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seldrin
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Is it possible to either restrict these to only level 50 characters or group up according to level? I know you can "level adjust" to someone on the team, however there is no way a level 30 character is going to pull their weight in one of these events. Their ship is not equipped with high level gear nor do they have the slots they would at higher level ships.
Yes I know it is possible to complete these with a handicapped teammate but that doesn't mean it should be. Some times you get unlucky with the queue and random selection of enemy. Next thing you know you have one or two non-level 50 teammates and you're going up against Tholians.
Long story short, please separate the queues based on level. Level matching does not equal actually being at that level (or any where near it for that matter).
Yes I know it is possible to complete these with a handicapped teammate but that doesn't mean it should be. Some times you get unlucky with the queue and random selection of enemy. Next thing you know you have one or two non-level 50 teammates and you're going up against Tholians.
Long story short, please separate the queues based on level. Level matching does not equal actually being at that level (or any where near it for that matter).
Vel'Drin (AKA Romulan Dukat)
R.R.W. Novus Legatum - Romulan Republic (Fed Aligned)
Original Join Forum Date: August 2008
R.R.W. Novus Legatum - Romulan Republic (Fed Aligned)
Original Join Forum Date: August 2008
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Right now the only way to preset everyone's level is to make a Private Queue. Which, I might add, don't work at the moment. :cool:
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Too many VA's bring down the tholians or the borg and then its upto the lower ranks to sort it out
the RP fleets are doing better than most
i think it is basically player skill and gameplay/mechanics understanding mixed with teamwork.
A lvl 30 skilled player will undoubtably outperform a rainbow cruiser with a lvl 50 captain that startet playing a month prior.
I have yet to see a RP fleet that can hold up to a PVP fleet at difficult PVE content like no win or hive. Sure there are probably good and skilled players in both, but 90% of RP players that think they are good, actually really aren't.
purely because its not supposed to be winable
I don't have too much difficulty with the lower levels joining in a group if we get Klingons or Orions. But when we start fighting Tholians that's another story. Tholians can be a pain as it is but throw in one or two characters in the group who aren't even level 30? It can be nearly impossible even with direction.
Ever create a foundry mission? If so, have you noticed that based on the type of enemies you put in it, there are level restrictions on what level a player can be before they access it? Granted I am no foundry savant but it gives me the impression that those NPC's are meant for higher level players due to some sort of difficulty that comes inherent with them.
Perhaps if they wish to keep the system in place as is, maybe they could limit the type of enemies you can get based on the level of the players. Or instead of matching our higher level they could match us at the lower level player. (They won't do that last one because the level matching system really doesn't work to "even" the playing field out.)
R.R.W. Novus Legatum - Romulan Republic (Fed Aligned)
Original Join Forum Date: August 2008
The flaw in your argument is that group events are predicated on all members operating as a group. If you are expecting to be carried by others, you are treating the event as an individual event, not a group event.
I freely admit that I often behave in just that way, expect to be carried because I don't feel like participating in something tedious but want the rewards to keep assignments queued. I don't seek to pretend that's anything other than a selfish impulse, and I wouldn't behave that way if the system discouraged it.