Level 50 disenchanted - turbo levelling

I recall level 50 was something to look forward to. Something big. Something to get to eventually at the end of most of some level 45+ story arcs and some TFs. Something one needs to work for, and feels accomplished when one achived it.

These days, level 50 seems to have become something that just happens. It took me one TF on minimum setting to get half the way from 49 to 50 and ding before it was over on one character. It took only very few hours of doing nothing particular but just hopping around and killing street stuff and ToT-ing a little from 49 to 50 on another.

Heck, 50 has become something that happens rather accidentally than on purpose anymore!


Is it just me or does the game feel a lot more pointless with the current leveling speed, outleveling most contacts before you could play one arc half way through, playing each TF once making you skip everything until 45 or so, and there hardly being much content at all anymore that you play through on your way to max level?

Yes, I know you can turn XP off now. But that' snot the default way to play nor should it be required for a decent experience of content.
Is that just me? Is that just at higher levels? Or is there anybody else that thinks this game feels a little too fast and 'easy to beat' for someone that doesnt have altitis and hasnt played every single bit of content already?

Is levelling fast now? Yes. Does it make the game pointless? In this man's opinion no.

Why? Because I spent a year getting my first 50, that was an accomplishment. Four years later, I spent about 4 months getting my first 50 that wasn't my "main" character, and around the same time pushing my main villain to level 50. That also was an accomplishment.

For me, there's nothing left to "achieve" in this game. Does that mean that I'm done with the game? Hell no. What that means is that finally.... finally I can stop working towards a goal and just simply log in to have FUN.

Now I just play to play. If I level up fast, great. If I get tons of debt from dying over and over again? Great too. I honestly don't care anymore because I'm just having FUN.

Playing with new powers, playing with new costumes, playing with new character concepts.

The ease of making it to 50 in recent times has done one thing, for this man at least. It's changed me from a Mainalomaniac to an Altoholic.

As of this moment, I'm not sure if that's a good thing or not. But I sure am having fun!

Stupid delayed double post for some reason.

having only one lvl 50 in 40 months of playing I don't think leveling happens too quickly

but then I don't have any interest in getting to 50.

the problem with a goal is that once you have reached it you are done. It always takes too long until you reach it, and then not enough time because you are done.

I dont want to level as slow as you.
They way you play sounds BORING AS HELL.

That is the bottom line.

To the OP,
I'm content with the current leveling speed.
But you're free to:
1) Use the existing options to slow down your own progress, such as turning off XP or diving into a death on purpose to burn off patrol XP or try to get debt.
2) Blame Patrol XP (and to a lesser extent, the XP curve adjustments) for this increased rate.

Speaking of Patrol XP, it seems odd that now someone with altitis actually levels faster than someone who sticks with a single character, they just ding across multiple characters over the course of a week, or even day. A single-character player will burn off thier Patrol XP and then level at the normal rate, where a player tha switches rapidly between multiple alts will burn through Patrol XP, then switch to another character, never running at normal XP rate for long.
But that's the way it is, and the Devs did leave an escape valve for those who choose to opt out.

I like to use different strategies to level mine. You could have one who tries to do almost exclusively Task Forces, one who does arcs/regular missions, and one who does street sweeping. That's why there's so much content. You don't have to level your characters THE SAME WAY EVERY TIME!

For me, the game isn't really about how fast I level. Leveling is nice, but unless there's some sort of content I need to get to RIGHT NOW, I don't spend that much time on it.

Besides, CoX is about more than just getting to level 50. Try Roleplaying. Become a mission architect. Start holding (or participating in) costume contests. Try to get all the accolade powers. Get a bunch of Blasters and try to walk to Peregrine Island. (Or a Bunch of Dominators and try to walk from Kalinda to Lord Recluse, visiting every Arbiter along the way.)

Make a ******** of IOs and start throwing them at people.

Try to do something crazy, like try to get the Portal Jockey badge at level 1. (It's possible!)

Just... don't focus on levels.

Been in CoH for 39 months; no 50s yet. No alts either, just lots and lots of mains.

For me, leveling happens when it happens. I have no interest in "beating" the game, just playing it. If they game itself isn't fun, there's really no point in playing.

I did manage to hit level 50 in LOTRO a while back -- but couldn't find the cap! Darn devs moved it to 60.

These days, level 50 seems to have become something that just happens.
It was always that way. Even the most casual player is guaranteed to get to 50 if they keep playing. There is no chance of failure, perma-death, etc.


and there hardly being much content at all anymore that you play through on your way to max level?
I think you need to look at this from a different angle. More and more content has been added. Therefore, it's impossible to do it all while you're 'on the way up'. Even if leveling speed had not been adjusted, you still couldn't do it all. This is a GOOD thing. Particularly since you can always 'go back' and do it later.


Is that just me? Is that just at higher levels? Or is there anybody else that thinks this game feels a little too fast and 'easy to beat' for someone that doesnt have altitis and hasnt played every single bit of content already?
Kind of. They've 'adjusted' the leveling rate so many times (always in the same direction); I think they've gotten a bit carried away.

I suppose it's a point of view...some who play constantly can get a toon to 50 np.Others like myself who have jobs,lives,families,etc...well it takes us longer.

Some who play only one toon will get to 50 np...but,on the other hand some of us who have multiple toons...well it takes us longer.

Now if you combine some of those...example; a person who plays constantly on one toon....well they are going to get to 50 quicker.

If you want to take your time,try playing every contact/mish in your level range and proceed from there,that should take quite awhile.I have a lvl 2 brute that has almost every day job badge and he is 29 months old.

Its how you play the game that affects your perception of time.My suggestion make 5 different toons and play a different one every night.That should take awhile.

Guess what?
The point is not 50.
Getting to 50 is not the end of the game.
Its what you do at 50 that matters.