Lineage II

I remember reading on the new update that they increased the xp or something, how much easier is it to level? Because when I played the main turn off was the level grind. Like has it changed that much?

at 47 i can get 1 lvl an hour or better, so yeah it has gotten a good bit better

its good for a day or 2 of grinding, and 2-4 levels. If you do raid bosses, its a steady rate of XP, although its not as fast as grinding. All in all it is much faster leveling.

It took me 2 months to get to level 20 including open beta back then... There are guides that show how to do it in 4-15 monsters now.. High level grinding is still pretty intense compared to other MMOs but it got a LOT better for generally everyone it seems. From levels 30-40, I just pop in once a day and do a kamaloka and can get around 50% in like 20-30 minutes of just a raid.

Originally posted by Greatness

It took me 2 months to get to level 20 including open beta back then... There are guides that show how to do it in 4-15 monsters now.. High level grinding is still pretty intense compared to other MMOs but it got a LOT better for generally everyone it seems. From levels 30-40, I just pop in once a day and do a kamaloka and can get around 50% in like 20-30 minutes of just a raid.

4-15 monsters? lol.. anyways newbie buffs last till lvl 62 which is a big plus imo. I went from 1 to 35 in 2 weeks last time i played retail (Hellbound) so if you can get that xp even 3 times faster with the new vitality system.. go figure
 

Yup 4-15 monsters, there were guides of in the Chronicle 1 section of the forums in lineage2.com but they took that away. the 15 monster one, check out l2vault.ign.com for them.

 No more hard grind until 60+

1-60 in a month easily now.

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Originally posted by SgtFrog
1-60 in a month easily now.

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For my sub, I did 40-62 in like 4 days with a buffer.

These days people are talking about getting from 1 to 40 in 4-15 mobs, and there are newbie buffs up to level 62. I reckon it's possible to do 1-70 in a month easily if your playtimes aren't shabby.

Playtimes are the most important aspect to leveling speed in this game, followed by buffs, and followed by what class you choose.

Vitality will not allow you to surpass the leveling speed of a player with a substantial playtime advantage over you, in fact you won't even come close. And working to keep the vitality up will only get you further behind. This game (like all Asian-style MMOs) has always been about who can invest the most amount of time and money (through extra accounts) into advancing their character, and will remain so.

But 1-60 in a month was more than doable before the Vitality. With the Vitality and new herbs, and the fast 1-40 tricks, it is possible to do 1-75 in a month easy if you have good playtimes and at least 1 buffer at or above your level, depending on class (Nukers, Archers, Tyrant, Bishop [Rechargeable in Inquisitor, Zerk1, Acu2, Holy Weapon] are some classes that will level very fast).

1-40 was always a 3-4 day Gig though, with a buffer. Because you could do 1-20 in a day and 20-40 in 2-3 days with a raid group just doing raid bosses.

of course vitality will not out pace your no-lifers, but it is more casual friendly.  I can go out with my wife and just duo on some mobs and gain 1 lvl in less than an hour, and call it quits.  That was not really possible before by just duoing. 

Gracia was aimed more at the casual folks, you know, the ones with lives.  It does not really help the mega grinders since the vitality only goes back up when you are logged out (about 1 bar per 8 hours)