Scyrner Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 Has anyone noticed that with all the other sources of experience (Heroics, Flashpoints, Space Battles, PvP) You begin to outlevel the quest areas for not only the classes plotline but also the world in general? Im halfway to 19 and I just started Balmorre on sith inquisitor. I feel that by the time im done Balmorre I might be too high level for the next place....unless there is a sizable gap between the end of Balmorre and the Start of Nar Shadda. Anyone found this? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elocism Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 i do too much space combat every planet i go to, the quests are green i see this as a good thing for alts though. sick of the side quests? just do your main story line quests and supplement you xp through other methods Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Majestic_Jazz Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 I found it as well. I am on alderaan where the minimal level is 28 and I am level 34 and just got here. I think I am still fine in terms of getting XP and Credits from the quest. I think once you are like 7 levels above the mob/quest, you don't get any XP or credits from it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boefje Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 Don't be too fooled by it, once you enter 40+ planets you will suddently find your quests yellow and surpised by some orange class ones:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justsumguy Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 very east to out level the story line unless you skip stuff, which I hate to do... so yes I am above level for the story line and feel like I am bottom feeding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vgyer Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 im usally 3-4 lvls under wherei should be like when i went to voss for the first time on my main i was lvl 40. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luckmann Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 By the time I get to any one planet, I'm usually ready for the Bonus Series. I don't really do any PvP - some days I do the daily. I make a runthrough of all the Space Missions about every other or every third day, but most of those missions quickly go grey. I do most flashpoints 2 to 3 times (not at once). And I still outlevel any planet I come to long before I get there. I am level 44, and I just finished Chapter 1 and started Taris. I'm the kind of person that wants to do all the quests. It's sad that there's really no reward in doing it, which is somewhat disheartening for a completionist like myself. They could drop XP gain throughout the entire game with about 30-40% and then perhaps it would start to feel a bit balanced. Right now, it's completely borked. Nobody is doing the Bonus Series quests either, because there's really no incentive to do so besides the story. This is making it excruciatingly hard to get groups for the Heroics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siltyn Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 I noticed this as well, it's very easy to outlevel planets and trivialize content. What has worked for me is that I am playing two different characters. With the first character I did all of Balmorra but only my class quests on Nar Shaddaa, and reversed it with my second character...having him do all of Nar Shaddaa, but only the class quests on Balmorra. This way I've experience...for the most part...all of both planets and didn't feel like I outleveled them and made them too easy. I've started doing the same with Tatooine/Alderaan. This is keeping quests mostly yellow/orange for me. I'm not sure if this will work all the way to 50, but it's working out for me right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drakeborn Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 I consider this a FAR FAR better alternative than having the quest gaps that other games often launch with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattdell Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 I was under leveled by 4-5 levels by the time I hit 40. I had to go farm XP just to be able to complete Voss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeardPapa Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 Happens to me as well - to counter it I usually power through every other planet. Hoth for example I was overleveled so ONLY did my class quests and moved onto Voss where I am now doing all the content as it is my level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apax Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 This game needs to take a page from most other MMOs and offer a toggle option for XP gains to players. Let them turn their XP gains on and off as they see fit so they can advance at a pace that appeals to them. Not everyone enjoys facerolling through content with ease because the mobs are 5+ levels lower than them. I don't even do space missions or PvP because I simply can not afford to get any further ahead of the content than I already am. It's ruining the entire game for me. Do you know you don't even get affection points with your companions through quest conversations once the quests are grey? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tolarus Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 Yeah been noticing that I'm outpacing my quests pretty quickly. Not doing anything extra to pile on the xp but still, like Drakeborn mentioned, better than being left empty handed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durnazax Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 I made a comment about this to my guild lastnight. Each planet has its own theme. If you enjoy the theme, you play it all the way through and gain quite a few levels. I find this approach very nice since it means you can do what someone just above me posted, you play an alt on different planets and still experience all the game has to offer, but without the tedium of having to do it every time you play a new character. I am enjoying the many different forms of variety this game lets you experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaileaSkye Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 I'm the kind of person that wants to do all the quests. It's sad that there's really no reward in doing it, which is somewhat disheartening for a completionist like myself. That makes two of us, Luck. My first (and only so far) 50 is a Trooper. I did all quests i could find and explored all places; I often arrived at planets with green quest marks. After a while i started feeling like it was a bit of a chore to run around cleaning quest marks. Then i started a Bounty Hunter. She's 31 and i've been balancing questing and PVP in order to have her arriving at target planets at exact level entry points, and i must confess it's been quite enjoyable because there is some decent measure of challenge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lhuna Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 (edited) I do flashpoint once but no spacemissions and pvp, and are outleveling the zones fast. I`m at Alderaan and most quests starts to become grey :-) Dont mind, just means it plenty of content. Edited January 19, 2012 by Lhuna Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vyradder Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 Not me. I've been consistently about 1 or 2 levels below the content I'm playing...makes it a challenge, that's for sure. I was not logging off in cantinas, not doing space combat missions, or heroic group missions, or flashpoints either. I'll get to all that stuff later. I have started logging in cantinas though, my repair bills were getting really high from tackling higher level content. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elysith Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 (edited) If you skip Heroics & Flashgroups, mainly doing the solo contents (including Space combats), you will remain about the level of class quests until the end. If you also just do the Bonuses, you will probably already reach 50 just by the time you land on Correlia. As soon as you start doing repeatable quests, you start as well to outlevel more and more progressively the campaign. Edited January 19, 2012 by Elysith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtravisp Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 Since around level 30 (I'm 44), this is all I do: Class Quests Main Planet Story Quests PvP Daily Space Daily More PvP I never do any other planet quests that aren't part of the main line (the one that you can't drop). I really don't mind playing the game this way. Maybe this is what's intended- shoose your own progression. Don't like space combat or PvP? Don't do it, you'll still level at a good pace. It's better than Aion, where the distance between levels was huge and tedious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JogelBolla Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 i'm level 39 on my bh and just about to hit taris. I did all previous planets including all bonus series that was available. I also did all flashpoints that i could plus i pvp every once in a while. I can only imagine what level id be if i did any space missions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joolsov Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 Just do class quests. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andryah Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 I consider this a FAR FAR better alternative than having the quest gaps that other games often launch with. Exactly. OP, you go get to decide how much you do and how long you stay on a planet you know. Personally, I find that I am consistently about 2 levels above the entry level for a planet by the time I get there. This is with 6 different characters now, and it's pretty consistent. And it's actually a sweet spot because most quests have just turned green by the time I get to them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eastg Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 Don't do every quest on every planet. I've just done the class quest on some planets when i felt i was getting to far ahead. And besides next char i lvl up i will skip the planets i did do all quests i found and spend more time on the planets i just did the class quest on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amethyriel Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 grey quests should give 60-70% of the green xp, instead of just 5 xp imo... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caelrie Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 They could drop XP gain throughout the entire game with about 30-40% and then perhaps it would start to feel a bit balanced. Right now, it's completely borked. Nobody is doing the Bonus Series quests either, because there's really no incentive to do so besides the story. This is making it excruciatingly hard to get groups for the Heroics. Or you could start skipping some stuff instead of trying to ruin everyone else's game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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