The best thing of GW1 was the low lvl cap. By the time you reached Lion’s Arch, you could be lvl 20 or if not, very close to it anyway. After that, the whole game felt challenging and you really didn’t bother about leveling anymore.
I am not saying the lvl 80 should be lowered to lvl 30 because I know there are people feeling good only if they see themselves having high level numbers over their heads, but make it in a way that you could reach it faster, let’s say, like by the time you are lvl 30 now and by story mode you have reached Lions Arch too.
In this way, you could make all the other arias into lvl 80 arias and the fight will be more interesting because you don’t bother about gaining levels, but just exploring
As the game is now, it feel really repetitive:
- you go one new aria
- fill up the hearts, poi and vistas
- buying/ getting better gear with your new lvl requirement
- doing the stoy-line of the respective level
And you repeat this process over and over again in any new aria and the game feels linear
Imagine that if you won’t have to do this like this after lvl 30 now. You willl be able to go on your story line and just do that until the end of it, or you could explore any aria in a non-linear way.
Placing level requirements/recommendations on anything give the levels a much more importance than it was intended initially by saying “no level grinding”
No matter how fun the events are, it is still grinding to get the respective required levels.
I don’t really understand this. Say in gw1 you reach LA and your already lvl capped at 20. Your STILL going to go do the rest of the story. All they’ve done is make it so the little number above your head keeps changing for a longer period of time.
Lvl 80 Game
- Go to new area,
- Do POI/hearts/vistas
- Lvl up
- buy better gear
- Do storyline
Lvl 20 game
- Go to new area,
- Do POI/hearts/vistas
- Lvl up
- buy better gear
- Do storyline
The only difference is at in a lvl 20 max game, there is now Less incentive to check out other areas, because you dont need them to level.
It feels like your saying that having lvl 80 as a max cap stops you from having fun exploring. Ignore the number, and do what you want
Low level cap?
The thing about leveling in Guild Wars 2 is that it is balanced from 1-80.
The leveling curve is nearly nonexistent.
By lowering the level cap it becomes increasing more difficult to balance skill, gear, items, etc acquisition.
The 80 cap is a sweet spot. It works just fine.
You say “arias” (I believe you mean ‘areas’) are not interesting pre-80. One, that is completely false. Two, when you hit 80, there is still a ton of places to go, explorer and have fun in.
Finally, you say the game feels repetitive.
…This is an MMORPG. As with every other MMORPG that has ever been made..there is a limited number of things to do.
Thankfully, Arena Net has made those things far more interesting, fun and stress free than any other game, ever.
I can’t even imagine how a suggestion like this gets made. You never cease to amaze me, Internet. Getting to level 80 is already easy, far easier than most/any other MMO.
As i said… people adore to be tight up to levels
If you adore so much these levels, why not try Jade Dynasty… you have 150 +150 levels to achieve. That feels more rewarding, isn’t it?
Getting lvl 80 in a week^^..
Deth, try to do that with 1 h/day gameplay without having crafting materials sent to you by other players. You know, there are people who have other things to do than stay in-game 24/7. I am not saying “get a life” because that is so outdated – outside life sucks more than the in-game life – but still you are forced by the nature of things to do different things in the outer world like working, cooking, sleeping, etc.
And for Qaletaqa Hania, I am not trolling. I felt really good in GW1 with a cap level obtained in 10h and didn’t bother about level requirements anymore. I can prove this by my 15 characters who have done all the 3 campaigns + the expansion.
Well like I said I wasn’t sure. Well with 1h a day it’s just gonna be slower, i’ve been playing at a slow tempo myself and honestly you won’t see me complain about the fact that i’m still not max level.
One thing I do when I play is always have food with me (experience buff). And as far as I know every food item gives the “+10 experience from kills” buff
