The Cat is Out of the Bag?

[Kevin]

Agreed.  It took people years to get to 99; I can still remember when the first guy on USWest did it.  It was a huge accomplishment.  I really can't stand the idea of increasing the level cap, but if they had to, I better not see level-capped people again for quite some time.
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I agree there too. They took away the best feeder bar at L60. :) Items and new content only push the feeder bar so much. So if you up the cap let current leveling speed happen to about L63, then start slowing it down. 63 to 64 twice as long as it would at current leveling pace. 64-65 4times; 65-66 8 times; 66-67 16 times; 67-68 32 times; 68-69 64 times; 69-170 128 times.

Probably slower than that. What would that be? Right now 59-60 takes about 8 hours I think (depends on how many quests you turn in), so I would think 60-61 is would be about 10 at current leveling speeds. 12 to 20 for 62 and 63. So you would hit 63 in about 40-50 hours. 20 hours for 64, 40 for 65, 80 for 66, 160 for 67, 320 for 68, 640 for 69 and 1280 for 70. 2570 hours 107 days or about a year and a half at 5 hours a day average (which is what a lot of the hardcore people are doing if not more than that). Regardless a year and half to hit the cap with most of that time spent on the last 2 levels sounds good to me. You still let casuals get up high enough to help trivialize some of the current content by getting 5 to 6 more levels. Maybe it would be better to start the slowing process quicker and change the slope of it, but I like the year and half to get to the new cap idea if they put a new cap in as long as there is new content that is a challenge for people that are 66-68. That will still let your alt maniacs have their alts being productive, they should be getting some exp while doing resource and item grinds as well. Hmmm you would hit 62 or 63 just finishing your tier 1 set and getting your draconian deflector. Maybe that isn't the best way to do it....

I don't want it to be a total grind fest for all of it, but the current leveling speed is too fast. Heck I've almost got 4 capped characters right now and it hasn't even been a year and one of those capped toons does have a large play time that compares to some peoples play time on their mains. I love that I can take that many to the cap and see end game with them but I also don't feel like I'm progressing them that much just by items. I know they are more powerful with better items but that isn't the core character to me. That's just the shell. :)

I have to think more about it.