Q:
How exactly do Fractals levels work?
All four level 1 players should have leveled up to 2. I assume you guys finished all 3 fractals which after the last boss of the 3rd fractal you will be teleported back to the FOTM lobby. If you didn’t level up, it’s a bug i supposed or you could just try again since it wasn’t that hard anyway.
It has to be 3(4 on even difficulty levels) consecutive fractals without leaving the dungeon or going back to the staging area.
Just to point out, fractal levels are soulbound, not account bound.
The difficulty level is capped at the player in the party with the lowest Frac level. If your party member is on with a toon who hasn’t completed any Fractals, then you would also be capped to Fractal 1
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