Questions - max skill levels, respeccing

[Mike]

I'll stop spamming new topics after this, but I didn't want to mix these in with my bug/feature request topics. Thanks in advance for any answers!

1) What is a realistic final character level range for a completionist playthrough?

2) What is the max level for skills, or - like character levels - is there no hard limit?

3) Re: character respeccing: is there any opportunity to respec skills and/or "randomize" stat distributions (as can be done for Lannon during character creation at the start of the game)? Or does the respec function only allow for the redistribution of existing stat points, with no other options to alter the character?

[airboy]

I've got 28 hours in the game. I'm in Act 3 I'm trying to complete most everything. My current level is 16th.

I've not experienced a hard cap for skills, spells, or levels. There is an escalating number of points to advance in skills/spells as you get better. This puts an effective cap on what you can do.

I've not seen any opportunity to change stat distributions the way you can with your initial character at game start. There is a limited redistribution option that comes in mid to late game after you find the plant to keep the wizard from phasing.

[Mike]

Thanks for the reply! I think I'm around the same point as you, and I was also beginning to assume the early-mid-game option you mention to respec stats (Strength, Agility, etc.) is the only respec option in the game. Not a huge deal, as stats (unlike skills/abilities, and ignoring character-specific starting traits) are the only features that couldn't otherwise be changed after char creation.

As for whether there are hard skill level caps (I've reached level 63 so far in at least one skill), and the character levels players who completed the game ended up with, I'd welcome the dev's input as well as that of other players who finished a completionist game (for the character levels question).

[cavesoflore]

Originally posted by Mike:

I'll stop spamming new topics after this, but I didn't want to mix these in with my bug/feature request topics. Thanks in advance for any answers!

1) What is a realistic final character level range for a completionist playthrough?

2) What is the max level for skills, or - like character levels - is there no hard limit?

3) Re: character respeccing: is there any opportunity to respec skills and/or "randomize" stat distributions (as can be done for Lannon during character creation at the start of the game)? Or does the respec function only allow for the redistribution of existing stat points, with no other options to alter the character?

There is no actual level cap, but at some point it would take an insane amount of exp to level up. I've seen lvl 40, but most people finish the game at 20-30 range.

There's no limit for skills either. Spells and Abilities, however, are capped at 15. There are enchantments you can get to go beyond that.

Respec (mid game at the anomaly) allows only stat redistribution. You get the equivalent points for each stat point. So taking 1 from an 18 stat worth more, just like the beginning of the game.

[Mike]

Thanks! I'm already at level 24 and still haven't entered the Bleak Halls (so guessing around mid-game), but I have been taking on every critter I see and exploring some locations more than once so far. And I'm now at skill 78 in two-handed for Lannon, with no signs of stopping. Good to know!

[Versive]

Originally posted by cavesoflore:

Originally posted by Mike:

I'll stop spamming new topics after this, but I didn't want to mix these in with my bug/feature request topics. Thanks in advance for any answers!

1) What is a realistic final character level range for a completionist playthrough?

2) What is the max level for skills, or - like character levels - is there no hard limit?

3) Re: character respeccing: is there any opportunity to respec skills and/or "randomize" stat distributions (as can be done for Lannon during character creation at the start of the game)? Or does the respec function only allow for the redistribution of existing stat points, with no other options to alter the character?

There is no actual level cap, but at some point it would take an insane amount of exp to level up. I've seen lvl 40, but most people finish the game at 20-30 range.

There's no limit for skills either. Spells and Abilities, however, are capped at 15. There are enchantments you can get to go beyond that.

Respec (mid game at the anomaly) allows only stat redistribution. You get the equivalent points for each stat point. So taking 1 from an 18 stat worth more, just like the beginning of the game.

With the understanding that enchantments allow the player to go over the spell/ability cap of 15, could you consider a soft-cap instead of a hard-cap for spells/abilities? For example, an increasing scale of experience necessary to level beyond 15.