test content
Logo
What is the Arc Client?
Install Arc
Options
Leveling much too quickly
lordjeorin
Member Posts: 0 Arc User
I find the pace of leveling much too fast in this game. I gain a level every other pvp match/skirmish/dungeon it seems and every couple of quests too. Heck, I gained a level by praying 3 times. This pace is problematic because the window for doing the dungeons and skirmishes is very small.
Dailies are now requiring 2 skirmishes for credit and I can't even do that many before I'm too high to join. I out leveled a dungeon while I was in it. My cleric was terrible and we couldn't quite beat the last boss, so now I will never finish it. This is completely unacceptable and seems like a waste. Why design all this amazing lower level content if you only get to see it maybe once and then you can't ever do it again?
If you doubled the required experience or halved the experience gain from all activities, the pacing would feel much more natural.
Dailies are now requiring 2 skirmishes for credit and I can't even do that many before I'm too high to join. I out leveled a dungeon while I was in it. My cleric was terrible and we couldn't quite beat the last boss, so now I will never finish it. This is completely unacceptable and seems like a waste. Why design all this amazing lower level content if you only get to see it maybe once and then you can't ever do it again?
If you doubled the required experience or halved the experience gain from all activities, the pacing would feel much more natural.
Post edited by lordjeorin on
0
Comments
Now finding it is a different story they should all be marked on the map.
One definite problem raised by this fast leveling, though, is that it often prohibits playing with friends. Content is often level-capped and in two extra hours of play, you can be miles ahead of everyone you know. That is something needing a fix.
Perhaps increasing the level range for instances -
from level 1 - 20 you can que for all those instances in this range.
from level 20 - 40 you can que up for all those instances in this range.
from level 40 - 60 you can que up for all those instances in this range.
Simple fix and XP / Items won't be a problem as I went in with a level 60 for MD and loot was fine as well as xp.
Not to mention we still managed to wipe the first time. **** that dungeon is OP :P
*edit
Also I reckon putting lvl 60 versions of all areas could be a possibility. Such as a nightmare version of everything.
But i dunno how difficult or time consuming this would be.
Everything u guys also whine. Hard to pacify...
I leveled from 1 to 60 in a 3 day weekend (bank holiday monday ftw) and am enjoying the game an awful lot.
Some games are higher exp than others. That's just how it works.
Note:
You don't get a level up every other BG. Even at low levels it's at least 3 wins.
i'm left Chasm at level 54, and all the mobs there are 49, i missed the Chasm skirmish completely, by the time i entered Chasm i was beinh shunted to the Drow Skirmish instead, i could not queue to the Icespire dungeon because i out levelled by the time i was halfway through the Icespire.
Either make it possible to do Skirmishes when significantly higher level than now or make it possible to do them at level 60 as hardmode versions.
Sci-fi author: The Gods We Make, The Gods We Seek, and Ji-min
To start, I would suggest reducing the amount of experience from quests. I don't know what your target number is for the average time to advance a character to maximum level, but a long weekend is just too short a time. I would suggest at least a 30% - 50% reduction if not more.
I would completely remove experience for praying.
Only require one foundry run to complete the daily foundry. My character, since about level 30, must complete 2 foundries to complete the daily foundry requirement. That is almost a level per daily foundry completion. Add daily skirmishes and dungeons and you can rocket up the leveling where content (entire zones) becomes trivial.
You could also give us a toggle switch to turn experience off and on. This is an available feature in EQ 2 and I liked it a lot. It is an easy solution for those that want to enjoy the journey through the game and not miss out on content due to level restrictions and it doesn't hamper those people who want to speed through the game.
Thank you for taking my concern into consideration.
After that, I wouldn't mind it if they would take it out of leadership missions. Why a character gets XP for sending a mercenary off to do something for 2 hours is a mystery to me.
If they want to make a small downward adjustment across the board after that then I doubt that I would complain.
However, what I dislike is how much XP you can get without actually playing the game. If you log in to invoke 1/day for the coins and AD as well as craft leadership for the AD, then over the course of a week you can get quite a bit of xp. I'm already over level for my quests at lvl27 and haven't really done any pvp or dailies.
I see no reason why invoking or crafting should grant character xp.
I have quit the game now, but I used to have 2 level 200 chars on it plus several lvl 180-199 alts (you could easily play multiple chars same time, due to turn based combat) and looking back my experience leveling on all stages of the game was fun as the drops even on lower level dungeons were still significant enough to farm even with your lvl 200s if you were bored. In order to pull off something like that though you need way more content to begin with than NW has. Sure, it took long time for dofus to develop aswel and I doubt max level in NW will forever be capped at lvl 60 either, but my point is that when you create alot of interesting low & mid level content, you can tone down the leveling speed. None of the non-epic dungeons or skirmishes are really worth running, because the xp is bad and the loot is bad - so bad infact that you can buy it almost for free at AH if you want to. Now, if the non epic dungeons actually had interesting BoP loot and useful crafting mats, it would actually be worth running them instead of following the dull questline (or pvp) for xp until you reach lvl 60 and end game.
imo the leveling speed in NW is fine compared to amount and quality of low to mid game content it has.
I'm a casual player and in an hour I got my GWF from 48-50 in the first couple areas of the Chasm. No dungeons, skirmishes or PvP at all since I was level 20 and only a foundry now and then for fun.
Been playing for just over 2 weeks now and already level 50 which is way too fast for a casual player. And if a hardcore player can get from 1-60 in a long wekend, it is even worse.