Please, change the default LFM level range

[Galeria]

/signed

A very simple adjustment to the default levels would help new players to select the appropriate levels without anyone getting dinged.

[nibel]

This doesn't fix the problem, merely looks to shift blame from the "leader" onto the automated system instead. The system sets the levels, so its to blame if something screws up the EXP for some members.

The leader is the one letting in the members of the party. NOTHING prevents the leader (other than paying attention) to letting in a level 20 into a quest listing posted for levels 6-9 for example, like in Chronoscope. You REALLY do not want the system to present hard limits on who can be in your party at times. Maybe your group is really only after an easy completion for favor or end rewards and cares not for EXP.

It is really not that hard to hit the "X" key and have the GUI pop up which gives all the relevant info about the quest, its level, its experience and YOUR modifiers to that EXP based on level differences, your level vs the quest, etc. It is also pretty easy to just tab thru the party members F1 up thru F6 and see what their levels are in the Targeting Orb in the little number at the top of that display. The default level range works pretty well. Keep in mind that the level delta penalty goes into the whole modifier bin of bonuses and penalties and often ends up not really cutting experience in half, but more like 25% or so. As long as the total of the penalties does not hit 100% you can still get significant experience out of quests.

4 levels high will give the lower level -50% XP, regardless of quest level. So, a level 8 in the same party with a level 12 will get -50%, plus any XP penalty the level 12 is inflicting on the quest (like -10% on a level 10 quest). And if the level 8 is a new player, probably he do not know he could get XP penalty for powerleveling.

Pressing X helps, but the powerlevel XP penalty is marked in the top of the XP screen, and if the quest isnt at the very start, the kill/breakable counting will put the header out of the view, to show the "total XP" on the bottom.

The leader can screw up the group's XP as they can now. Just setting the default to a no-penalty range will avoid unintentional XP penalty.

Also, thanks for the topic bump, everyone.

[Rian]

/signed

I like the idea, it's more forgiving.
New players aren't being punished by the team ignorance when they simply need to learn.
Does this game come with a player's manual anymore? (Not the outdated cap lvl 10 one)

[puget]

Also /signed. Every time I roll a new character, I spend my korthos/harbor idle time trying to chat new players towards the LFG panel.

I shudder now after this thread at how many times I failed to explain this and may have adversely affected my attempts to help players.

It is just something I never thought of while explaining the LFG.

/signed.

[Arel]

/signed, not much to add really.