete them when you've already surpassed the level requirements.

    Note that some low level and some random npcs are not listed in the crime computer.

    Just as saving the stray cadet in canada :p

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  • handsomerhandsomer Posts: 25 Arc User
    edited September 2012
    Also (don't think anyone has said this), but no matter what level you are, the quest rewards you with the same amount of xp.
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  • lohr01lohr01 Posts: 143 Arc User
    edited September 2012
    Also, if you miss missions in either the Canadian crisis or Desert Crisis and you complete them, you will not be able to go back and get them. Make sure you get all the perks/missions done before leaving.
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  • yogid0nnieyogid0nnie Posts: 132 Arc User
    edited September 2012
    kenpojujitsu3 wrote: »
    No, you can't. The OP asked if missions were level capped as in you can't go back and do them once you level past them. None of them are level capped like that.

    My bad, I admit I really only read the title of the thread. When I wrote my response it was to bump the thread to keep it above the spam on the board without actually looking like a "bump."
  • mersenneprimemersenneprime Posts: 110 Arc User
    edited September 2012
    You can outlevel the civilian missions.

    The ones you get for rescuing civilians, or the run up and offer you a mission type missions.

    For MC: You start seeing those at level 14, there's a new batch of them possible every even level until 28. At odd levels you'll get either the ones from the prior level or the ones from the next level. You'll stop getting offered them at level 30

    There's similar missions in the desert and Canada, but not sure what levels those are available/go away
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  • clockwiseclockwise Posts: 145 Arc User
    edited September 2012
    You might need a friend to sidekick down to in order to play content on- or near-level, but other than that, you aren't locked out of missions by being too high a level. Some story mission chains lock you out from returning to them or going back into their environs upon completion, but that isn't quite what you're asking about.
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