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Author Topic: How long does it take to reach high levels? (Post your save date/level here!)  (Read 4978 times)

Dark.Revenant

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Statistics can make for a valuable balancing and pacing tool.  For various reasons (and I'm sure some other modders or players are curious), I would like to know how long it takes the average player to reach certain character levels.  Just post your your saves' current in-game dates (it begins on Nov. 30, 205, if I remember correctly) and your characters' levels for those dates.  If enough people post, I'll build a handy graph to show how people tend to progress through the game.
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ValkyriaL

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think it takes me around 3-6 hours to reach level 40 playing normally, but i can't really confirm it until i actually time my play session. :-X
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Dark.Revenant

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Unfortunately, that is not what I asked about.  I'm talking about in-game days/months/years...
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LazyWizard

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I hadn't realized just how rarely I've done an actual playthrough this patch cycle as opposed to quick mod stability checks. My highest character level in .6.2a is 21 on November 9th, 206; my second highest is level 11 on April 8th, 206; third highest is level 8 on February 21, 206. These are then followed by dozens of level 1 test characters.

Not exactly the most impressive data, but at least it might help calibrate the lower end of the leveling spectrum. :)
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Linnis

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Level 47 - Day 31, Month 07, Cycle 209   

Level 44 - Day 12, Month 06, Cycle 208

Level 39 - Day 08, month 08, Cycle 207

Level 23 - Day 13, month 12, Cycle 207



All these are different chars.

But I think It matters alot depends on what style your playing, If you played with small frgate fleets game date goes by faster because you spend alot of time chasing them, but if say, you used a big fleet with repair gantries and spawn camped Defense fleets your level will sky rocket compared.
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Dark.Revenant

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No kidding; that level 23 save of yours is pretty anomalous, having a 32.3 days per level; the other saves (from LazyWizard and yourself) range (in order from lower to higher level) from 10.4 days per level to 28.5 days per level.
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mendonca

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Some more information, although hardly representative of high levels:

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Michael Brain and Ming the Merciful are Us' Sector, Vassilas is Exerelin, all others are not-quite-but-nearly vanilla, with a few approximately vanilla balanced mods. Hope this is better than no information at all!
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I got a pretty good data set going but I'd like some more higher level data.
« Last Edit: August 05, 2014, 09:48:36 PM by Dark.Revenant »
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Linnis

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I am pretty sure after 52-53 it takes basically an eternity to get one level, because the battle size and effective time/exp is maxed by in game environment limitations.

1-15 takes forever

15-30 Don't remember being at these levels

30-40 where most gameplay happens.

40-50 endgame face rolling HDF over and over

50+ Time to real life.
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Erick Doe

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Do I spy an Erick Doe?  :D What's up with that?

Truth be told, I never play long enough to reach the higher levels. I usually restart by then. But the exponential increase in required experience is certainly noticeable rather quickly.
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mendonca

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Do I spy an Erick Doe?  :D What's up with that?

Ha ha! Wondered if you would spot that. I think, whilst searching my mind for a character name, that particular portrait reminded me of your forum avatar at the time, and I thought 'why not?'...

Also, of course, there is the small matter of me pretending to be you in my leisure time, but I wouldn't worry too much about that. At least, not until I eventually find out where you live :D
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@Mendonca

Scary.  :o :D
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Let me get the save data from the laptop... there's a different save set for the desktop.

  • Aurir - Level 29: Day 27, Month 4, Cycle 207
  • Oumus - Lv 41: D 26, M 11, C 209
  • Spook - Lv 27: D 5, M 2, C 207
  • Psak - Lv 42: D 5, M 8, C 209
  • Cipher - Lv 24: D 27, M 10, C 206
  • Zero - Lv 47: D 15, M 9, C 213
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