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ElitePinki

 

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Hi there ive been playing 2 days and im level 21 and my friend is only level 9 but we want to do a leveling pact. now i heard that in a leveling pact you will always stay the same level but how will that work if im 21 and hes 9

thanks for any info


 

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sadly you can only form a pact up to level 5 as things currently stand, so your opportunity to do it with these characters is gone.

levelling pacts divide the XP between those involved. So if you are both on you'll earn XP simultaneously. If one of you isn't playing then the XP the other earns is divided so that the offline member still gets XP



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Thelonious Monk

 

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Welcome to the game & forums.

Afraid that a pact won't work for you and your friend on those characters, ElitePinki.

You can only start a level pact whilst both your characters are level 5 or lower.

Maybe it's worth starting a new character each to pact with, or you could team together but you sidekick them (so they'd play at an effective level of 1 less than you - e.g. if you're lvl30 they'd be effectively lvl29).


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ok thanks for info . in a normal party would my friend (level 9) be faster leveling on his own or with me (21)


 

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ok thanks for info . in a normal party would my friend (level 9) be faster leveling on his own or with me (21)

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Probably with you but there wont be much in it.


 

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in a normal party would my friend (level 9) be faster leveling on his own or with me (21)

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A full answer would be quite complicated answer for such a simple looking question...

Following from my hazy memory:

It depends on lots of things, but generally playing in a team will gain you xp/levels faster than not being in a team unless the team seriously overstretches itself.

Larger teams can generally cover each other (to deal with more) and also get an xp bonus, so if an 8 man team takes down a minion the minion is actually worth 2.5 times the usual xp if they were tackled solo. But then that xp is split between the team - with each players slice of xp depending upon the relative levels.

Lower levels effectively get more (so that if teams play together and one person misses a session they can slowly catch up).

So playing in a normal team as a sidekick to you should let your friend slowly catch up to you, and gain faster than being solo.

But, if a team takes on challenges that are too far beyond them then debt and taking forever to defeat foes can slow levelling (whether your friend's with you or not).

Most importantly though, IMO, is that playing in a team with friends (or even friendly 'strangers') is a lot more fun than solo or playing with silent, standoff-ish strangers - and so even if levelling was slightly slower it would possibly feel quicker as it's more fun!

If you're friends I'd say play in the same team - whether it's on new characters in a pact or with your friend sidekicked to you.


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ok thanks for info . in a normal party would my friend (level 9) be faster leveling on his own or with me (21)

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if you reach 22, you can start using SO's, these are twice as strong as DO's (4 times TO), wich increase your damage output (or survival) a significant ammount.

At 20 you have stamina, making everything alot easier, so overal you do perform alot better then someone at 9. In that line pulling him along as Sidekick i personaly say its faster to party him then letting him solo.


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