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Tanman

RE: For those fast leveling characters out there
« Reply #20 on: September 22, 2006, 08:44:01 pm »
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Dorganath - 9/19/2006  11:46 AM
  Only a few did not. But those few make other people, good players, take notice and wonder why some other people who started after them get to gain so many levels and they do not.  It inspires jealosy and a desire to obtain what others have.  It inspires a culture of fast leveling and that is simply not good for this community.


I know I have seen some fast levellers out there. Some that would get to level 9 ina a span of a month or less. Yes I too started to wonder. But when I thought about it, I felt that they are really only going to affect me if I actually interact with them. So I just let them be and RP/quest with those players that do want to make this the great world this is.

In truth, power levelling does becoming boring after a while, and for those people that do will probably leave on their own accord anyway.

 

Lilswanwillow

Re: For those fast leveling characters out there
« Reply #21 on: September 23, 2006, 02:07:29 pm »
gods I wish I had these friends...  my first post was 11/21/05, and I'm still level 9.  I prefer to RP than to level, but I do wish to level at the same time.
I was gone for three months, and in that time the people that started the same week/time as I are now twice my level, and people that started while I WAS away are up into thier 20's for some.  I feel horribble that I was an am left out, and many adventures are lost to me, but that is ok.  I know I am NOT going to level for a long time still, cause I am not one to go out adventuring much.  My fault.  
BUT I'm not a power leveler, and I bet a ton of people know me now.  I'd prefer to be known not as "level 20 wow, super killer"  but as the sweet lil elfie that sits in town talking to people.
and now theres bards calling me bard! huh...  ok, lost track of thought...
 

Etinfall

Re: For those fast leveling characters out there
« Reply #22 on: September 23, 2006, 05:28:56 pm »
Heh, I bet I got ya beat on slow leveling :) I used to get worked up about faster levelers, but eventually everybody levels faster than me. But it does get hard to rp inexperience when the one you are rp'ing with is a higher level but only been around for a month or two. But we just need to remember that is all ooc and not grind my teeth ;)

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LordCove

Re: For those fast leveling characters out there
« Reply #23 on: September 26, 2006, 07:08:19 am »
gods I wish I had these friends... my first post was 11/21/05, and I'm still level 9. I prefer to RP than to level, but I do wish to level at the same time - Lilswanwillow

Gods....and I thought I was slow. I must confess....Im dying to hit my next level....but I sure as hell aint gonna go wandering Dregar under-armed and unequipped. I remember when a Epic char Perm'd, leaving the wise message to 'look after your Death Tokens. At level 10....youre not so concerned if you gain one....at Level 20, its a bloody nightmare.
 

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    Re: For those fast leveling characters out there
    « Reply #24 on: September 26, 2006, 03:15:23 pm »
    My main character has stayed at level seven for quite some time now, mostly because I enjoy sitting around hlint and roleplaying...Alot of the players I started out with are a higher level than I, but I really do not mind. I enjoy playing my character the way he is, I update his CDF frenquently and have found myself greatly immersed in his character.
     

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    RE: For those fast leveling characters out there
    « Reply #25 on: September 27, 2006, 10:56:44 am »
    Thinking on the matter... some people may rush to level ten with one character in order to play another. To be able to submit a chaotic neutral character you must have been at Layonara for at least two months, and have a character of level ten or higher.

    A player who spends all their time role playing will not reach level ten in two months. But they will probably increase their skill in role playing. Still, this aquired skill in role playing will not gain them their chaotic neutral character.

    So a person who is desperate to play a cleric of Corath - a cleric that would need to start as chaotic neutral, would probably spend two months levelling their first character as fast as they can in order to submit their Corath cleric.

    I personally think it would be better to make the restriction four months instead of two, and get rid of the level requirement. At least then, the player would realize that rushing their first character would do them no good, they would simply have to wait four months - and why would they spend four months powerlevelling, when they could be role playing a character trying to find out as much as they can about the world to prepare them for playing their chaotic neutral character?




     

    Leanthar

    Re: For those fast leveling characters out there
    « Reply #26 on: September 27, 2006, 11:42:32 am »
    @d20mushroom, yeah we had it like that for a bit. What the players decided to do was submit a character and get them to level 4-6 then quit playing... then apply in 3 months (I think that is what we had it at). No matter what we do people try to work around the system. :)
     

    Hellblazer

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    « Reply #27 on: September 27, 2006, 10:07:05 pm »
    Well setting a firm time frime of heavy rp with a well develped cdt and world integration would be the easyest way.  Say that you have a firm time frame of 6 Rl months on the server, have to be seen by all teh gms and Wl as a good rping person that takes parts in the world development and interaction.  Then have a mini test of what it is to be evil (have 200 question ready with a randomizer so no one can actualy say this is what you will get lol).  If the person passes all that then he would be approved to get a chaotic evil person once approved at char submission and even then, have him be a true neutral for an other 6 months with a couple of cdq and an other well develop cdt to get to his evill side.

    Weeblie

    Re: For those fast leveling characters out there
    « Reply #28 on: September 27, 2006, 11:46:28 pm »
    Unfortunately, that person wouldn't be able to play that character after the alignment switch to Chaotic Evil... Or rather, the PC would automaticly be turned into a NPC. ;)
     

    Polak76

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    « Reply #29 on: September 28, 2006, 12:03:54 am »
    The main thing that used to annoy me with fast levelers is the respect change once they pass your lvl.
    Back in the day I used to have people see my character and flock to him so they could go for a trip around mistone and earn some experience which they couldnt do alone.  Then the minute they pass your lvl they change their respect and even look down upon you as a lesser being.

    That can be viewed as a form of metagaming in my opinion.
     

    Hellblazer

    Re: For those fast leveling characters out there
    « Reply #30 on: September 28, 2006, 12:39:37 pm »
    it is as the only way for them to know your level or aproxcimation of level is through lore, ooc talk or the info card.

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      Re: For those fast leveling characters out there
      « Reply #31 on: September 30, 2006, 01:08:19 am »
      It takes me ages to level *sighs*
       

      Eight-Bit

      Re: For those fast leveling characters out there
      « Reply #32 on: September 30, 2006, 07:58:25 am »
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      fighting_cheese - 9/30/2006 4:08 AM It takes me ages to level *sighs*
       I have a lot of old characters, cheeseman, one of which who is older than nearly every epic out there, yet it's still 19. Does it make me a better RPer? Nope. Do I have better standing in the community? Nope. It's all a matter of how you want to play, and I just do not have the time to put into this when I did back in highschool.
       

      Timmy0420

      Re: For those fast leveling characters out there
      « Reply #33 on: April 14, 2007, 09:05:16 pm »