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Posted by: Felivastus.2470

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Q:

Would I be able to reach level 80 before an expansion hits? In games like WoW I’m usually too late and get caught behind, probably because of the lame and tedious leveling process.

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Posted by: Jezath.7395

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What level are you right now? if your within 5 levels it shouldent be too hard.

Also you wont have to be 80 because they will upscale u.

Tis not what they can do for you
Tis only what you can do for all

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Posted by: Mandrax.7342

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No expansion has been announced yet which means it is probably at least a year away, 6 months minimum.

It takes around 200 or so hours to reach max level so you should have plenty of time even if you don’t have a great deal of time to play.

Besides, we have no idea if the level cap will be increased in future. Guild Wars level cap was kept the same even when new expansions were released. The expansions added new gear and content rather than expanding the level cap.

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Posted by: Gazille.7381

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200 hours to get to 80? It only took me like 20 hours to get to 60

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Posted by: Mandrax.7342

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200 hours to get to 80? It only took me like 20 hours to get to 60

Well it took me 130 hours to get to 80, that was with maxing out crafting, doing some sPvP and some exploring along the way. I’m sure that there are many out there that were faster and some longer. I used 200 hours as a guide so that even if it took the OP that long, he would still have more than enough time to hit 80.

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Posted by: Tito.3270

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200 hours to reach level 80, are you kittening kidding me?
I bought the game, didn’t rush anything, did all dungeons, did all the jumping puzzles i could find, explored a lot, tried out spvp and WvW and was 80 on my 4th day of playing, the GW2 leveling process is realy realy fast.

The hardcore players did it in 2 days after release. I would say that ~40-50 hours is a normal amount to reach 80.

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Posted by: Jezath.7395

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I feel alot of companys are now adopting the approach of adding a new layer of progression after level cap instead of just increasing the level cap. Just increasing the level cap nowadays can be seen as a lazy way of extending the game, if this is the correct way of thinking or not i am not sure.

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Tis only what you can do for all

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Posted by: Iruwen.3164

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200 hours to reach level 80, are you kittening kidding me?
I bought the game, didn’t rush anything, did all dungeons, did all the jumping puzzles i could find, explored a lot, tried out spvp and WvW and was 80 on my 4th day of playing, the GW2 leveling process is realy realy fast.

The hardcore players did it in 2 days after release. I would say that ~40-50 hours is a normal amount to reach 80.

If you’re fooling around a lot in the different starting areas, check every piece of lore, talk to NPCs, do minigames and so on it’ll take much longer. Totally depends on the way you play the game, so what’s “normal”. Anyway, it’s faster than in other games if you really want to level quickly.

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Posted by: ftskaleem.8342

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I dont get ppl and the Must Reach Max Level ASAP…
The game was meant to enjoy it from Level 1 to level 80. I am playing for … er… months. No I havent reached max level yet, but I am enjoying every moment of exploring each area and doing the events etc.
I personally didnt like games that make you reach max level in no time. Kills the fun of gaining a level when you do things…

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Posted by: Mandrax.7342

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200 hours to reach level 80, are you kittening kidding me?
I bought the game, didn’t rush anything, did all dungeons, did all the jumping puzzles i could find, explored a lot, tried out spvp and WvW and was 80 on my 4th day of playing, the GW2 leveling process is realy realy fast.

The hardcore players did it in 2 days after release. I would say that ~40-50 hours is a normal amount to reach 80.

I have a level 38 alt that has 56 hours of play time on it. I wouldn’t say that 40-50 hours is normal. Normal if you are going fast and missing things. But for those of us that like to take in the scenery, craft, gather materials for crafting etc, then 40-50 hours is very fast.

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Posted by: szar.9054

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200 hours to reach level 80, are you kittening kidding me?
I bought the game, didn’t rush anything, did all dungeons, did all the jumping puzzles i could find, explored a lot, tried out spvp and WvW and was 80 on my 4th day of playing, the GW2 leveling process is realy realy fast.

The hardcore players did it in 2 days after release. I would say that ~40-50 hours is a normal amount to reach 80.

I have a level 38 alt that has 56 hours of play time on it. I wouldn’t say that 40-50 hours is normal. Normal if you are going fast and missing things. But for those of us that like to take in the scenery, craft, gather materials for crafting etc, then 40-50 hours is very fast.

42.3 hours,you play slow. dont include all the time your not actually leveling.

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Posted by: Kana.6793

Kana.6793

Levelling on this game is very fast. But we can’t really answer this question since we don’t know exactly how fast you level and no expansion has been announced yet

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Posted by: Iruwen.3164

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42.3 hours,you play slow. dont include all the time your not actually leveling.

Yeah, because “not actually leveling” means “not progressing” means “not playing” means “wasted time” right? Seems that’s the attitude of many people “playing” games today.

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Posted by: Mandrax.7342

Mandrax.7342

200 hours to reach level 80, are you kittening kidding me?
I bought the game, didn’t rush anything, did all dungeons, did all the jumping puzzles i could find, explored a lot, tried out spvp and WvW and was 80 on my 4th day of playing, the GW2 leveling process is realy realy fast.

The hardcore players did it in 2 days after release. I would say that ~40-50 hours is a normal amount to reach 80.

I have a level 38 alt that has 56 hours of play time on it. I wouldn’t say that 40-50 hours is normal. Normal if you are going fast and missing things. But for those of us that like to take in the scenery, craft, gather materials for crafting etc, then 40-50 hours is very fast.

42.3 hours,you play slow. dont include all the time your not actually leveling.

I’m giving you my /age time. Note that I never stay logged in whilst not actually playing, I log out if I’m going to be idle. I would include exploring, gathering and crafting in my figures however because that does actually count as levelling since it reward experience.

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Posted by: Mandrax.7342

Mandrax.7342

Levelling on this game is very fast. But we can’t really answer this question since we don’t know exactly how fast you level and no expansion has been announced yet

I think this is an important point. Everybody plays differently.

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Posted by: DaddyBoJangles.6012

DaddyBoJangles.6012

I have full explored 3 of the starting areas and it seemed like I was leveling slow. I went and did my story missions to get to a zone close to my level. If you stay in zones around your level you will level up super quick. Instead of 25-30 exp for finding a waypoint you get 500 etc. It’s all about how you play though. I am only a 42 and I have about 30 hours clocked that’s super casual play over the last month. Just exploring the world of Tyria and enjoying the ride.

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Posted by: szar.9054

szar.9054

200 hours to reach level 80, are you kittening kidding me?
I bought the game, didn’t rush anything, did all dungeons, did all the jumping puzzles i could find, explored a lot, tried out spvp and WvW and was 80 on my 4th day of playing, the GW2 leveling process is realy realy fast.

The hardcore players did it in 2 days after release. I would say that ~40-50 hours is a normal amount to reach 80.

I have a level 38 alt that has 56 hours of play time on it. I wouldn’t say that 40-50 hours is normal. Normal if you are going fast and missing things. But for those of us that like to take in the scenery, craft, gather materials for crafting etc, then 40-50 hours is very fast.

42.3 hours,you play slow. dont include all the time your not actually leveling.

I’m giving you my /age time. Note that I never stay logged in whilst not actually playing, I log out if I’m going to be idle. I would include exploring, gathering and crafting in my figures however because that does actually count as levelling since it reward experience.

my age was 42.3 hours when i hit 80 and i only did exp activities `80% of the time. you aren’t efficient in you activities.

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Posted by: shadowelf.6047

shadowelf.6047

Why rush to 80? Don’t u feel like skipping content? I mean the game is beautiful and i’m enjoying every minute of it. Started by completing all 1-15 zones and all cities, then moved to 15-25 zones etc. I’m doing most events in a zone, collect materials and doing my daily. Only 42 atm but i’m in no hurry to reach 80 and endless Orr grinding

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Posted by: Danikat.8537

Danikat.8537

If you’re talking about the Lost Shores add-on coming on the 15th then you don’t need to worry about how long it will take to reach 80 because you don’t need to be level 80 to do it.

As long as you can get there (it’s going to be in/just off the level 40-50 area south of Lions Arch I think) you can do it at any level because you will be upscaled to 80 like you are in WvW and the Halloween Labyrinth.

For future reference, obviously we don’t know, but I think it’s unlikely Anet would go down the route of requiring you to be max level to play any of the expansions. It might not be like GW1 where apart from Eye of the North they all allowed you to start from level 1, but I think they will have either content for a range of levels or upscaling so anyone can join in.

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Posted by: Mandrax.7342

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200 hours to reach level 80, are you kittening kidding me?
I bought the game, didn’t rush anything, did all dungeons, did all the jumping puzzles i could find, explored a lot, tried out spvp and WvW and was 80 on my 4th day of playing, the GW2 leveling process is realy realy fast.

The hardcore players did it in 2 days after release. I would say that ~40-50 hours is a normal amount to reach 80.

I have a level 38 alt that has 56 hours of play time on it. I wouldn’t say that 40-50 hours is normal. Normal if you are going fast and missing things. But for those of us that like to take in the scenery, craft, gather materials for crafting etc, then 40-50 hours is very fast.

42.3 hours,you play slow. dont include all the time your not actually leveling.

I’m giving you my /age time. Note that I never stay logged in whilst not actually playing, I log out if I’m going to be idle. I would include exploring, gathering and crafting in my figures however because that does actually count as levelling since it reward experience.

my age was 42.3 hours when i hit 80 and i only did exp activities `80% of the time. you aren’t efficient in you activities.

I was efficient actually.

I did nothing but kill, do hearts, events, craft, gather and explore. I was 400 crafting by the time I hit 80 without actually spending much at all on the TP. I obtained 100% completion on every map that I leveled through and experienced 90% of all the events in each area, including finding and doing all the hidden dungeons, instanced dungeons AND jumping puzzles. I also took time to look at the world, enjoy the interaction between NPCs and understand the stories and characters in each zone.

My goal was not to reach 80 as quickly as possible, my goal was to experience as much of the game as possible whilst actively progressing to 80. I would say that I was very efficient in reaching the goal that I set.

If it is your goal to reach 80 as fast as is possible, then of course you measure efficiency differently, however, that was not my aim.

Anyway, this thread is about whether someone could reach 80 before an expansion is released. I think even leveling my way, the answer is yes.