Is there a secret to leveling?

Wow, I'm glad I don't ever join your teams. I rarely delve into set IOs until I'm well over 40, and never before 35. My lv22 characters all get kitted out with common IOs, which you wouldn't be able to tell from looking at my powers tab info window.

Please tell me this is a joke.

Just because I don't slot sets into my toons (No, not even most of my 50's, it's not worth it to me inf-wise) that means you have to -drag- me around? Apparently it's too difficult to look at anything else in the character profile. If a glaring set bonus doesn't jump out at you, then obviously the player with (OMG) -only- six vet badges obviously doesn't know how to play! Everyone without set bonuses is obviously missing important powers from their primary and secondary.

Which leads me to my next question: How do -you- know what is a an important power missing from -my- toon?

I've seen just as many people who were vets with all the "right" powers know absolute zilch about the game. I mean right down to the fact that a thermal should be using the shields that they took during power selection.

PL'ing is pointless... but no more so then playing a computer game is pointless.

To some people the "game" is to find a way to get to max level as fast as possible. They go through great lenghths developing toons and arcs and plans to do so. That's fun for them. They deserve to play the game, too.

I do agree that finding a guy with a level 50 who doesn't know anything about enhancements makes me a little sad and upset because it should be a respectable accomplishment. Making level 50 a task that only involves showing up and joining the right team for one afternoon cheapens this game and that's something Dev's and the Long-term community caresabout. But you can say that without saying someone else's playstyle is wrong.

I prefer to call them Rikti Kittens in honor of the Rikti Lt missions that were popular XP farms back when AE first went live.


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Well, if you're under 35 I know you're missing the 8th and 9th powers from your secondary set. If you're under 32 I know you're missing your 9th primary power, and so on and so forth.

It's nothing to do with player skill (how to play) and everything to do with available options and total number of powers available. Many players spend 5 power slots between 6 and 20 getting travel powers and stamina; this is less of an issue as levels increase and they can pick more offensive or defensive options to round out their toolbox.

The set bonus thing is just the only way I can tell that a character has spent any time and effort on slotting -anything- into their powers, unless they have a buff I can right click and check - which is usually what I do with crabs. More than 10% defense from TT:Maneuvers? You're in.

Set bonuses aren't my exclusive criteria. They're one thing that will get me to invite someone who's lower level, because they show that forethought and planning have gone into the creation of the character. I can reasonably expect a similar degree of thought and skill in the way the character is played.

I'm not trying to recruit only the best players - I'm trying to avoid most of the worst players. CoV doesn't make that easy, though notes help a lot. Heck, I'll AE farm with lowbie stalkers if they put in an effort, which by farmer standards is practically magnanimous. I'm just trying to avoid 'that AFK guy' and 'how do I shot web?'.

Yes ... I took a friend from 11 to 40 in 2 hours ... I don't see why 10 more levels would take more than 2 more hours.

My fire/kin can blast through level 50 maniac slammers. Add a high damage tank or scrapper into the mix, and they are falling over like dominos. Now throw a level 45 toon into that who is sitting at the door, and a map padded and spawned for a team of 8 on City 02 ruined, yeah I can see someone getting to level 50 in 2, maybe 3 runs and quite quickly.

once u hit lvl 40, u will only get 2 to 3 lvls per run. Really you are looking at about 6 runs on a mito farm 8 spawned, 30min each on ruin2. the mitos give near lvl 52boss equiv

Amen, brother. What are we paying $15.00 a month for anyway? To sit on the sidelines in an AE farming mish while everyone else has all the fun? Anyone who insists on doing this to lvl up is wasting their money.

Words fail me in expressing agreement with the sentiment and praise for the beauty and economy of words in its expression.

"Levels happen. Enjoy the game."

Excellent post.

Awww! I'm blushing! Thank you.

Generally, someone will always be levelling faster than you. Unless you've decided that you have fun by levelling as fast as possible, and some do, then you should not worry about it.

I have a pretty vanilla motorcycle (pictured at left), and there sure is a bunch of bikes out there that can smoke me, but that doesn't prevent me from enjoying putt-putting around town at my own speed.