Originally Posted by Speedway Master (Post 16210)

I'll give you my tip of leveling fast. You just need to know how the exp system really works.

Five things to know:

1. Level: The level color will determine how much more exp you will get from the enemy. (Grey gives so little, Red gives so much)

2. Crew: Being a crew member gives you 10% more of the current exp you're getting.

3. Skills/ammo: The higher the level of a skill is, the more exp you get when you use it. (For example, taunt gives more exp than brawl, and steel shot gives more exp than lead shot)

4. Combos: The higher the combo, the more exp it will give you. (Try this: use this in a row: use the 5 combos of the cutlass, then use sword storm after that to get a 12 hit combo)

5. Number of hits: The more hits you give to an enemy, the more exp you get. Hitting an enemy is like giving you more points. How many points you get by hitting the enemy depends on 3. and 4. Getting better combos builds up higher points, as better skills and ammos give more exp (The ones more to the right of your skill menu)

Don't forget, the max exp you can get on a certain weapon from an enemy is 100. For crews, the max is 110.

Originally Posted by Pirate Rose (Post 16657)

To level, I use the attacks that do the least damage to get the big reps. I think I've leveled pretty decently :)

I think the big thing is to not strenthen your attacks if you just want to level. I have several weapons with unused skill points. When I get to lvl25, I'll apply the skill points then. Waiting also gives me a better idea where I might want to strenthen.

Originally Posted by Grim Lightning Gate (Post 16618)

Bit o info; 5 makes 3 & 4 null.

You will get fewer points for using a combo on say the sword, than you will for hacking them constantly.
(hack is the base move for the sword)

You will get fewer points from strengthening your bullets than the basic shot. (lead)
Steel shot takes off more health from the enemy, requiring fewer bullets to defeat it, less points are awarded.

Adding skill points to any attack will strengthen it and fewer attacks will be needed to defeat the enemy. You will not get more points for it.

Originally Posted by Thenelly (Post 18007)

I noticed you get more rep (exp) when using a lower skill that means that you need more hits to kill an enemy.

For example working my gun. First i used lead shot all the time and it gave me like 45 rep for a level 30 grenadier.
Now i use 15 steel (does very very little damage to undead) and the rest i use silver shot. It gives me 100 rep for every single raider or grenadier killed. Even works on level 28 gypsy. (thx to a friend for this great advice)
I only need to find the perfect way for my voodoo staff. Using soul flay and blast takes forever. I anybody has any tips for that, i'm glad to listen.

Originally Posted by Pirate Rose (Post 18513)

Depending on your level, I leveled my staff by calling a lot of high levels to me and used wither on them. You get a lot of rep only because you're killing a bunch at one time.