Giraffe Keighley
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I want to be able to crush chump ass enemies in the palm of my hands with ease.
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Over-level, under-level, on-level: Which do you prefer in most games?
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EndlessSky
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On-level if the game has good difficulty, under-leveled if the game is too easy. Can't handle games that are too easy and/or don't have good (mainly movement) mechanics anymore.
Freshmaker
I am Korean.
DQ, I automatically grind 5 levels before I move to the next area.
Most RPG's I just let things progress naturally taking on every fight that comes along.
LordOfChaos
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On-level, I like climax-ey endings and so I hate the last few challenges or bosses in a game becoming pushovers.
Alduin was so easy I spawned 4 extra dragons in for the S&G
Alduin was so easy I spawned 4 extra dragons in for the S&G
paragonpro
Banned
Over, all the time, especially in souls game. There is a satisfying click when you hit the "im not trapped in here with you, you're trapped in here with me" threshold. Or walking around skyrim as the baddest arch-mage there ever was, zapping bandits in milliseconds who decided they were gonna give you a hard time today
You would.
I prefer to be on-level, or at least not over-leveled. That said, I'm fine with revisiting an area and destroying it.
Getting overleveled literally ruins games for me.
Most recently, Grandia 2 really shot itself in the foot when my love for the fantastic battle system turned literally every fight into a triviality, at which point I had no choice but to focus on the less-stellar other aspects of the game.
I mean, it's still a very good game, but a lot of its verve drains out once you can one-spell your way through combat.
Most recently, Grandia 2 really shot itself in the foot when my love for the fantastic battle system turned literally every fight into a triviality, at which point I had no choice but to focus on the less-stellar other aspects of the game.
I mean, it's still a very good game, but a lot of its verve drains out once you can one-spell your way through combat.
When a game sucks me in or I like the mechanics and/or style, I tend to become over-leveled as I don't actively skip battles or run away. However, in RPGs especially where the story is literally all I am playing for, I do become under-leveled gradually and sometimes eventually hit a difficulty spike that is especially terrible because I avoided far too much combat.
It's always a bummer when I accidentally do this but I can think of a number of games in my backlog where I stumbled into this problem.
It's always a bummer when I accidentally do this but I can think of a number of games in my backlog where I stumbled into this problem.
Brian_FETO
Banned
I dig slightly underleveled for most games, not so low that I'm getting instarekt and lightly chipping at health bars but low enough to keep me on my toes
Late game I'd generally prefer overlevelled though, at that point I want to just destroy everything
Late game I'd generally prefer overlevelled though, at that point I want to just destroy everything
PensivePen
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On or slightly underleveled. I hate it when a game seems like it might have an interesting battle system, but any decisions I make are trivial because I've become overpowered from doing sidequests (and even sometimes just from normal play!) This is especially annoying since, if I'm enjoying a game's combat, I'll probably be more inclined to seek out the side content.
I greatly prefer it when leveling/progression systems don't necessarily make you that much stronger, but just give you access to more abilities that add more variety or options to combat. I also think more rpgs should have very heavy experience scaling that makes it very hard to become too overpowered. But I suppose grinding and becoming strong is part of the appeal for some people, so devs wouldn't want to take that away from them.
I greatly prefer it when leveling/progression systems don't necessarily make you that much stronger, but just give you access to more abilities that add more variety or options to combat. I also think more rpgs should have very heavy experience scaling that makes it very hard to become too overpowered. But I suppose grinding and becoming strong is part of the appeal for some people, so devs wouldn't want to take that away from them.
Lumpy Onion
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Under or somewhat close to on-level. Some of my most satisfying moments in JRPGs have been just scraping by and having to use every trick I have available.
Currently doing a level 1 challenge in FF XV and am enjoying myself a lot more. Feels like every piece of gear I find and meal I eat is crucial to my survival. I am sure I will hit a roadblock eventually in the endgame but it's a lot more thrilling than my normal two playthroughs which were a mess difficulty-wise. Nixperience band and the AP gaining fanfare accessories are a game-changer imo.
Currently doing a level 1 challenge in FF XV and am enjoying myself a lot more. Feels like every piece of gear I find and meal I eat is crucial to my survival. I am sure I will hit a roadblock eventually in the endgame but it's a lot more thrilling than my normal two playthroughs which were a mess difficulty-wise. Nixperience band and the AP gaining fanfare accessories are a game-changer imo.