cRPG => General Discussion => Topic started by: Abay on March 07, 2013, 08:30:50 am
Title: I think to stop retiring anymore
Post by: Abay on March 07, 2013, 08:30:50 am
Yes, it is really hard thing to do. It is like giving up smoking cigarette :D I had a reaason at the beginning of it but now, I have all +3 items I need and... My last reason was getting this char to gen 16 but it looks stupid anymore. My generation is 14 and at most, I can be only 35 lvl. So, it will not make that high difference as I expected, right? What are your thoughts about retirement and gen 16 limit? :wink:
Title: Re: I think to stop retiring anymore
Post by: Macropus on March 07, 2013, 08:38:27 am
X 1.45 experience does help.
Title: Re: I think to stop retiring anymore
Post by: Byrdi on March 07, 2013, 08:45:51 am
Not retiring is boring. I have tried on several occasions and so far not been successful. My highest level character of all times is still level 31.
Though I am in somewhat same situation as you and I am nearly level 32 on my main for the first time. Wether or not I will do that for a long time is yet to be found out. But I don't expect a big difference between level 29 and 32.
Anyway you'll need a handful of fun alts if you want to try to make it to level 32+. Don't just use your STF, it is more fun and challenging.
Good luck, I'll try to let you know what I think of it when I reach 32.
Title: Re: I think to stop retiring anymore
Post by: Abay on March 07, 2013, 09:02:29 am
Omg byrdi, you make me confused again. I thought I was certain about stopping retirement :P
Title: Re: I think to stop retiring anymore
Post by: Arathian on March 07, 2013, 09:06:06 am
Well Abay, if you found your "final" specc, go for it.
6 gens now I use the exact same build, I am going to level 32 with it now, especially to help with strategus. It is fun. No need to go for 35/36 instantly.
Title: Re: I think to stop retiring anymore
Post by: Tears of Destiny on March 07, 2013, 09:10:02 am
My suggestion is to have a lot of alts to play on a whim, and only stop retiring if you've fallen in love with a build and are dead certain without any doubt that you don't want to retire. Make the build "Nice" at level 30, and properly balanced at 33 with room to expand (Like adding IF or Riding or what have you, typically not adding attribute points but instead converting for a total of 3 skill points) at 34 and 35.
Just my suggestion, though...
Title: Re: I think to stop retiring anymore
Post by: Abay on March 07, 2013, 09:10:10 am
Actually I have found my lvl35 stats and created the way that I will walk. lvl 31, it will be 21/18 with no wm. And lvl 35 makes it 21/21. Actually its full shape would be at lvl36 but, u know :lol:
Title: Re: I think to stop retiring anymore
Post by: Arathian on March 07, 2013, 09:14:49 am
Actually I have found my lvl35 stats and created the way that I will walk. lvl 31, it will be 21/18 with no wm. And lvl 35 makes it 21/21. Actually its full shape would be at lvl36 but, u know :lol:
Heh, I am a full strength mauler, 35/3 at level 3. Leveling up is just a natural continuation. At 31 I go 36/3 and get an extra PS, at 32 I go 37/3 and have an extra IF, at 33...well, nothing, but at 34 I am 39/3 and get both an extra IF and PS.
It will be insane, mmmm.
Title: Re: I think to stop retiring anymore
Post by: Vibe on March 07, 2013, 09:20:11 am
I've said to myself I'll stop retiring/respeccing so many times before and the max I could hold out with one build was till lvl 31.2 or something like that :lol:
Title: Re: I think to stop retiring anymore
Post by: Abay on March 07, 2013, 09:20:48 am
Heh, I am a full strength mauler, 35/3 at level 3. Leveling up is just a natural continuation. At 31 I go 36/3 and get an extra PS, at 32 I go 37/3 and have an extra IF, at 33...well, nothing, but at 34 I am 39/3 and get both an extra IF and PS.
It will be insane, mmmm.
omg, incoming Lu_Butan of na then :P Well, once, I tried 30/9(I am a 1h for more than 2 years btw), it is good but shield and athletic is really necessary for 1h. After I learned that 1h needs athletic, I started to give more agility. This leaded me to make more average builts. Then I realized that the best lvl 30 stats for 1h is 21/15(7if,7ps,5sh,5ath,5wm). But 5 shield is sometimes not enough if the server is crowd like 100 players. So, it must be at least 6 I think. My main reason for stopping retirement is giving more shield skill and athletic in the deep of my thoughts :)
Title: Re: I think to stop retiring anymore
Post by: Falka on March 07, 2013, 09:23:49 am
First time I didn't retire immediately, gen 12 and only 3.6M to 33 :)
Gen 8 here, 2m to level 32. Will retire then.....I want dat +3 hat.
Title: Re: I think to stop retiring anymore
Post by: Tanken on March 07, 2013, 09:40:23 am
Anymore, I just go to lvl 32. I'm gen...40 something? It's nice once you're Gen 16 to aim for 32 everytime. There are some people who stop retiring. For me, I'd much rather have loom points because we're always adding new stuff to cRPG and my tastes for builds and weapons is changing as well.
Do yourself a favor, keep retiring. Once you hit Gen 16, start aiming at lvl 31 builds, not just lvl 30 builds. It will make it fun. You can do some really cool builds and still enjoy it--because think about it, you can either go 1-31 or 31-32, and 31-32 is nearly same xp as to 31, but without the peasant crap!
Title: Re: I think to stop retiring anymore
Post by: Dooz on March 07, 2013, 10:17:14 am
I think if you're gen 14 it's worth getting to 16 before stopping. You might end up retiring later anyway if you start feeling like "aww I was so close, might as well get there", and have wasted more time. Plus more xp is more xp, with the bonuses at 16 it flies.
And for a lot of people who say stopping retiring gets boring, I find alts get rid of that problem entirely.
Title: Re: I think to stop retiring anymore
Post by: zagibu on March 07, 2013, 12:29:04 pm
Yeah, you definitely need alts, or you will start to hate your boring old character.
Title: Re: I think to stop retiring anymore
Post by: Micah on March 07, 2013, 01:39:38 pm
Yeah, you definitely need alts, or you will start to hate your boring old character.
Exactly , you need alts ... on the other hand there is nothing else standing against to go for it ... you can just stop retirement on your main and generate looms on the other chars, works pretty good for me i must say^^ unless you dont play much anyways ; but since you said you want to go for highlvl build i imply that you are aware of how much timeconsuming that is ... we are talking many month here at least if you want to hit 35;) One thing i would suggest is that you should have a pretty good highlevel build with each following lvl station adding something nice at lvl 32+ ( like a selfmade reward ), so you always have a something to look forward to ;) waiting 2 lvlups above lvl32 WILL get a bit boring xD Afterall, i wish you alot of fun and patience grinding your char, retiring or respecing at high level would be a shame of a waste ...
Title: Re: I think to stop retiring anymore
Post by: TheAppleSauceMan on March 07, 2013, 05:09:12 pm
Made it to 33 not too long ago. Was rather satisfying and fun. And tbh didn't take too long although I'm sure it would have taken twice as long if not longer if not for the huge strat battles we had everyday at the time. Although I did retire, only gen 7 and I want to max my gen bonus, plus my build at 33 was pretty meh.
Title: Re: I think to stop retiring anymore
Post by: Torben on March 07, 2013, 05:24:13 pm
My suggestion is to have a lot of alts to play on a whim, and only stop retiring if you've fallen in love with a build and are dead certain...
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Title: Re: I think to stop retiring anymore
Post by: Teeth on March 07, 2013, 05:28:20 pm
Getting to level 35 (180 million xp) with gen 1 with an average multi of x2 (2000/minute) = 1500 hours
Retiring 15 times and then getting to level 35 (132 million + 180 million) with an average multi of x2 (2900/minute) = 1793 hours
Because I am lazy this didn't even take into account that you only get the 1450 xp a tick when you have actually reached gen 16, which would probably add at least 300 more hours on the second outcome. Retiring to get to high level faster is not a valid argument. Also, strat battles, no one turns down a level 32, a level 28 is a lot less likely to get accepted.
I personally hated retiring and I stopped doing it as soon as I thought I had enough looms. I have been respeccing my character for 1,5 years now and I havent even once though about actually retiring it. Being low level sucks. If you enjoy retiring, sure keep doing it, if you'd rather be higher level and not bother with being crap level, stop doing it. Actually I retired my 2h alt yesterday, now I am leveling him up to shielder. I like playing a different class enough sometimes to bother with leveling. Still I always have my level 34 OP main when I want to kick ass. For me leveling alts next to a high level main is the way to go.
Title: Re: I think to stop retiring anymore
Post by: oprah_winfrey on March 07, 2013, 05:36:44 pm
I enjoy playing different builds all the time, so I always retire. I realize I could make alts, but the grind without the xp bonus is a real killer. Not to mention you can't play in strat battles.
Title: Re: I think to stop retiring anymore
Post by: Abay on March 08, 2013, 01:52:01 am
thank you for your advises :) I stop retiring then. I need alcohol now 8-)