I used to be against this because I believed that re-rolling kept the zone fresh and prevented "twinked out" characters from wrecking newbies. However after 14 months of making new characters every few weeks I've had time to reconsider.

Dagoth_Rac wrote: »

Eventually all of Blackwater Blade would be Level 49 players with Meteor and most other high end skills unlocked. It might as well be a Vet campaign at that point.

You're exactly right. This is what I was always worried about. If it was up to me, I'd make it a one time offer at lvl 35. Accept & all your xp gains (including all skill lines that require XP to progress) will be paused. Or, decline & continue on as normal.

I can see the appeal especially since VR1 /lvl 50 will be the new max lvl...

Hmm How about you can lock your self at say lv 35....other wise your going to have all players locked at lvl 49.

Its a great Idea but really only works to lock yourself at a lower lvl.

If any of you played Rift youll know why. in that game I locked myself at lv 38 to have a challenge as 40 was max in tier beofre hitting the lvl 50 tier .

But its nice idea but causes to many Twinks so if ESo will allow you to lock till say lvl 38 max then sure why not.
But to stop exp and freeze at 50 is twinkie...

Adenoma wrote: »

Pausing at a level like 35 means that some skill lines never fill out, which limits build diversity.

I don't think pausing at 35 will limit build diversity any more than it already is. I, like you, enjoy experimenting with each new reroll, but most people don't. It takes a lot of patience & time to build a character that will only be effective in BwB for a short time. Because of this, the meta in BwB hasn't changed much at all. We see the same recycled builds just with different character names and the occasional guy who rushed for a high level skill and gets to show it off for awhile before he levels out.

I suggest 35 because it gives you enough xp to acquire key skills and create effective and/or interesting builds but limits you from high-end skills that would create the OP lvl 49 super-meta. This makes the option to pause your XP a win-loss scenario. A win because your character gets to stay in BwB forever; A loss because your character will never be as strong as it could be.

It would just lead to a lot of people locked at level 49 with highly optimised builds, skills and gear. I don't think that's good for gameplay.

I've had two characters level out of BB before I was ready. I now make characters that exclusively play BB and try not to gain any xps on them other than what is earned from kills. I usually do the PvP bounty quests until about level 30, to help get my Alliance rank up quickly for certain Alliance War skills. But other than that, it's just xp from kills, which comes slow enough that there's a lot of PvP to be had before levelling out.

If you feel the need to ask for this maybe it's finally time to stop rerolling nonvet chars and actually go to vet.

People that know me will probably find it extremely funny I'm the one saying that.

Personally, I do not think this would be beneficial to the health of BWB. I, for one, would always be on a golded-out level 48 with perfect jewelry and whatnot. Meteor on every character. Ew.

Plus half the fun of BWB, imo, is planning out leveling strategies so that my characters are effective at levels 10-50, rather than just grinding out all skills are running a standard character build copied from vet PvP.