Thoughts on Character Boosts? (Level 50 Boost)

SupaSane

I see many other mmo's that use this method seeing how newer players have to grind champ points anyway... I feel personally it should be added. What do you think?

susmitds

No

What is a character boost?

SupaSane

Yes

susmitds wrote: »

What is a character boost?

Instant 50 Boost.

phermitgb

No

since you ask, I'd say no. Not that I'd have a freak out session if they added it, but it just doesn't really seem necessary. CP's are universal, so once you actually do get there, you're getting cp's for all of your characters on any one that qualifies. Making the distance from 1-50 takes shockingly small amounts of time in my experience, and I'm a long-time casual player (still only at 560 some odd cp's and I've been playing since early access launch)

I mean, sure, they *could* add it, and it's not like it'd break things overmuch, but I still don't think that standard leveling gameplay or acquisition of cp's is hard enough to warrant a character boost like going from 0-110 in WOW or anything similar.

Derra

Yes

Not really meaningful though. Undaunted, guilds and skyshards are what makes characters take long.

West1389

Yes

I say yes and I would pay $40 for it. I dont mind doing the guild stuff. As someone who made the switch to PC from console, it's a pain to do it all over again.

iCaliban

Yes

Derra wrote: »

Not really meaningful though. Undaunted, guilds and skyshards are what makes characters take long.

Agree. Id buy em if it included guilds/skyshards (no achievements though)

Edziu

Other (Reason)

depend on what boost you mean

as pure character is no problem to me whie I would like boosters for guilds etc

SupaSane

Yes

Edziu wrote: »

depend on what boost you mean

as pure character is no problem to me whie I would like boosters for guilds etc

Character level 50 and all base skills 50.

Edziu

Other (Reason)

SupaSane wrote: »

Edziu wrote: »

depend on what boost you mean

as pure character is no problem to me whie I would like boosters for guilds etc

Character level 50 and all base skills 50.

hmm you have great point with skills to have leveled also till atleast morph, this is great idea for character leveling boost

Parrot1986

No

Pretty pointless in this game, you’d not have enough skill points for a full build, experience in guilds or undaunted and it hardly takes much time to get to 50 anyways

Danikat

Other (Reason)

I wouldn't object to it being added, but I think it should only be purchasable if you already have a level 50 character. Not because I think it would be 'pay to win' otherwise, but because I think it would be a bad idea for new players to buy it.

Firstly it could be highly misleading. Selling an item like that gives the impression it's needed, I can imagine some new players would buy it so they can jump straight into the latest content, then find out they could have done that anyway without wasting the extra money.

But we'd also get the exact same problem Guild Wars 2 has as a result of an item like this. There's always topics on their forum from new players who bought the game, used the boost (which in this case comes with the game) and then ran into one of two problems. Either they want to get into end game content but don't have a clue what that is, where to find it or even how to find out, or (worse) they've found their way to max level maps or raids or whatever and can't understand why their awesome new max level character with the impressive looking equipment and skills which came from the boost keeps getting killed by every little thing because they don't have a clue what they're doing and may not even have learned that important abilities like dodging exist.

And I imagine there's many more who don't get as far as asking for help on the forum and just get angry that they've wasted all this money on a stupid game which is impossible to play and quit without ever actually giving it a chance because they skipped absolutely everything which was supposed to help them learn it.

It might work in games where you can expect your equipment to carry you and/or you can simply out-level the content, and where you'll be funnelled into the correct areas for your character, but this is not that game.

dtsharples

No

We don't need more ways for people to end up at max level without any idea of how to play their class or role.
There are sufficient enough as it is, just enter any pug dungeon

_Ahala_

No

PTW

MasterSpatula

No

Play the game.

josiahva

No

It only takes a few days to get to 50, I see this as pointless. Its the skyshards/lorebooks/psyjiic quests that take the time.

Ladislao

Other (Reason)

It is a good option for players in general and there is no p2w at all.

But it can badly affect new players. A new player comes from the usual mmo, buys this boost to start the “actual content” right away, but cannot even kill mudcrab, because he has no gear, no cp and no low level stat bonus. Most likely it will be an unpleasant first (and maybe the last) impression

yooqi

No

No for several reasons. First of all, for newer players, leveling a character is a good way to learn how to play that class and get a feel for the flavor. But if you already have a lot of max characters and want to speed level a character, then you can already find different ways to make that 1-50 process much faster anyway.

I also think it could open the door for too many 'convenience' crown store purchases that end up putting the game on a P2W path. Because if we get this, people will continue to ask for more booster stuff.

Latios

No

I think that's a dangerous approach with the Crown store. If they are to add it anyways, they should make it available only after you reach level 50 with your first character, imo.

dovakiin5574

Yes

But only unlock the purchase to those CP 160 and higher

danwtayl

Yes

Until the Champion system is reworked, I feel new players should gain champ points while leveling so that once they hit 50 they are at around 300 CP.

As is, new players are looked upon like they have STD and avoided by most for most activities until they get above 300 CP.

Linaleah

Other (Reason)

absolutely no point to it. leveling is fast anyways, but more importantly - they are going to have to go through all those quests and all those zones regardless becasue bulk of character growth in ESO is not via pure levels but rather through gathering skill points, leveling skill lines, etc.

ruikkarikun

Yes

Can you tell me why it's bad? Did you know in GW2 those boosters exist and work very well?

DaveMoeDee

Yes

I'm fine with this so long as it is character level only and you already got another character to 50.

The reality is that there will still be a lot to do to make that character usable for anything apart from doing crafting writs for full 600+ gold.

It could help speed up leveling undaunted since you can do pledges and vet dungeons right away.

It would also be nice to get max level gear from the start.

The leveling rewards aren't valuable enough to care about compared to the crown cost of the level-up.

BlazingDynamo

No

You can really tell who played when character cap was v16 and who didn't lol

What's so hard about getting to lvl50 again?

Parrot1986

No

ruikkarikun wrote: »

Can you tell me why it's bad? Did you know in GW2 those boosters exist and work very well?

I haven’t played GW2 enough to know how tough it is to level from scratch but my first character certainly took longer than getting to 50 in ESO. Here you can get from 0-50 in a few hours which is hardly taxing and you can get your sky shards, mages guild, fighters guild and psijic all at the same time as well - albeit that will take longer than a few hours but nothing too ridiculous.

I disagree with someone who posted above that it’s P2W, It’s not for me as there’s really no benefit in getting to 50 quicker as you will likely end up with a class with not enough skill points to do anything with it and no clue how to play it.

That’s my main issue, people should learn to play their class, enjoy the game and content around them and it will benefit them game more overall.

Adding a boost to a game already this convenient to level would be nothing more than a cash grab

Taloros

Only if free. Else, it's pay to win. Even if free, it'll enhance people's tendency to play the "flavor of the month" race and build, which will decrease diversity and thereby fun in the game.

Parrot1986

No

BlazingDynamo wrote: »

You can really tell who played when character cap was v16 and who didn't lol

What's so hard about getting to lvl50 again?

Getting one character to Vet 14 rank then deciding to level another and have to do it ALL again with the so called experience points you got back then was a real grind. What we have now is much better but a walk in the park!

leeux

Other (Reason)

Neutral option is missing so I had to choose this

The only thing against I can think of, if the fact that it might flood the game with people that thinks that they can get a max level char and start "enjoying" the game only to realize that they still *need* to go zone by zone for the lore books, and skyshards... and do dolmens or grind for fighter's guild too... so, in a way, it'd be a disingenuous option to have on sale, IMHO at least.

ceruulean

No

No, because then vet players have no reason to re-run old content, and it makes the starter zones a ghost town. Well, it's not so bad in ESO because most of the grind for skyshards requires going through each zone, but that's generally my opinion for most MMOs.

mxxo

No

I don´t play other mmo´s.