No incentive levelling past 90 in standard

ok 65 - 70 is waay too low. seriously

The game is in constant development, and the "100" cap is just a cap set for the sake of a cap. There's no content in this game that can't be beat at level 90. Hell, even at level 85 - if you follow FoTM builds.

The game isn't really designed for reaching 100 - yet. It never has. But GGG offers the possibility - if you're up for the grind. If you're not, then that's totally ok. There are no incentives for reaching 100, because the game ends at around 90.

Now, map XP, Red maps vs. Yellow maps are different issues, and needs adjustments. But reaching 100 is just a personal goal, not designed or encouraged by the developers. So if you aim for 100, you need to be ok with that.

Hell, are there even achievements for reaching 100? If yes, my bad. If no, there you go.

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Phrazz wrote:

The game is in constant development, and the "100" cap is just a cap set for the sake of a cap. There's no content in this game that can't be beat at level 90. Hell, even at level 85 - if you follow FoTM builds.

The game isn't really designed for reaching 100 - yet. It never has. But GGG offers the possibility - if you're up for the grind. If you're not, then that's totally ok. There are no incentives for reaching 100, because the game ends at around 90.

Now, map XP, Red maps vs. Yellow maps are different issues, and needs adjustments. But reaching 100 is just a personal goal, not designed or encouraged by the developers. So if you aim for 100, you need to be ok with that.

Hell, are there even achievements for reaching 100? If yes, my bad. If no, there you go.

Pretty much this.

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rickpollock wrote:

What I'd like to hear is what GGG intended for players to do once they hit that soft level cap?

This is actually how you define "soft cap". If they intended for you to go higher, it wouldn't be a soft cap. We wouldn't even be talking "cap". Is level 20 a cap? No... because it's clear that they intend for us to go further. The cap in PoE varies by player, and by character. That's why it's called "soft".

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panmisiek123 wrote:

Its pure lack of incentive.

If this is truly the issue, then what kind of incentive do you want? GGG can't do anything if you don't give them some concrete suggestions.

70 isnt really to *low* because most of the time you dont feel as if your getting better at all at least to me

Getting better gear then your lvl 40 gear that was great 40 lvls ago is really hard

Most of the time when you do get an upgrade it has 1 less good stat so REALLY its not even in upgrade since your just replacing one stat with higher stats if anything its the same as the item your using but looks like an upgrade

20 passive points isnt really that big to me either

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SpanishMonarch wrote:

There is no incentive to level in standard, period. lol

Incentive for you? I guess you just answered that: no.

Incentive for others? Of course, otherwise no one would be doing it. Yet many are. Your logic just crashed.

You don't know what the word incentive means.

From my experience to get to lvl 100 works only self motivation. Its like I gave to myself commitment "I will make it to highest lvl" somewhere when I started to play PoE. PoE has no motivation for you to reach 100 lvl goal.

Phrases like "you can make whatever build you want" or "PoE is full of diversibility" has only limited validity. I had to give up on them as are not valid for lvling. I gave up on romantic fiction that I will play self found items or that I will operate only with items or currency what I find.

I wanted to get to lvl 100 with staff and hp based witch but on lvl 98 I had to give up on that as well.. on commitments I fabricated.

When I died 5th time on lvl 98 I just had to change to ES and took shield with dagger. There was no other way. From that time I died twice and could be less if PoE would be stable like it was before Prophecy patch.

From lvl 90-100 there is nothing else than farming xp and trading. You will not find any item that would make your build better. You have to trade 95% of your gear.

With trade you helping not only yourself but other players too. Trading is what comes to game heavily if you want go to lvl 100.

When I am writing about it I think game has 3 stages. First one is going through campaign. Second one when you finish campaign and starting to do maps. And 3rd around lvl 90 when you realize that xp are not "free" anymore and xp is only thing that really counts, therefore 3rd stage is like "I wont die anymore".