Whats up with the level cap?

[mastrgamr]

Ok so I here the level cap is going to be 50, my deal is, how easy will it be to get there? I definatley do not want an easy to reach level cap that would be boring in my opinion.

**ADDED**Just wondering what would you do after you reach max level? ok, explore.. but after you seen it all, why bother with Aion?

[Fleiva]

In a RvR game max level shouldn't take too long. The thing is having a lot of endgame content

[Jest]

I'm having flashbacks to a thread that came in around the same time last night.

Once again... Level cap doesn't matter as long as there's plenty of Content. There's tons of games out there with *gasp* NO LEVELS!! And they're all tons of fun.

I realize there's a large contingent of players who are obsessed with hitting max level as quickly as possible...but that doesn't have anything to do with enjoying the game now does it? As long as there is plenty of content..I could care less about where the level cap is or how quickly/easily I get there.

[mastrgamr]

Originally Posted by Jest

I'm having flashbacks to a thread that came in around the same time last night.

Once again... Level cap doesn't matter as long as there's plenty of Content. There's tons of games out there with *gasp* NO LEVELS!! And they're all tons of fun.

I realize there's a large contingent of players who are obsessed with hitting max level as quickly as possible...but that doesn't have anything to do with enjoying the game now does it? As long as there is plenty of content..I could care less about where the level cap is or how quickly/easily I get there.

how much "Content" have you seen on Aion.. besides a wellplanned PvP system.. wouldnt you get bored of killing the same people?

[Jest]

Originally Posted by mastrgamr

how much "Content" have you seen on Aion.. besides a wellplanned PvP system.. wouldnt you get bored of killing the same people?

Wouldn't you think it a bit early to question the amount of content when the game is still in Closed Beta in Korea? You might want to give the devs...I don't know... time to actually finish the game before talking about a lack on content.

[mastrgamr]

Originally Posted by Jest

Wouldn't you think it a bit early to question the amount of content when the game is still in Closed Beta in Korea? You might want to give the devs...I don't know... time to actually finish the game before talking about a lack on content.

im not "rushing" anything im curious to know the what -ifs. The thread is just asking for opinions.

[Gadorian]

personaly I dont want to reach maxlvl too fast. becouse if I do so i lose a lot of content..
I'm gona lvlUp slowly, so i have time to see all that Aion has to offer me. Cheers!

[mastrgamr]

Originally Posted by Gadorian

personaly I dont want to reach maxlvl too fast. becouse if I do so i lose a lot of content..
I'm gona lvlUp slowly, so i have time to see all that Aion has to offer me. Cheers!

ditto thats what i plan to do also (strangely i couldn't arrange that into my own words O__O)

[Grobyc]

I prefer a decent rate, but there are a variety of other factors that come into play. Factors like how do I level? Do I have to sit there and grind like crazy for months on end to reach max level or does it consists of quests and make me feel involved in the overall conflict? And even though if they do have quests that keep me interested, I don't want to feel like it's taking forever to reach max level either. One huge issue with games that require me a very long time to reach high level is that the character gets dull after a while since it takes a very long time to attain new skills and another issue being that because it's taken so long to level, I would want to create another toon but since it took me so long to level the first one, it detracts me from leveling a second. I eventually quitting the game because of that.

So as much as I hate to say it, WoW actually did a very nice job at finding a nice balance between the two, at least for me it was even though leveling a character wasn't exactly difficult, it wasn't necessarily easy either. There were also an abundance of quests to do as well which keeps me interested as it was almost impossible to do all of them on one toon so it kind of gave me a reason to level other ones.

Another thing I wanted to add since the poll was either yes or no, I chose yes only because if I reach max level, I have the motivation to create something else. If it wasn't easy to level, I'll most likely end up quitting the game before long (games like Maple Story, KAL Online, and Priston Tale are some of them).

[mastrgamr]

Originally Posted by Grobyc

... I have the motivation to create something else. If it wasn't easy to level, I'll most likely end up quitting the game before long (games like Maple Story, KAL Online, and Priston Tale are some of them).

good point, havent thought of it that way O_O.. maybe a medium speed leveling system will be arranged.

still level 50 is a bit low.. i think devs need there creative juices flowing on what instances/more ingame stuff should go in later on in game development.

[Haubix]

After max level it's all about PvP. Well... For me it starts earlier ^_^

[Grobyc]

Originally Posted by mastrgamr

good point, havent thought of it that way O_O.. maybe a medium speed leveling system will be arranged.

still level 50 is a bit low.. i think devs need there creative juices flowing on what instances/more ingame stuff should go in later on in game development.

Level 50 does seem to be pretty low, but I'm sure they'll most likely up the level cap eventually. But again, we don't know how much is actually there for end-game. There might be enough to keep us busy for quite some time and that doesn't mean that we can't play another aspect of the game via a different class. Now I just hope they give us enough character slots.

[lyankyj]

I enjoy leveling more than endgame content. Not grinding but through quests. If the game would offer a "with quests all the way up to lvl400" content, i would be more than happy.

I think this lvl50 is fine too, coz its Aion

[vasil]

Originally Posted by mastrgamr

how much "Content" have you seen on Aion.. besides a wellplanned PvP system.. wouldnt you get bored of killing the same people?

I rarely get bored of PVP, mainly when i have to spend an hours searching for enemies Playing against a real opponent is always more fun, I just hope the game menages to deliver good enugh performance for massive battles /*cough* AOC *cough*/

Originally Posted by mastrgamr

still level 50 is a bit low.. i think devs need there creative juices flowing on what instances/more ingame stuff should go in later on in game development.

you do realize 50 is just a number, and it takes like 5 secs to make it unreachable for the next 5 years or so?

[Fleiva]

Originally Posted by mastrgamr

still level 50 is a bit low.. i think devs need there creative juices flowing on what instances/more ingame stuff should go in later on in game development.

What's your experience in MMORPGs?

Level numbers are just an accomplishement's measure, it has nothing to do with content or leveling curve.

Get AoC for example, level 80 in 5 days, out of content in 2 weeks, how did having 80 levels help there?