About Aurora's Leveling

[M]

In my game I equip Aurora with a faceted diamond on the shield slot. That gives her 15% extra exp. However I noticed other characters always catch up and even surpass her in level.

On inspection I noticed she requires significantly more exp to level up so she falls behind even with 15% exp boost. (In comparison to other characters.)

Why is that? Could more total stat points means you need more exp to level up? But that doesn't make sense as it slows her gaining skill points.

Is she designed like that so she appears more fragile?

[himmatsj]

It is normal in videogames. From Level 1 to 2 for example, 50XP. Then 2>3, 60XP. Etc etc. So ultimately, to level from 29>30, you may need something like 500XP.

[M]

I meant in comparison to other characters, it is normal for lower leveled chars. to catch up in level but NOT surpassing. I'll edit the op to make it clear.

[Soltanis]

Can't say I have noticed Aurora level any slower than other characters.

In fact the Diamond Oculi's are the only way to change the amount of experience a character gets, as everyone in the party gets the experience regardless if used.
I can't really supply a picture without spoiling things unfortunately.

But saying that it wouldn't surprise me if there was a mechanic to make lower level characters level faster, as otherwise, if you were a high level and picked up another character in the story it would be hard to try to use them in a party.

[M]

I just hope the diamond didn't increase the exp REQUIRED to level up by 15% as well...

[BBK]

if that were so equipping the diamond would be pointless

[Feisi]

Yeah, aurora is the lowest lvl in my group now, seems she needs a lot more exp to gain 1 lvl compared to other party members.

[TirithRR]

Originally posted by Faceless:

Yeah, aurora is the lowest lvl in my group now, seems she needs a lot more exp to gain 1 lvl compared to other party members.

She requires the same exp per level as everyone else as far as I can tell. My characters are all level 45 and 46, and are gaining exp together. She's never been underlevelled. I have never used Diamonds for faster EXP gains.

[Shiloh]

She definitely needs more exp than certain characters. To demonstrate take Norah, who levels up to 9X on my NG+ while aurora was at high 7X-8X even with Aurora holding a higher grade diamond for more exp. (Also, remember that Norah's level is frozen as well before you acquired her in NG+) Norah is totally and seriously broken for busting through the middle of the game.

At the end of my NG+ Aurora is 88, with the other characters being between 86-87, however take into account the better diamond oculi and the frozen levels of NG+ and you'll realise that Aurora does level slower than certain characters.

Rubella, Gen and Oengus at 87, Finn, Robert and Tristis at 86

I cannot say for sure about the first playthrough as I've only noticed this huge level jump in Norah in NG+ and took notice of it since then

[himmatsj]

Originally posted by BALLS2WALLS:

She definitely needs more exp than certain characters. To demonstrate take Norah, who levels up to 9X on my NG+ while aurora was at high 7X-8X even with Aurora holding a higher grade diamond for more exp. (Also, remember that Norah's level is frozen as well before you acquired her in NG+) Norah is totally and seriously broken for busting through the middle of the game.

At the end of my NG+ Aurora is 88, with the other characters being between 86-87, however take into account the better diamond oculi and the frozen levels of NG+ and you'll realise that Aurora does level slower than certain characters.

Rubella, Gen and Oengus at 87, Finn, Robert and Tristis at 86

I cannot say for sure about the first playthrough as I've only noticed this huge level jump in Norah in NG+ and took notice of it since then

Norah does level up much quicker in a normal game as well.

What do you mean by Frozen levels?

[Shiloh]

Basically when you start your NG+ the additional characters that you get, Rubella, Finn etc. have their levels 'frozen' at the levels they had when you finished your first playthrough. So let's say you ended the first playthrough with Gen at lvl 43, when you acquire her again in NG+ she'll be at level 43.

[TheHippySteve]

Necro'ing here but similar ish question...

I just started playing but, new party members seem to be a higher level than Aurora. I played up to Norah, didn't really grind much and every character seemed to be about two levels higher. The next time I didn't avoid battles at all cost like before basically, Rubella and Finn were still higher. Maybe as much but, it just irks me my main character doesn't seem to be as efficient as the others. How much did you guys battle before picking up party members? Was this purposeful? Is my idea of sufficient level grinding not that of normal rpg gamers, I don't play them often.

[TripSin]

Other characters joining the party do start at higher levels, but I didn't notice them leveling up faster than she did. In late game she becomes vital when a ton of physical resistant monsters start showing up. Late game she was really solid both in physical damage and magic damage. And obviously you need her for dark monsters.

I played on hard and never had to grind. But when I saw an enemy for the first time, I didn't avoid them. I feel like people who complain about grinding are either bad/not using good strats or casuals who think you can just avoid monsters all the time in an RPG and not become underleveled.

[lyricasty]

There is a distinct difference in leveling. Aurora is the slowest and Norah/gen are the fastest

[himmatsj]

Originally posted by lyricasty:

There is a distinct difference in leveling. Aurora is the slowest and Norah/gen are the fastest

Cause the come in later, amirite?

[Lenaxia]

Even if they may come later, it doesn't really matter. I just played through the game a 2nd time on NG+ hard. Almost all my characters were between 75-78 at the end. All except one were within 2 levels of finishing their entire skill trees (I could've done it had I not rushed through it)