Return of Reckoning

Dobzse wrote: ↑Thu Mar 14, 2024 9:55 am During the RoR rework there has been a change to recieve no XP if there is a certain lvl gap between the players.
As Tier2 and Tier 3 has been merged into 1 single tier it is very common that people wishes to play together from lvl 16 to lvl 39.
While your group is waiting for an SC pop your party would like to grind some XP doing PQs or other activites. If you have a low level character in the party he cannot join the fun the social experience but you can very much stand in the capital or go alone.. This makes no sense. If you can get xp and renown inside the Scenario and the rvr lakes you should be able to do in the pve PQ areas. It is killing the game for anyone trying to lvl up as a new player. Countless time we had to ask the low level new player to move away from the area where the rest of the team would get xp.

It is a big part of the game to get from level 16 to 40, it is the most anti social MMO change I have yet seen in any game.
Please consider changing this, if you have to grind xp alone in an MMO there is something not right.

shoelessHN wrote: ↑Thu Mar 14, 2024 8:54 pm Grinding pve xp is not the point of the game. In fact it's detrimental to your characters progress.

With PQs, higher level players helping people grind some tokens/gold bags isn't "anti social" just because the lower level players only get gear and no XP.

trh382 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 15, 2024 12:53 am I think this is a good suggestion

Implementation might be a bit tricky without unintended consequences - but group pve is an intended part of the game and could be supported more.

Leveling quickly and having your RR lag behind does not hurt your character. You get RR very quickly at 40 if you are behind. There will be a painful catch up period, but it is usually quite brief.

trh382 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 15, 2024 3:30 pm Hey Shoeless, I am a bit new

However, I disagree with the common advice that you "cannot play with low RR at 40"

Because you gain renown much faster at 40, I think it is more efficient to just push to 40 by doing whatever is active when you are on

I also think its more fun for new players to just lean into whatever part of the game they are enjoying and not worry about min maxing while leveling

shoelessHN wrote: ↑Fri Mar 15, 2024 5:07 pm Racing to 40 is min maxing your level above your rr. Your character at 40 in ruin is functionally useless outside of a sword and shield tank, and that's the best armor you can hope for if youre rr25.

There are exceptions for players that could pull it off but 99% are going to be net negatives on every sc or warband they're in due to their gimped character.