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commandersolace
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Is there any easy way to level without running 50+ Argala runs to get even half way up the bar?
It's infuriating! Any tips please?
It's infuriating! Any tips please?
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This process only has a limited scope, but you may well make 60
I'm sorry I jest, but yes it is VERY tedious levelling past 50/60 now, especially after the story, unless you hammer the patrols and doffing and I feel your pain.
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Find any XP bonuses you can... whether they are store bought or, one trick I have found, find and engage any and all sector red alerts (Borg, etc.) as it is an auto XP boost zone.... The problem with this is you will have to go from sector to sector, instance to instance in search for them... but they DO help... even if not by leaps and bounds.
Haven't they nerfed this already? I know on Kobali Prime if you replay misisons the rewards are halved if not more.
Replay rewards have never been great, I don't think it's a 'feature' of DR though, I find the AQ and BQ patrols are 900xp a time, I hear the sirius block ones are higher, I'm not sure what the story replay is.
You could try foundry stuff as well, that gives out some decent XP if the get some or other mission attached to it and do spotlighted ones, that'll keep you busy if nothing else.
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Doffing for 2-3 months ... not sure about the last nerf, maybe 4-6 months now ... at least logging in every 24h is doable, without the urge to wash out your eyes with acid ...
Give it a few weeks, and we'll all forget about the 50-to-60 grind.
Dunno ... can't remember all of these 500 "Death Mine" - Runs, just to go to Northrend ... :P
fixed that for you ...
Make spec points post 60 take forever, I don't care about those, we really don't need more power. I'm more concerned for the players who just want to have fun playing through the story, but hit this annoying "grind patrols and doff" roadblock.
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Never have I seen an MMO expansion where they didn't have nearly enough content to fill the levels added, ever. I cannot think of 1 expansion where I was forced to rerun either new or old content with such mindless repetition. Leveling from 50-60 is by far the worst leveling experience I have ever seen in any MMO.
They added a level increase for no other reason than to add an increase. There isn't enough content to fill those levels. You get no new captain abilities, no new skill points or skills, in fact it the biggest waste of 10 levels I have ever seen in a game. All it serves to do is gate content, forcing you to level to see it. And once you do get to 60 you have access to all the same exact content you were already playing at 50 just with more HP. The amount of fail made by Cryptic here is just mind boggling.
It has already been a few weeks and those toons I didn't level before the nerf are not even remotely close to 60.
Would this not infer that the Tootsie Pop sucks YOU?
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I just read you sig and started saying
"Delta rising is the greatest expansion ever and players love it"
then snapped out of it....how dare cryptic use jedi mind tricks on me in a star trek game
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The flip side of this coin is: if you are starting DR content at level 50, there is not much left to miss.
What else are they going to do? Patrols? Not exactly exciting or fun. PvP? Completely broken. The Foundry? Good luck finding the mission you want to play. Explore? Oh yeah....
I think they added enough content, but certainly it isn't all in the story.
The ship mastery system makes running PvEs or other patrols very much worth it. I'd venture that the mission-to-mission gap gives players time for leveling their ships. I know the last missions of DR were certainly made a lot easier given that I had enough time to level a couple of my ships before the big fights, as well as get some of my gear upgraded.
No, not all the content is in the story. But they've placed additional value in playing other content, by allowing other content to help further your progress in the new game systems.
For example, starting the Delta Rising content at level 50, you can do either the first or first two missions. The next after that requires level 51. It is not "wanting something for nothing" to expect those missions to get one to level 51 without replaying with the ones after that following that same pattern.
Remember, there are people out there who don't much care for re-runs in any media.
The current content was equivalent to 8 levels if you go off the 8 Missions. However I'd reckon Kobali Prime is only really worth 2 levels at most. So drop that to 5 levels total for a nice round number. Then to get to 60 have the STF's and other content fill the gap Which it can do nicely if they didn't nerf it to faeces.
As you release more episodic content (like that new mission the other day) then you set it to the next level, say level 55-56 and add it in. Some people will have already passed it, others won't have. The great part about it being an MMO is that it's playable REGARDLESS of level. Those still leveling will get it at the right point in the story. Those past it will be able to progress their own story as it's released. Everyone wins, no egg on face, no kneejerk "OMG players are having fun working together to beat content MUST NERF reactions needed."
But then to suggest any of that would require having someone managing the project capable of logical thought.
(In B4 ban for trolling again!)
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Usually it's quickly patched in this case. For Swtor they added a X12 experience boost with the new addon preorder.
But yeah, leveling is bad in DR. Even worse considering half the story quests are patrol mission. And there is no replayablilty, since the missions are the same no matter your allegiance, and the dialogues are exactly the same, except for a few (the first mission with Neelix, other than that, it's the same).