Increasing lvl cap, is it to be done?
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07_CK_09,
Posted on: 2008-10-17 22:43 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
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Yeah but to what purpose?
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personal gratification
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Yeah but to what purpose?
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personal gratification
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I'll just leave this here.
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It's like saying: Why? Why not.
You failed to convince me why it is a good idea NOT to up the level cap.
After all. That will give you more things to get new things to "personal gratificate" about. You will be happy and so will I.
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Yeah but to what purpose?
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personal gratification
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I'll just leave this here.
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It's like saying: Why? Why not.
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No it isn't, that would just be doing something for the sake of doing it, not because you want to. It's actually like saying:
"Why do you do that?"
"Because I want to."
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You failed to convince me why it is a good idea NOT to up the level cap.
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Because it's just an artifical way of pretending that there's new content. A level cap increase without new content is meaningless, so why not just keep the cap at 50 and just add the new content instead?
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After all. That will give you more things to get new things to "personal gratificate" about. You will be happy and so will I.
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You should have said "To be 'personally gratified' with" there...
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Yeah but to what purpose? Bragging rights? I don't see it. I would much prefer newer challenges and yes gaining levels.
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I play most of my fifties at 50, I fully plan on slotting them all, plus any more that get there, with lots of purples, why?
Because they make me more powerful which means I can take on more. I get bored on my fire/kins after a while, most mobs even on Invincible die too quickly, so I go off and play with the romans who are it has to be said generally damned hard for a controller with their AoE clear mind shouts... eventually my slotting will more than match them and I'll find my fun elsewhere.
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Yeah but to what purpose? Bragging rights? I don't see it. I would much prefer newer challenges and yes gaining levels.
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I play most of my fifties at 50, I fully plan on slotting them all, plus any more that get there, with lots of purples...
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I also play all of my 50s. Which one I use depends on how I feel like playing at the time and whether there's a badge I might want for one of them.
The arguments both for and against a level cap increase hinge on the limited amount of resources available to develop the game.
My vote goes to new content instead of a level cap increase.
The reasons are pretty straight-forward:
Increase the level cap and you focus the resources on more powers for existing power sets.
The actual journey to the new level cap will most likely be more of the same that you had getting to the previous level cap.
Then the cry goes up after a week for another increase. We haven't really progressed.
Keep the existing level cap and you can focus on new content instead which gives everyone new things to do. Zombie invasions anyone? It also frees resources to develop new power sets instead of tweaking old ones.
CoX doesn't have the massive resource pool of WoW which can increase level caps and add content at the some time. Adding content seems like a good use of what's available and pretty much a no-brainer to me 
My main hit 50 after 327 hours of playing. I just checked her total time, and it's 1159 hours. You can do the math, but I personally have found plenty of things to do after hitting the cap. I can't see myself retiring her at any point, either. Unlike my Claws/Regen, which was less fun after 50.
There's some purples I want for her, mostly for the bonuses whilst exemped for TF's and the like, but I'm stubborn and want them as drops. She's a dark x3 'fender. Support class by AT, and I've tanked TF's with her, soloed most of the flashback badges, and use her to farm for Inf badges. I could've taken her to 50 and then retired her, but I enjoy using her. I'd personally rather keep her as she is (aside from finishing the slotting) and have more content for her to try, than have to get another 10 levels. If I want the buzz from levelling up, I'll use a low level alt.
She's also has 518 badges, which has kept me busy for quite a while. ^_^ Only toon I really take seriously for badges, though.
However, I *would* like a couple of extra slots. I'm not greedy, three would be perfect. No more than five, tops. Those would likely go to making Sprint/Hover slightly faster, too. Not essential, just nice. I'd be happier if they were some sort of reward, too. Like for a Task Force. Or an Accolade badge. Not just grinding the XP to get them.
If we get access to crossover content, I'd likely double that play time, too. Regardless of not having a flashy effect and a buff every few million XP.
To me, reaching 50 wasn't the end. Improving her build is a part, getting the badges is a part, playing her better's a part, completing all of the Flashbacks is a part, performing roles she wasn't designed for is a part. Until she becomes "not fun to play", she's not finished. Even if she has reached the maximum level.
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Admittedly I don't spend much time doing PvP. Seems pointless as far as I can see, when I do decide to PvP I go to Sirens Call as that zone is the most fun.
Uber purple set bounses don't work there as far as I know so meh.
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Set bonuses from Purples work even if you exemp down to level 1. I'd assume that the accuracy bonuses would be rather handy in the PVP zones.
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Yeah but to what purpose? Bragging rights? I don't see it. I would much prefer newer challenges and yes gaining levels.
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I used to get a completionist buzz from the content, then I finished that a few times and it went away, now I get it from completing a build I like (not 100% uber or anything, but one of mine did cost 800mil in the end).
Eventually I may turn to badge hunting, but at the moment that doesn't do anything for me
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