No incentive levelling past 90 in standard

People seem to conflate it being possible to level to 100 to it being reasonable.

Is it possible? Of course. Is it reasonable? Well, for the overwhelming majority of players, no... its not remotely reasonable. Getting to 90 is a chore but achievable, every level beyond that is like trying to climb an increasingly steeper ice covered hill using your teeth for propulsion.

I believe my highest character on another account is either 93 or 94, and while I have around a dozen 90+ characters in my 5k or so hours played, I wonder how much more work would be required to get ONE to 100, considering the agony of just a few levels post 90...

People say "if you work hard", what they really mean is "if you have a good group of friends and the ability to endlessly chain tier 8+ maps, picking up nothing but currency and somehow still getting proper gear to avoid a death".

I think revert back before last xp nerf and make it 5% xp lost after lvl 90 as opposed to 10% and people would be happier.

Depends on build really. I was "done" with my miner at like 88. Could do uber or anything else. Some like 92-93.

I've never found incentive to go past that though.

100 is just bragging rights. game seems balanced for high 80s to low 90s

So question is how badly you need your ego stroked compared to the chore.

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Aim_Deep wrote:

So question is how badly you need your ego stroked compared to the chore.

That's making an assumption.

It's not the first question you should be asked. The first question is: do you consider leveling to 100 a chore or do you enjoy the process? If someone considers it a chore, then you can ask your question.

I have a level 90. I enjoyed the process to 90, and didn't consider it a chore. Would I consider leveling to 100 a chore? Ask me again a year from now, since that's about the time I'll get around to it.

I never understood this fascination with level 100. Such a dumb waste of time. If your build isn't done around level 90 you doing something wrong.

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Ceryneian wrote:

I never understood this fascination with level 100. Such a dumb waste of time. If your build isn't done around level 90 you doing something wrong.

this is how i pretty much feel as well, I usually get bored of a character or feel its done by the mid 80s and move on to rolling something else.

i feel like devs dont care about standard
i also feel like new exp formula is a move in a wrong direction.
im also getting sick of temp leagues.

maybe its burnout or maybe i expected to much from GGG

time will tell

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Achilion wrote:

i feel like devs dont care about standard

... And there's a huge player base feeling the same. But with all these "standard is a trash league, full of noobs and plebs"-mentality, it's kind of easy for GGG to go that way. The main focus needs to be directed somewhere, and the temp leagues/ladder is the focus. No secret that the hard core players stays away from standard, and we all know GGG wants to make a "hard core" game.

But when it becomes "too hard core" fore some, requiring even more grind, we see a lot of whining on that end too.

The balance is hard :P

Being 98.4 after hideous nerf, my 2 chaos is:

I dont understand why anyone would not want to get to 100

Your toon is NOT finished at 90

or 80

or 75

or 15

It's done at 100.

This is the only game where 99,99999% of players don't want to reach or can't the top lvl.
Beforen exp nerf it was 99%

NO other game I've played in 30yrs that involves leveling a toon says : 'Oh, I'll just quit at lvl 85 - I'm done now.'

Nope - you're not.

Caveat:

There are two types of players:
1 Those got to 100 pre nerf
2 The real men who get there after.

GL HF

And GGG please reduce the exp nerf so players have some hope of getting there.
There are reasons no-one wants to lvl in std and the reason is 95+ is now hideous. HIDEOUS:
I Respect any guy out there whois attempting it.

Everest is there for no reason. Getting to the top gains you nothing.
Just to say ' I did it' no fame, no money, just - I DID THE F***ER

---- SAME with getting to 100 - - --

Trouble is Everest just got taller



TLDR: there are paradoxes in this post. :)

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Turniphead2 wrote:

Being 98.4 after hideous nerf, my 2 chaos is:

I dont understand why anyone would not want to get to 100

Your toon is NOT finished at 90
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it's super boring and people have better things to do rofl