What level were you when you got to Athens?

[helldweller]

So I just arrived in Athens earlier today and realized, that I had spent 60 hours in game and was at level 28. I didn't grind for levels or conciously avoid moving the main story quest forward, I just explored what seemed interesting and let things play out organically. I'm just curious if others had a similar experience. Oh, and if you can't tell, I absolutely love this game!

[Really_Dazed]

I felt the same way. I actually wished they had some kind of exp limiter so I would get 25% less exp haha. During my first playthrough, I hit max level halfway through the game.

[helldweller]

Based on how much of the map I have left to explore, I'd guess that I'm only about 25% of the way through. This game will be right up there with Skyrim for how much of my life has been "wasted" on it by the time I'm done!

[Warlord]

level 15. There is a ton of stuff I didn't do in the two previous regions and I've not really explored any other regions in my level range. Athens is crazy YUGE.

This game is going to take me a very long time to finish.

[bismarck2511]

just finished stage 4 so halfway trough main quest and at lvl cap 50 , was about lvl 30 when I reached athens

[helldweller]

One thing I really appreciate is the "up but not down" level scaling. It works well with the unlimited respec and abundace of epic+ gear. You can still feel like a badass, but you don't get there from grinding rather, a strategic combination of gear and skills. Just fantastic game design.

[Praesi]

Around lvl 30. Im now 70h in, lvl 45 and maybe explored 45% of the World.

[JKArtorias]

I'm level 47 and have just completed the game yesterday. But i stopped playing after i beat it cause i was tired.

[Praesi]

Originally posted by Spartacus:

I'm level 47 and have just completed the game yesterday. But i stopped playing after i beat it cause i was tired.

No way i finish the mainquest before i havent seen all of the world.

[Bubba Fett]

I got there at about level 15. My main problem with open world games is that I tend to do side quests and ignore the main story and by the time I get to it, I'm getting tired of the game and go onto something else.
That happened to me with the Witcher 3 and I still haven't finished it. (one of these days I'll restart it since I really like what I did play of it.)
Lately I've been trying to pay more attention to the main story and if I still want to play after that, work on the side missions.

[Ogami]

35 or so.

[helldweller]

Originally posted by Ogami:

35 or so.

Nice! Did you "finish" the Pirate Islands first? I forced myself not to because I knew the starting level for Athens was around 15-18 and thought I should get back on track for a bit. So hard to resist though.

[Ogami]

Originally posted by helldweller:

Originally posted by Ogami:

35 or so.

Nice! Did you "finish" the Pirate Islands first? I forced myself not to because I knew the starting level for Athens was around 15-18 and thought I should get back on track for a bit. So hard to resist though.

I finished nearly all the small islands in the west before going to Athens. Was at like hour 50 or so. Also the minimum level for Athens (all regions really) raises if you also raise in level.
At the end all the regions are 48-50. Thats what the level scaling is for so you can just do what you want without missing out on quest XP later.

[Praesi]

Originally posted by Bubba Fett:

I got there at about level 15. My main problem with open world games is that I tend to do side quests and ignore the main story and by the time I get to it, I'm getting tired of the game and go onto something else.
That happened to me with the Witcher 3 and I still haven't finished it. (one of these days I'll restart it since I really like what I did play of it.)
Lately I've been trying to pay more attention to the main story and if I still want to play after that, work on the side missions.

I f you get tired with Witcher 3. RPG´s are not for you.

[helldweller]

Originally posted by Ogami:

Originally posted by helldweller:

Also the minimum level for Athens (all regions) raises if you also raise in level.
At the end all the regions are 48-50. Thats what the level scaling os for so you can just do what you want without missing out on quest XP later.

Yeah, I mentioned "up but not down" scaling previously. Absolutely love this mechanic.

[Bubba Fett]

Originally posted by Praesi:

Originally posted by Bubba Fett:

I got there at about level 15. My main problem with open world games is that I tend to do side quests and ignore the main story and by the time I get to it, I'm getting tired of the game and go onto something else.
That happened to me with the Witcher 3 and I still haven't finished it. (one of these days I'll restart it since I really like what I did play of it.)
Lately I've been trying to pay more attention to the main story and if I still want to play after that, work on the side missions.

I f you get tired with Witcher 3. RPG´s are not for you.

Like I said, I enjoyed the combat and story, I just focus too much on side content first. I did the same thing with GTA 5.
My reasoning used to be that if I built up my character with side missions, the main story would be easier. To a degree that's true since you're very comfortable with the controls before you do the really tough battles, but with all the extra stuff they put in games these days it's pretty easy to take it too far.
Now I've started thinking that if the game is good enough that I want to see it all, I can always do it after the main story.