DDOGamer: Epic Leveling. Or As I Like to Call It, Not Actually Leveling At All

[geoffhanna]

This is why I am not all that excited about the idea of DDO going to level 30.

[FranOhmsford]

Very, Very well said!

Another thing about Epic levels 21 and 22 is the pitiful amount of xp required for each!

A 3rd Lifer+ requires 360k to level from 19-20 with Quests like Mindsunder and Monastery giving 20k each on Elite BB.
It takes 300k to level from 20-21 with VoN 3 and Spies giving 150k each on E-NORM with Lvl 28s Power-levelling you through em!
It takes 450k to level from 21-22 - That's a VoN 3, Spies and Wiz King on EN...Profit!

I've argued for years now about how Lvl 17-19 quests + Dreaming Dark and Lord of Blades/Tower of Despair simply aren't worth running at level!
This is why I'm so vehement about the pointlessness of placing Heroic High Road and Storm Horns at Lvl 18 and 19!

[Chai]

I agree.

Further more I remember reading alot of player feedback that allowing us to have class levels from 20-30 would result in alot of power creep. Compared to EDs I dont believe 10 more class levels instead would have been more OP.

[FranOhmsford]

I agree.

Further more I remember reading alot of player feedback that allowing us to have class levels from 20-30 would result in alot of power creep. Compared to EDs I dont believe 10 more class levels instead would have been more OP.

Far less so I'd have thought!

1) We'd have never had the need for Lvl 20 quests to be tuned on EE to be difficult enough for Lvl 28 maxed out Characters to feel challenged!

2) Lvl 28 Quests could have been tuned to you know actually challenge said Uber Characters rather than being made available to anyone who's just hit 20 who can get into a group and pike em!

[phillymiket]

Yeah, hitting the 'level up' button after 20 is underwhelming.

It feels like your character is done at 20 and it's just a matter of amplifying what you have already.

I guess they are selling the Destinys so that's where your wow factor is.

[dunklezhan]

Agree 100%. I like EDs.. but I hate that epic levelling is for the most part choices-free. I really do hate that.