Level Balancing mod?

[Tritoch]

Is there a way to make it so characters outside of your party get experience? I hate having the swap characters just to balance levels.

[WarWeeny]

If someone is mad enough to mod this dead game with this feature, i might even consider getting it.

[Zaris]

The leveling of the others heroes is not so bad with preparation. Lets assume you have 2 groups. Level up the first group (Olberic, Ophelia, Therion, Alfyn) and finish their storylines and get the special jobs. With Ophelia und Olberic you can get a 50% xp and 50% jp assecoire after chapter 4 from two new sidequests. One of the special jobs also offers 50% more xp. With Alfyn and Therion you can get the bonusses and items from towns people or buy them with Tressa.

Now swap to Primrose, Tressa, Cyrus, Haanit and equip them with the 2x 50% xp and the endgame gear like 400 dmg swords and so on and you can level up really fast because monster on the same level should die in 1-2 rounds with brute force.

After unlocking the divine skill of the hunter class you can for example kill of most enemy groups in one round. Let the dancer buff strength on hunter, merchant buffs 2 boost points on hunter and the hunter finishes the group with the divine skill. Equip speed items on the merchant and dancer to make sure that they go first before the hunter.

Another similiar way is to have a high lvl warrior / hunter and a merchant / cleric. Put 2 low level heroes in there and go into the lvl58 forst in the north. Do the same tactic like mentioned before, boost strength, 2 boost pts and finish them with the divine hunter skill. Your low level heroes will get easily >1000xp after every fight and level up quite fast to 40+.

[Chester]

If someone were able to implement this it's likely that your party would pretty quickly be overleveled for any dungeon they went into. I've been rotating my characters and am nearing the end of chapter 4 - my main character is about 15 levels higher than everyone else. Chapter 4 recommends a level of 45 (which everyone else is) and my main is a little over 60. Having one character leveled that high really brings down the challenge; having four would mean no challenge at all.

It wouldn't be as simple as just sharing xp. I suppose you could try to have it be based on a percentage, but the game is balanced around a certain xp curve. You'd have to rebalance that too.

It may be a hassle to do, but rotating the characters really enhances the game. You can think of it as experimenting with different synergies and adding a layer of strategy/challenge. Reframing how you see it is your best option, because chances are nothing is going to be changing.

[Serafie1999AD]

Originally posted by chester.longdon:

It may be a hassle to do, but rotating the characters really enhances the game. You can think of it as experimenting with different synergies and adding a layer of strategy/challenge. Reframing how you see it is your best option, because chances are nothing is going to be changing.

This reminds me, is it better to keep constantly rotating a few party members, or first play the stories of your main 4 characters, and then create a party of the remaining four and play through their chapters 2-4?

[Camui]

Originally posted by WarWeeny:

If someone is mad enough to mod this dead game with this feature, i might even consider getting it.

"I dont like it, so its dead" xD

[Camui]

Twitch is not the world. I would say I am part of the older gaming generation and I only know a few people using Twitch. Not everyone does. It's the same as sports. I prefer to play it myself instead of watching others.

[Camui]

Over 1500 people ingame in Steam on that time on a weekday is okay for a singleplayer. But think what you want ^^

[Sakhari]

Originally posted by Serafie1999AD:

This reminds me, is it better to keep constantly rotating a few party members, or first play the stories of your main 4 characters, and then create a party of the remaining four and play through their chapters 2-4?

Keeping the other party members up-to-speed isn't as bad as it sounds and it gets easier as you progress in the game. Later on, you'll have access to a bonus of up to 100% exp and jp and jobs that can easily clear high-level random encounters on the first turn, if not the first action.

In my playthroughs, I ran one party that I liked until I finished the first storyline (I recommend Ophelia and then Olberic first if you want all of the boosts I mentioned as soon as possible). Then, I'd sub in one or two new characters, leave the rest of the original group to carry the newbies, and run the next storyline (along with any exploring, job unlocking, etc). Lather rinse, repeat. I usually had one or two characters at the end that were a little higher than the others but they all ended up in roughly the same ballpark without much effort.

I'm not a fan of the strictly separate A-team/B-team approach since a B-team not taking advantage of A-team's progress (abilities, levels, etc) just ends up slowing things down. You can do it however you like though - it's not a difficult game and bringing characters to a respectable level in the late-game is easy to do so any approach will get you to the finish line.

[Chester]

Both approaches are viable - rotating the team or using A/B team. The answer really depends on what kind of approach you would enjoy most taking. I don't like the idea of A team/B team and prefer mixing teams so I rotated, but others don't enjoy rotating and would prefer the alternative. To thyne own self be true!

But I will say that the game contains a lot of optional side dungeons - completing them allows your whole party to remain at (or above) the suggested level for upcoming story areas. The rewards also remain consistent with that period of the game. If you complete them all with your A team, the B team won't have access to that experience (unless you grind) - also they're going to have endgame gear as soon as they begin.

Also, your path actions gain their strength from your levels. This means having some characters far below the level of others can cut off access to certain abilities. For example, if Cyrus or Alfyn aren't part of your A team, you won't be able to Analyze anyone in the A team's endgame until your B team reaches the endgame. But hey, some may enjoy that handicap.



And as an old school player, I can attest to rarely ever using Twitch. If we want to watch people play video games we do it the old fashion way - break into their house and stand creepily behind them.

Things were better in the old days.

[さまよう侍]

I started my 4 with Hannit, Theodrin, Cyrus and Vanessa. Finish all their 4 chapters, then swap all to other 4 chars and started from ch 1 for each. By the time I finish 2nd team, their level isn't much difference from first team. 2nd team actually level up faster due to higher gears and forbidden bow to attract more encounters.

[Chester]

To make Theodrin and Vanessa playable though, you have to get the DLC

[Camui]

Which DLC?

[Chester]

Just giving my dude above some lighthearted sh*t. Assuming Theodrin is Therion and Vanessa... Tressa?

[Camui]

Ah I see ^^

[NeoRizer]

You have a couple options here:

Legit

• Finish all 4 main characters scenarios, level them up to 55+, best done in The Maw of the Ice Dragon, north central area of the map, south of Northreach city.
  
  
• Swap out 2 of the 4 characters for weaker ones, make sure at least 1 of the characters you keep has a good AOE ability.
  
  
• Level up in Maw of the Ice Dragon until you literally go mental from boredom.

Cheating

• Download this: CE Table [fearlessrevolution.com]
  
  
• Turn on the option to multiply XP or JP by 9999 or some ridiculous number.
  
  
• Level up the weaker crew members on low level trash mobs.

What you're suggesting [mod] is also cheating so I figured you wouldn't mind going about it in a smarter more efficient way. GL.