Guild Wars 2

double click: increase character level by 1 up to level 80

why?

Because i hate having to grind every single character up to level 80 before i can do anything fun with them. And my first Character at level 80 has a few hundred skill points that I have no use for because I’m not going to grind for a legendary either.

Wouldn’t that however mean that you would have to actively grind to get level 80 gear for that character?
Or skill points for that matter.

There is actually a way to get from level 1 to level 80 in one hour.

You need to spend about 40g of materials with a crafting boost. Just look for a guide somewhere.

I don`t get it why do you do that then, you grind char to 80, pick a new one grind that one to 80 and so on…what`s the point, so you`ll have this item, you`ll just grind faster.
Besides what will you do on 80lvl, you`ll still be getting sp.

Well…

It’s not really a good idea. The game has multiple races, multiple professions, etc.

However, it could work, if it was restricted a lot. Firstly, you should only be able to use skillpoints from the same race. That is, skillpoints on a level 80 Human can only be used on a Human character. Secondly, you should only be able to use skillpoints from the same Order.

This way, you have to at least level up your character to the point where they join an order. Also, if you wanted to skip later content, by being in the same order and the same race, you would have done most of it already.

Because it’s just disrespectful to ask for an ability to skip content that the developers made so amazingly diverse.

So essentially you can level your character with another character’s surplus skill points?

I doubt it would ever be made but for the sake of discussion. 2 skill points is way too cheap per level. So if this ever becomes a possibility, maybe have it so that it scales to the level you want to “skip”.

For example:
You would need 80 skill points to level a lvl 79 to lvl 80.
You would need 50 skills points to level a lvl 49 to lvl 50.
Also you can only use this method if the character “skipping levels” is above level 10.

Olba.5376:

Well…

It’s not really a good idea. The game has multiple races, multiple professions, etc.

However, it could work, if it was restricted a lot. Firstly, you should only be able to use skillpoints from the same race. That is, skillpoints on a level 80 Human can only be used on a Human character. Secondly, you should only be able to use skillpoints from the same Order.

This way, you have to at least level up your character to the point where they join an order. Also, if you wanted to skip later content, by being in the same order and the same race, you would have done most of it already.

Because it’s just disrespectful to ask for an ability to skip content that the developers made so amazingly diverse.

Yeah right, that’s why they allow people to level from 2 to 80 by crafting without ever leaving town, or by only running with a zerg in wvw for a few days.

Disrespectful my CAT…

So…why don`t you do it as well?

Culwenimos.1594:

You would need 80 skill points to level a lvl 79 to lvl 80

80 points for a single level? you’re crazy

Olba.5376:

Well…

It’s not really a good idea. The game has multiple races, multiple professions, etc.

However, it could work, if it was restricted a lot. Firstly, you should only be able to use skillpoints from the same race. That is, skillpoints on a level 80 Human can only be used on a Human character. Secondly, you should only be able to use skillpoints from the same Order.

This way, you have to at least level up your character to the point where they join an order. Also, if you wanted to skip later content, by being in the same order and the same race, you would have done most of it already.

Because it’s just disrespectful to ask for an ability to skip content that the developers made so amazingly diverse.

You’re not really skipping content, just leveling faster. You don’t skip past PS steps, it just means you don’t have to repeatedly 100% maps, or do renown hearts you’ve already done half a dozen times.

I have 5 level 80 chars. I’ve finished the race-specific part on the rest, but although I’d love to get all to 80, repeating Gendarran, Lornar’s, Field of Ruin, etc etc over and over is just not appealing. Right now I’m using crafting to level up those final alts, essentially buying levels.
Having the option to level through skill points rather than gold would be a huge benefit to anyone wanting a good range of characters rather than just a single one.

Ninth Requiem.3250:

You’re not really skipping content, just leveling faster. You don’t skip past PS steps, it just means you don’t have to repeatedly 100% maps, or do renown hearts you’ve already done half a dozen times.

I have 5 level 80 chars. I’ve finished the race-specific part on the rest, but although I’d love to get all to 80, repeating Gendarran, Lornar’s, Field of Ruin, etc etc over and over is just not appealing. Right now I’m using crafting to level up those final alts, essentially buying levels.
Having the option to level through skill points rather than gold would be a huge benefit to anyone wanting a good range of characters rather than just a single one.

Well that’s why I said you should at best only be allowed to level up using skillpoints of the same race and order. Because unless you’re deliberately going for 100% map completion, it’s perfectly plausible that you get to level 80 without ever seeing the starting zones of the other four races.

The Order requirement was there just to make sure that you actually do play the content and to “penalize” for skipping a large portion of the game. Because just having a single high level character that you like playing does not warrant handwaving a massive portion of the unique content that you can only experience by playing a specific race.