Level cap raise

[hinti21]

Is it possible to raise the level cap somehow? Or could the devs be so nice to do so? :)

[Wolf Echo]

The level cap goes up to 60 in the 2nd game, you can also import your current character.

[hinti21]

Originally posted by Quietus Wolf:

The level cap goes up to 60 in the 2nd game, you can also import your current character.

That doesn't really solve the problem^^
Why is there a level cap anyways?

[Wolf Echo]

Originally posted by hinti21:

Originally posted by Quietus Wolf:

The level cap goes up to 60 in the 2nd game, you can also import your current character.

That doesn't really solve the problem^^
Why is there a level cap anyways?

Because it's part 1 of 3. If they let you go too high in level, there'd be no challenge in the next 2 games. And besides that, you can gain Glory levels after you hit 30 to get more bonuses. Just play the Scenario's or Neverending Story mode.

[hinti21]

Originally posted by Quietus Wolf:

Originally posted by hinti21:

That doesn't really solve the problem^^
Why is there a level cap anyways?

Because it's part 1 of 3. If they let you go too high in level, there'd be no challenge in the next 2 games. And besides that, you can gain Glory levels after you hit 30 to get more bonuses. Just play the Scenario's or Neverending Story mode.

But why not leave the choice to the player? I never got that.
If the second part has such a low level cap too, I'm definitely not buying it.

[Wolf Echo]

Originally posted by hinti21:

Originally posted by Quietus Wolf:

Because it's part 1 of 3. If they let you go too high in level, there'd be no challenge in the next 2 games. And besides that, you can gain Glory levels after you hit 30 to get more bonuses. Just play the Scenario's or Neverending Story mode.

But why not leave the choice to the player? I never got that.
If the second part has such a low level cap too, I'm definitely not buying it.

Going form 30 to 60 is "low" to you? Borderlands 2 only raised the level cap by 11 at first, then another 11 for a total of 22 extra levels, not counting the OP levels. Here, in game 2, you basically get to double your level, and odds are that game 3's cap will be around 90, so 30 levels per game sounds about right.

[hinti21]

Originally posted by Quietus Wolf:

Originally posted by hinti21:

But why not leave the choice to the player? I never got that.
If the second part has such a low level cap too, I'm definitely not buying it.

Going form 30 to 60 is "low" to you? Borderlands 2 only raised the level cap by 11 at first, then another 11 for a total of 22 extra levels, not counting the OP levels. Here, in game 2, you basically get to double your level, and odds are that game 3's cap will be around 90, so 30 levels per game sounds about right.

I didn't like the cap in Borderlands either but at least you could go 50 levels in base game (which is almost double the levels you can go in van helsing).

[Wolf Echo]

Originally posted by hinti21:

Originally posted by Quietus Wolf:

Going form 30 to 60 is "low" to you? Borderlands 2 only raised the level cap by 11 at first, then another 11 for a total of 22 extra levels, not counting the OP levels. Here, in game 2, you basically get to double your level, and odds are that game 3's cap will be around 90, so 30 levels per game sounds about right.

I didn't like the cap in Borderlands either but at least you could go 50 levels in base game (which is almost double the levels you can go in van helsing).

True, but you were severly limited on XP gains if you were at or above a play modes level cap. Try hitting level 50 playing entierly on Normal and you'd have still been trying by the time the first level cap increase came. Same goes for trying to hit 61 or 72 on anything other than UVHM.

The devs have their reasons for capping the level where they did, and I doubt that with the 2nd game being planned for release next month that they're gonna make a level cap increase for this game any time soon.

[hinti21]

I miss the times when there were no level caps. They just keep me from spending time ingame.
Like the guy in the other thread said: I am already at max level and didn't even finish the story once...that's kinda crappy :/

[datguy13]

So basically, what you want is FFVII syndrome: the ability to out-level everything in the game by grinding low-level mobs so you can go over-power the late-game or end-game mobs? That's the impression I'm getting anyway.

The reason for the level-cap is so that this very phenomena doesn't happen. Levels are not the carrot-on-a-stick for this game. Gear and story progression is. Besides that, there is a multiplayer and a PvP element to the game, so the developers had to set up some sort of threshold for which those aspects of the game can be balanced.

Meh. People will complain about anything, I guess.

[hinti21]

You could have the option to choose wether you want the character to be a pvp one (if you choose so, your level will be capped).
One of the reasons I play RPGs (or ARPGs which is obviously a type of RPG) is character developement and progression. This gets partly taken away by level caps. If someone doesn't want to be overpowered, well, don't f*cking grind then?! If someone wants to be, well he should probably go grinding and make all the sidequests. I guess it should be up to the player and not up to some level cap o.O
And to name the second game as a reason for the cap is simply lazy. There are so many ways to cope with that. You could e.g. let everybody start at level 1 and give skill points for levels of the first character and a percentage of gold for his gold and so on. Or do it like mass effect or whatever, I don't care. Just don't cap the level, you are just cutting your own flesh. I never heard somebody say "Oh, I'm not going to buy xy because it has no level cap.", but I often heard it otherwise "Why are you even playing side missions? You're gonna be at the cap through half of the game?!".

Originally posted by datguy13:

Meh. People will complain about anything, I guess.

Not about no level cap, I guess :P

[datguy13]

Originally posted by hinti21:

One of the reasons I play RPGs (or ARPGs which is obviously a type of RPG) is character developement and progression. This gets partly taken away by level caps. If someone doesn't want to be overpowered, well, don't f*cking grind then?!

No it doesn't. Glory allows you to modify your combat and spell-casting stats individually, as well as raising the various Resistances. So even at level 30, you have access to character progression and customization on a wide scale. Besides that, grinding for higher stat gear is the best way to progress a given character, so if you *really* want progression, then you *have* to grind for and farm up gear.

[hinti21]

Doesn't glory only give you perks?

[Gubi_SPG]

Level cap will be increased in the next sequel to 60.

You can spend the earned glory points to obtain minor bonuses. "B"

Perks are diffferent . :)

[hinti21]

Originally posted by Valkyrie_Neocore:

Level cap will be increased in the next sequel to 60.

You can spend the earned glory points to obtain minor bonuses. "B"

Perks are diffferent . :)

Why are you capping?
Can't it be an option for people who want to play online?

[✪ megapull]

Originally posted by hinti21:

Originally posted by Valkyrie_Neocore:

Level cap will be increased in the next sequel to 60.

You can spend the earned glory points to obtain minor bonuses. "B"

Perks are diffferent . :)

Why are you capping?
Can't it be an option for people who want to play online?

Level capping is somewhat a tradition of all ARPG games. On our part, this was pre-planned that we will gradually increase the level caps along with the released Van Helsing sequels. In the meantime, players can level their Glory levels, similar to Paragon in Diablo 3. It is quite an effort to reach the maximum glory level, and it's quite beneficial to do so as well!