Generation:34
Type:Regular
Gender:Female
Level:35
Experience:10,195,638
Level up in:14,563,526
Next level:24,759,164
I can't stop retiring for SICK LOOMS. Being high level before the XP overhaul was a bigger advantage, if you got to 35 you had 5 levels on the "regular" players who were going to 30 and retiring on 31. That's like 14% more stat points and skill points (not to mention that each level granted you some free WPF back then too). I had been sitting at level 35 for a while, but when the xp overhaul was confirmed I retired pretty much right away.
Now, a level 37 is only 3 levels above the average build. 2 if you have generation 16+ and retiring at 36 instead of 35. A level 37 character has 5% more stat and skill points than me, and they spent a hell of a lot more than 5% more time getting there.
This is why I'm not going for a high level build. I like being able to make new +3 items to share in the armory and use on alt characters. There are certain builds you can only do at 36/37 since you need 3 stat points to reach the next "tier" of skill points. But it's not worth the time investment for me. I'm also an MMORPG addict so being able to see my xp bar go up and getting those levels from 1-35 give me motivation to keep playing. Always on dat treadmill...