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the7thof9
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I recently started a tac character, an I was wondering if there was a faster way than doing the storyline quests. I only ask because I've already done the fed quests.
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I believe I levelled my KDF solely by doing non-story missions/events w some help from XP boosts. *thumbs up*
I've heard many people say this, but it never seems to work for me. I have never had any character level from doing a mirror incursion event, but I almost always get a level from each mission.
@ the OP:
Don't forget duty officer missions. Those give rather a lot of experience if you keep all 20 missions going.
And there is a type of duty officer called a "Consultant" found in the Operations sub category. Some give Experience bonuses (1% white, 2% green, 3% blue, 4% purple) if you have them on active duty.
you are already over level 20 (any lower and you might as well not bother with it)
you have a good group to run it with
an example of a good group is one that can get the whole thing done in less than 10 min (below level 50, at 50, 5 min or less is quite common).
the best way to make sure you have a good group is to hang back for a moment and see what the others do. if they charge in and aggro all 4 battle groups at once, hightale it out while you still can.
a good group will systematically eliminate each battle group, one at a time. REALLY good groups will also disable the satellites to make the end fight easier.
with good groups, the event can be run 4-5 times easily on a sub-50 toon, which can net you as much as 3-4 levels IME
Personally, I wish they'd leave the xp rewards the same, but make it take at least 10x (maybe even 20x or more), the xp it takes to gain a level. That would make it, in my opinion, feel far more rewarding to have gained a level, much less a title rank. But that's just my opinion.
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Then set up your doffs with a bunch of 2 and 4 hour missions (best XP efficiency IMO), do mirror, dailies, patrols, and maybe an occasional story mission to break the tedium. Some are really short honestly. As your doff missions complete/cycle that adds another bunch of XP to your pool.
Rinse and repeat.
Using this method leveling a toon should take about 24 game hours, maybe more, maybe less.
Thats how I leveled up my fed rommie, took me just under a week of playing it maybe 3-4 hours at a time.
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So, from what I'm reading, I technically don't need to actually do the missions - yes, they're faster, but they're tedious. All I have to do is sector patrols with XP Boosts with a few other things in between?
Been playing for a few days now. And I must admit...my guildies in DDO are NOT happy.
I'm diggin' this game so far. Got my Engineer up to Lt. 7, and I can hold my own against most enemies.
But I am having a bit of trouble navigating this game.
For instance, I can't seem to be able to get back to certain areas very easily, like the one place where you crunch the mats at the sciencey type place. You know the one I'm talking about.
The one WAAAY out in the middle of nowhere.
I got there once, following the tutorial, but I'll be darned if I can find it again.
And I've got a lot of these mats I need to crunch.
But in the meantime, I'll just keep blastin things. It's a hoot!
*edit*
Also, is there a trick to matching the anomaly waves? Because I'm getting only about 60% of them.
LTS, here since...when did this game launch again?
Then do DOff assignments right and you'd be surprised just how quick you can level up...
^Words that every player should keep in mind, especially whenever there's a problem with the game...
I could not figure out how to thank him/her.
The very LAST thing I want to do is to appear unappreciative when someone does something nice.
If you're levelling a new character, but already know the game well, do the defera hards. Also have a look through the foundry missions and find one that's quite pacey on dialogue and heavy on things to shoot at.
While levelling, if your concern is to get to cap in the shortest time possible, then always chose a dps ship/build regardless of what you intend to fly at cap. As you level characters, try and get into the habit of saving blue/purple weapons with even numbered mk levels. Weapons usually account bind, so once you've built a layout for each ship, you can use those on every new character you make.
You get free doffs as you level, assign some to active duty. It helps make things just that little bit faster, even if it's a bunch of whites/greens.
I am sorry to go slightly off topic here. As I'm greener then a plate of cabbage, I'm not allowed to post new threads.
This brings me to my question: can someone point me to an accurate and recent source of information for a newbie? I've been clicking through some forum posts, but haven't found a clear 'newbie guide' stickied.
I've found some websites with beginner guides, but as they aren't all dated I might be going through outdated information.
Threads like this one help me get some bits of info, but I'm looking for a more clear and generalized source of information.
Thank you.
http://www.stoacademy.com/index.php
and got some good info. I asked newbie questions in their forums and got some quick responses.