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I think we need to see a level cap increase
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Level 65 just doesn't do it for me, I like round numbers, in 10s, maybe level 70, that sounds like a good number!
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What is it exactly that you hope to gain with 5 more levels?
Anyway the Endeavor Systems serves to fill the role of leveling up. What I would prefer to see is that expanded and with an Epic level added that required team work goals.
Elder Scrolls Online also has a system where you can play any zone from the start. So no longer high level zones and low level zones. Players can play where the want and with whom the want. Marvelous and such features make levels and cap increases pointless.
More rewards could be fun.
But I agree with others. There's not much point in even having levels - let alone an increase - when it doesn't mean that much for what the player can and can't do.
That could open up many more options, more than just another level increase for our captains (who are admirals and equivalents of that anyway).
Likewise, why not let us improve our ships gradually in the same way Endeavours and ship mastery allow for improved performance?
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It makes me feel better having it at a multiple of 10.
Yeah, it's been a little over 3 years since MW was added and almost 3 years for Constable, it's really surprising to me that they haven't added any more. Did they just run out of ideas?
> Yeah, it's been a little over 3 years since MW was added and almost 3 years for Constable, it's really surprising to me that they haven't added any more. Did they just run out of ideas?
I think it’s a matter of making progression curves not too long in a linear fashion. They better have multiple curves (reps, upgrades, perks) running parallel to enable new players to catch on as they can work on them simultaneously.
STO has never been much of leveling. It’s rather a question what new pest systems they unlock for you while you reach new levels.
These pest Systems are the ones that upset players when I end up with them in public PvE. Not my max level.
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Edit: To clarify: Level cap increases exist in games mostly to reset power creep and trivialize old content as new layers of content are added, so that players are encouraged to play the new content while ignoring the old. Since this game's direction is clearly different (new layers of content added as additional choices) I haven't seen level cap increases add anything meaningful to the game. This is all they do for STO:
Aside from being an overly-long tutorial for new players, levels themselves serve little purpose in this game, given how it's presented.
We haven't gotten new skill points since level 50, both the old system and the current one stop at 50. If we ever do get more skill points in the current system, it will be capped at one point, since any more would allow for people to munchkin into two ultimate abilities (though they wouldn't be able to get any modifiers for either) and that would probably be pretty broken.
Count me in as a, "No, we definitely don't need a level cap raise, and probably only 'needed' the last two to increase the mark on gear."
PIlot and command trees need some reworking. While yes command helps the team a little, most of the tree is selfish and should help the team more. Pilot needs to expand the range of the bonuses from 2km to 5km at least. 2km is so rare to matter.
I would argue command barely does anything for pure torpedo builds since it procs off of a small chance from a energy weapon hits. So I think torpedoes need a tree too, I would like a heavy or experimental weapons specialist even if it's only a half specialization. Carriers do deserve a full tree that's why it really should have been the command tree which I think they should rework to fit that.
I also think the space abilities of many specializations need love.
Unless NPC's in space get 'smarter' and 'tougher' there is zero need to improve space abilities, especially as even most NPC dreadnaughts go poof when we sneeze and with the addition of Experimental upgrades, things got even easier.
I vote no level cap increase. The game is fine as is.
Anyway Cryptic will rasie it to 70 when more cash is needed through upgrading weapons and equipment and selling ultimate tech upgrades and key packs for players to achieve it . Most probably when the T7 ships arrive , and as we just had T6 X maybe expect that in 18 months to 2 years if this game engine lasts out or they go for a massive overhall of the game on to some new game engine technology but that bit I doubt.
I'm talking the specialization abilities that are far far out shined by basic TAC/ENGI/SCI abilities, need some love. I don't disagree that NPC's need a upgrade themselves especially considering power creep.
and to make cryptic some money add tier 7 ships
Drain is really the only mechanic/playstyle that is an absolute dumpster-fire right now(primarily an issue of mob resistances being extremely overtuned).
The 60-65 levels are a bit of a joke anyway and with the horizontal difficulty curve in the game actual levelling serves no purpose after about level 20. By that point you'll have met most of the gimmicks used in missions and patrols and nothing else will be all that difficult until you're overlevelled for a section like the dyson ship which doesn't scale properly and is badly setup.