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Canine,
Posted on: 2010-04-12 19:27 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
Get in a leveling pact with someone that never plays the character....maybe someone from the forums that doesn't play on your server that will sacrifice a slot just to level pact with you. You'll level at half the speed, see more content and once you hit 50 they'll have a brand new free lvl 50 on a server they don't play that they can transfer to their server!
Or you could just turn xp off for a bit.
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Turning off xp works.
Also, don't do newspaper missions beyond what you might need for the temp travel powers. Stick with traditional contacts instead.
Use Ouroboros to revisit old content you may have passed up.
Ultimately though the answer is to just play your way up, start an alt and take a different path this time. Consider that missed content to be a measure of replay value where you're not funneled down the exact same content path every single time.
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Run all of the missions each contact gives you, then get more contacts. Stay away from paper/scanner missions as much as possible.|
Originally Posted by Cedo_nulli
So I guess what I'm asking for are tips or recommendations for playing through as much of the content as possible both hero or villain side. Any input is helpful, thank you for your time.
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/macro XP "option_toggle noxp"|
Originally Posted by Cedo_nulli
I started playing right around the time CoV launched but never really got far in the game but every time I do start up again after the first 20 or so lvs I start to feel like I'm missing out on a ton of content. So I guess what I'm asking for are tips or recommendations for playing through as much of the content as possible both hero or villain side. Any input is helpful, thank you for your time.
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Click the 'XP' macro to turn off XP when at level x+4.9 where x is a multiple of 5 (i.e. level 9.9, 14.9, 29.9, etc. etc.). Complete all contacts/missions/Mayhems in that level range. Click macro again, move on. Repeat every 5 levels. Wonder why people complain about a lack of content when it takes you 4 months of regular playtime to play through all story arcs. Swear profusely when you are reminded of just how many 'Street Hunt' missions there are in CoH. (CoV may require copious amounts of swearing when you face yet *another* EB/AV. )
It's what I did on my Dark/Stone scranker. And as a bonus, I finally got to replay all those old non story arc missions that usually get missed or just outlevelled in the post XP smoothing rush to 50.
As a further bonus, you can rack up some significant quantities of Reward merits, salvage and recipe drops too
Ideally you want a strong solo character who can cope with occasional EB's, so Scrapper, Brute, Tanker set up to scrank. Something with Mez protection is a good choice.
All the above my opinion only, your mileage may vary, not everyone is patient/stupid enough to stick with the 'do EVERY mission from EVERY contact' idea when they realise they've got another 15 'Hunt 30 <mob type x>' missions left until the contact's out of missions.
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Thanks for all the tips, surprised I forgot (or didn't know) you could turn xp off that should help. Any chance the earlier task forces can be soloed I only ever did one and I remember feeling rushed the whole time to keep up, or maybe I'm just slow.
Thanks again tho really of all the MMOs I've played in the bast six or so years CoX has by far the best community from my shamefully limited experience.
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Heh, you may have to "advertise" a "slow Posi" or something. RUSH RUSH RUSH does seem to be the predominant team playstyle around, unfortunately, and that's not even taking into account the Speed TFers. Consequences of them being 2-3+ hours long and people wanting to shorten it (although it seems like most teams of any type I get on are in a big hurry).
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Cedo_nulli will have to offer a disclaimer: Thanks for all the tips, surprised I forgot (or didn't know) you could turn xp off that should help. Any chance the earlier task forces can be soloed I only ever did one and I remember feeling rushed the whole time to keep up, or maybe I'm just slow. |
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Just to note, while I'm not sure whether all missions have a X4/X9 upper limit, there's quite a few missions that have a lower bracket that isn't a multiplier of five.|
Originally Posted by Canine
/macro XP "option_toggle noxp"
Click the 'XP' macro to turn off XP when at level x+4.9 where x is a multiple of 5 (i.e. level 9.9, 14.9, 29.9, etc. etc.). Complete all contacts/missions/Mayhems in that level range. Click macro again, move on. Repeat every 5 levels. |
As for the hunting missions, if you're a completionist, it helps to have a high-level mentor to give you a boost - having a few dozen levels' advantage over the mobs tends to streamline hunting missions a bit. I usually look for Lv50s in Atlas or Pocket D and ask them {politely} if they'd mind sidekicking me for a while.
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I stick with the 4.9/9.9 marker because that's (at least hero side) the latest point at which contacts will still give you their main arc. If you turn up at Tina Macintyre at level 45, she'll still give you her non-arc missions, but you won't get on the main arc.|
Originally Posted by Quinch
Just to note, while I'm not sure whether all missions have a X4/X9 upper limit, there's quite a few missions that have a lower bracket that isn't a multiplier of five.
As for the hunting missions, if you're a completionist, it helps to have a high-level mentor to give you a boost - having a few dozen levels' advantage over the mobs tends to streamline hunting missions a bit. I usually look for Lv50s in Atlas or Pocket D and ask them {politely} if they'd mind sidekicking me for a while. |
Also, Safeguard/Mayhems are annoying. At 5 level marks when you accept a Safeguard/Mayhem, you've got a 50% chance of getting the lower level one and a 50% chance of the higher level one, as near as I can figure it out.
Stopping at 4.9/9.9 marks means you've got a relatively small amount of effort required to get you out of that level band and into the next one.
<shrug> That strategy worked for me on my Dark/Stone scranker.
Oh, and I'm ignoring the existence of TF's, as there's no maximum level cap on them, but remember that there's still a max level cap on the team leader when starting an Eden Trial, and if you try to start an Eden Trial with a level 50 team lead, the team auto-disbands (or at least it did the last time I did one).
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This works. I also make liberal use of the 'drop mission' feature every three days so I don't worry about all those annoying 'hunt X of Y' missions. It's also very handy redside, since you generally have t do newspaper missions to get mayhems, and mayhems give you new contacts.|
Originally Posted by Canine
/macro XP "option_toggle noxp"
Click the 'XP' macro to turn off XP when at level x+4.9 where x is a multiple of 5 (i.e. level 9.9, 14.9, 29.9, etc. etc.). Complete all contacts/missions/Mayhems in that level range. Click macro again, move on. Repeat every 5 levels. Wonder why people complain about a lack of content when it takes you 4 months of regular playtime to play through all story arcs. Swear profusely when you are reminded of just how many 'Street Hunt' missions there are in CoH. (CoV may require copious amounts of swearing when you face yet *another* EB/AV. ) |
Also, don't forget the unlockable contacts. This is a source of good arcs redside that many people forget about.
Definitely use ouro if you want to use the same character to experience everything. I was surprised by how many stories I had missed with my main villain.
I started playing right around the time CoV launched but never really got far in the game but every time I do start up again after the first 20 or so lvs I start to feel like I'm missing out on a ton of content. So I guess what I'm asking for are tips or recommendations for playing through as much of the content as possible both hero or villain side. Any input is helpful, thank you for your time.