Leveling past 95 is... painful now.

I've just reached 95 in ASC and there is a HUGE difference between 94-95 and 95-96. Before I was getting a level every 7 hours or so, Now it feels like it'll take 10-12 hours to level, usually it's like 1 hour difference between levels.

This feels really terrible, and I don't get why they had to do this when like 0.2% of people reached level 100, and will still continue to reach level 100, all they really did was made the race to 100 longer and made it feel horrible to level past 95 for everyone else.

As far as i can see you have nothing to base your feeling on, past it takes more exp to level between 94-95 to 95-95, like it has not taken more from 90-91, 91-92 etc, you have one character in that level region so it's all new to you anyway.

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BatMan421 wrote:

I've just reached 95 in ASC and there is a HUGE difference between 94-95 and 95-96. Before I was getting a level every 7 hours or so, Now it feels like it'll take 10-12 hours to level, usually it's like 1 hour difference between levels.

This feels really terrible, and I don't get why they had to do this when like 0.2% of people reached level 100, and will still continue to reach level 100, all they really did was made the race to 100 longer and made it feel horrible to level past 95 for everyone else.

FYI: They're trying to tell you make a new character.

But on a real note, yea I usually don't make it past 88 or 90 in most leagues because at that point, my character is built where I want it, and the grind to 100 is just too damn long and boring to tolerate. So for me, when they decided to make this longer, it just reinforced the "Hey, it's time to make another character" option imo. Some people might hate that, but being able to hit 100 is for the dedicated few, and I agree, not everyone should be able to get it, only those really have the drive, patience and tolerance to do so.

I know I'm not one of those, I usually end up with 4-6 characters per league for that reason. xD

Bah, the new and improved "prolonged" grind does wonders to those that might entertained the idea of continuously reaching towards 100 at a "snail pace" while playing single target namelocking melee - just take a break, build up your map pool for starting the War and enjoy the level 100 status post level up, no matter your own reached level, those "suicide run" maps ARE worth it and more FUN than the "invisible" progress...

Not to mention that GGG outdone themselves in making not fighting bosses the "way to go" if you care about progress...

Meh. I expected better adjustments from them concerning this area, but no problem, there are more and more options that will make me feel I'll get my spent times' worth besides PoE... Heck, even Dota 2 these days is a whole lot more enticing...

Great job in making high level players not invested in their characters as much, except for those that do enjoy to go the way of "opie-op metas"...

Single target namelocking melee simply can't compete on any front (damage, survivability, loot/EXP rewards) so those should either be brought in line ASAP or removed, as they don't have a place in PoE anymore...

PS: At least Oni Goroshi brings back some of the "old school" charm that PoE is sorely missing these days...

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BatMan421 wrote:

I've just reached 95 in ASC and there is a HUGE difference between 94-95 and 95-96. Before I was getting a level every 7 hours or so, Now it feels like it'll take 10-12 hours to level, usually it's like 1 hour difference between levels.

This feels really terrible, and I don't get why they had to do this when like 0.2% of people reached level 100, and will still continue to reach level 100, all they really did was made the race to 100 longer and made it feel horrible to level past 95 for everyone else.

ggg only cares about the 0.1% get used to it lol xD also streamers the rest is dogshit to them

I'm currently 84, should I be running Poorjoy's or something to reach my target of 91?

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lagwin1980 wrote:

you have one character in that level region so it's all new to you anyway.

You must be new too if you think people don't sometimes delete their characters.

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Hayrich wrote:

I'm currently 84, should I be running Poorjoy's or something to reach my target of 91?

I got to level 90 doing t10 or lower maps fairly fast.

You can (easily) get to 90 just running maps for the hell of it without even worrying about which maps you do or don't do.

91-94 will require that you pay attention and focus on maps that give you a return.

95-100 requires that you remove a large portion of your cerebellum and become accustom to repetitive behavior.

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Fapmobile wrote:

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lagwin1980 wrote:

you have one character in that level region so it's all new to you anyway.

You must be new too if you think people don't sometimes delete their characters.

Ohh i know they do, but then why have ANY in standard at all if they delete them(like his other 90+? what the account looks like to me is someone who has played for a while and through several leagues and let them rest in standard, and here you have his abyss char at 95 the highest out of them ...which suggests to me that it is indeed his first char at that level.

Also if you bothered to look at the exp changes the level range he is talking about is only a 6.5% increase, which is practically nothing, saying it takes twice as long as the previous level, it would have anyway without the changes to exp gain.