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Suggestion: Mission Re-leveling for Season 11

gulberatgulberat Member Posts: 5,505 Arc User
I have a suggestion for the devs that I think would take little work to accomplish, but that would make the experience of leveling an alt a little less painful, as Season 11 comes out. I've thrown this out there before as part of my review series when DR first came out, and it didn't get picked up then, but I think a prime opportunity exists to do it now.

(Another note: I believe there IS still more to do, including addressing the insane upgrade costs and RNG mechanism, to repair the damage of DR, and I do think XP should be addressed. However, I am putting this out there because it is some low-hanging fruit that I believe could make a difference and hopefully without the introduction of a ridiculous number of bugs.)

I submit for your consideration the idea of re-leveling all Delta Rising missions currently at Level 60 (and possibly even the Iconian War series) down to Level 55. I think this will alleviate a bit of the stoppage people are experiencing with the storyline and contribute to a smoother playthrough experience that might incentivize people to use the story missions to level their alts. That was one of the most jarring things about playing DR that really reinforced the sense of grind, being forced to interrupt my story progression numerous times just to grind to level. While some of us have gotten some toons through to 60, a lot of us have at least one that we have not, if not more, because the prospect of moving them up to 60 is just too daunting under the current system to be fun while still allowing us to maintain our other toons.

Under my plan, Level 60 missions would start with the new season. By the time you finish DR and the Iconian War, you should be at Level 60...and doesn't it make more sense that Fleet Admiralty--Season 11--would be the prize for your victory, after (I am assuming, anyway) proving yourself a more adept commander of forces than the inept Kagran and other pretenders? And with Season 11, you truly take on the duties fitting to your rank now that you've passed your trial by fire.

This is not to ignore the many other flaws the game has, but IMO if this is to be done, the opportunity for the devs is now.

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  • fovrelfovrel Member Posts: 1,448 Arc User
    edited August 2015
    My suggestion is to make all missions, the ones we have and the new ones playable at level 50. Your idea, but a step further. With your plan we have to play the DR and Iconian content. In fact we have to play everything to be able to play everything that comes after 60. The fact is, much of the DR and Iconian content isn't that good to play it again with alts.

    Level 50 should be a soft cap and level 60 the hard cap. They may add reputations and specializations as they like, but please, never ever raise it again. Also new, but old, T7 ships, I have no interest in those.
  • gulberatgulberat Member Posts: 5,505 Arc User
    Mind you I would be at my happiest should the DR patrols be mostly struck down, with a few recreated into true missions, as I DO see the seeds for actual missions in the Benthan and Cooperative storylines (a suggestion I put forward a long time ago in another thread...won't clutter up this one retelling the stories as I imagine them), and I would not be sorry to see "House Pegh" removed due to the incredible idiocy that dominates that so-called crack intelligence team. However, I suspect that someone who DOFFs MIGHT be able to hit 60 before the end of the Iconian War missions. Not sure, but I think it may be possible.

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