Super Sidekicking

"Sidekicking Changes: Super-Sidekicking! One player can now sidekick or exemplar the whole team, everyone can always play together!

Each player in the group's level is set to the level of the owner of the active team task. If no team task is selected, everyone in the group's level will be set to the level of the team leader.
When the team level changes, players will be notified via a dialog and have the option to quit the team or immediately accept. The dialog will time out after 30 seconds at which point acceptance is implied.
While in the pending state, players cannot receive rewards and any critters they damage will be worth no experience.
Players can choose to auto-accept team level changes 0 to 50 levels above or below their current level.
Exemplars will now earn XP and a level capped person will get XP converted into influence like exemplars used to. "


Did I just imagine reading that toons that are downleveled while super-ex'd would retain access to 5 power levels beyond the level to which they are lowered? Or is it that these toons will have access to any powers that would have been granted within the next 5 levels, period?

Neither of these was mentioned in Avatea's release notes, so I was wondering if something had changed?

Hmm... that seems to have slipped out of the patch notes. However, that is, in fact, the way it works. We already knew it would when Positron posted the detailed workings of the new system, and anyone who participated in the Closed and/or Open Betas was able to find out first hand.

If you check the link in my sig, I made a little chart showing you what's available to you at the various levels you're SSK Ex'd to. For maximum benefit, you want to SSK Ex to an odd level, as that will generally give you access to three powers.

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