Can you even get to 50?

[Dr. Zeppers]

I wandered around a bit in Tormenta myself.. a lowly level 29... and found a few friendly 40+'s, and at least one that was fully mastered weapon wise (at least when I looked at his profile). He was level 46 or 47, cant remember now, but remember he had all level 30 weapons/skills. I guess he knew me from here, hope he wasnt one of those that i've grouched at. I asked him if he was still getting notoriety reps on his mastered weapons, and he said yes, and a good reps at that.

[mikhailskills]

Originally Posted by Dr. Zeppers

I wandered around a bit in Tormenta myself.. a lowly level 29... and found a few friendly 40+'s, and at least one that was fully mastered weapon wise (at least when I looked at his profile). He was level 46 or 47, cant remember now, but remember he had all level 30 weapons/skills. I guess he knew me from here, hope he wasnt one of those that i've grouched at. I asked him if he was still getting notoriety reps on his mastered weapons, and he said yes, and a good reps at that.

LOL it was me who is fully maxed and im a level 46..i was able to get 1/2 way thru lvl 45 before i was maxed weapons...i Was Also a fully maxed pirate. if you are a 40 and dont have maxed weapons you are able to get to a higher lvl without being maxed. Just something to think about....and yes still getting great rep with all weapons maxed

[John Silverhawk]

wowsers
i heard of you and the guild you are with promoting that Mikhail.
good thing you got going, i'm watching closely to see you hit the 50 mark.
i think that was your goal. keep listing the progress man, i love reading it.
is there any other verifiable proof of any others that high?
what a cool thing!!!

[mikhailskills]

Originally Posted by John Silverhawk

wowsers
i heard of you and the guild you are with promoting that Mikhail.
good thing you got going, i'm watching closely to see you hit the 50 mark.
i think that was your goal. keep listing the progress man, i love reading it.
is there any other verifiable proof of any others that high?
what a cool thing!!!

yeah i was passed by someone who was NOT a maxed 40 he still has a few weapons to lvl and hes a 47 i have about 20k till im 47

[Aaron McEagle]

There are two of those pirates lvl 47 who doll those tormenta for 115 easy rep!!!
Darius the Pygmy and Stinky la Feet... (Both good friends of mine)
They dont just doll but they work together well.
They trying to get lvl 50 before it hits open!!!

[mikhailskills]

Well as of 4:10 pm EST august 30th .... I AM LEVEL 50!!!

[Robmac7777]

Congrats!! way to go.

[Basil Dreadflint]

Congrats. You are the first I've heard of.

[CaptainGreenGene]

Congrats! Hitting 50 is awesome.
Did you master all weapons too?
I have a few friends in Itchy Britches that were watching you but
they didn't see either way. I have not seen another 50 either so
that is really a first.

Addendum: Storm Shark of IB tells me you have all weapons mastered too!
woohoo that's fully mastered woohoo!!

Huge Congrats!

[Aaron McEagle]

Three more level 49's just about to hit level 50!!!!
They have not matered all weapons but are close!!!

[Kat Five Knives]

Originally Posted by mikhailskills

Well as of 4:10 pm EST august 30th .... I AM LEVEL 50!!!

AHHH! Congrats!!! OMG - What an accomplishment! I can't wait for it to come to open. I am actually going to take a day off from work to level my currently (but about to be formerly) mastered pirate Kat Five Knives.

Way to Go Buddy!!!

[CaptainGreenGene]

Well I started this thread weeks ago asking the question "can you even get to 50?"
What I have found is that you can get to 50 and with very little difficulty, all you need is time. Unfortunately for me I have been ill and home from work for weeks. All I had was time so this could not have been more easy. Here are some helpful tips to make the grind go faster.

1) Use your doll and heal everyone. Be nice and offer to heal anyone who is around. You can heal many players at once and while they are doing the hard work you can gain valuable reps healing them. Be sure to have tonics so that if you slip up you can revive them. You can also use your doll to heal yourself. Attack with any weapon and then switch to doll and use life drain then switch back to another weapon and continue. Since you get reps even when mastered its both practical in saving you tonics and gets you more reps then just using one weapon.

2) Battle the Bosses. They give some of the best reps and allow you to switch off weapons to get multiple weapons trained at the same time. For the boss stump on outcast take a friend and let them heal you for great reps. Its win win and you can get over 400 reps a stump there.

3) Choose quiet servers. Competing with other players for the best spots is a waste of time. Find a nice quiet spot and with a few guildmates you can bang out great reps with very nice crew reps to boot.

4) Sail with a small crew. Sailing takes time and so does cannons. Sail with players that understand to only use heavy ammo on the sails and to use light ammo on the ship to maximize the reps. All you need is one cowboy using fury on everything to ruin your reps every time.

5) Play at night. The game runs so much better in the late hours of the night. During the day its laggy and esp now when school gets out things slow down noticeably.

6) Find Game Flaws. At first this sounds like a cheat but hear me out. When you used to train your nades behind the fence at Kingshead you were taking advantage of a game flaw. There are many similar flaws that you can use to your advantage. Remember Darkhart is a raider and if you stand just far enough from him he will not attack you. You can stand right in the doorway of the gate to his left and you can nade, shoot and staff him to your hearts content. I have done that for hours with great success and absolute safety. You don't need to cheat to get to 50 all you need is time.

[Basil Dreadflint]

I still believe that getting to 50 this way is due to a BUG. Rep should not be given for using a mastered weapon. No rep was ever given after weapon level 25 on the way to Noto level 40. Taking all weapons and skills to level 30 from level 25 should only earn you 248,000 rep. Then all rep earning should stop.

It takes 538,000 rep to get Noto from 40 to 50. Mastering the weapons should only get you to level 46.

I believe that the fact that people are still earning rep from fully maxed out weapons is due to an accident in the programming. I have reported this BUG on both open and test. Disney intended for people to to work their weapons up, but still need the next story chapter in order to fully master. I will bet that, when it is finally released, the next story chapter plus some new side quests, give about 300K in rep, and that is where the difference should be.

I congratulate anyone who has the patience to make 50 by continuing to grind the weapons well beyond level 30, but I also feel that they are getting there by taking advantage of a flaw in the programming. They will miss out on the natural progression to the higher levels that others will accomplish by using the rep from the future quests.

With 4 level 40 pirates all waiting for this release, I'm in no hurry to get them to 50 and be sitting around with nothing to do. Been there, done that, for more than a year.

[Dr. Zeppers]

Originally Posted by Basil Dreadflint

I still believe that getting to 50 this way is due to a BUG. Rep should not be given for using a mastered weapon. No rep was ever given after weapon level 25 on the way to Noto level 40. Taking all weapons and skills to level 30 from level 25 should only earn you 248,000 rep. Then all rep earning should stop.

It takes 538,000 rep to get Noto from 40 to 50. Mastering the weapons should only get you to level 46.

I believe that the fact that people are still earning rep from fully maxed out weapons is due to an accident in the programming. I have reported this BUG on both open and test. Disney intended for people to to work their weapons up, but still need the next story chapter in order to fully master. I will bet that, when it is finally released, the next story chapter plus some new side quests, give about 300K in rep, and that is where the difference should be.

I congratulate anyone who has the patience to make 50 by continuing to grind the weapons well beyond level 30, but I also feel that they are getting there by taking advantage of a flaw in the programming. They will miss out on the natural progression to the higher levels that others will accomplish by using the rep from the future quests.

With 4 level 40 pirates all waiting for this release, I'm in no hurry to get them to 50 and be sitting around with nothing to do. Been there, done that, for more than a year.

I agree Basil, the gaining of reps on mastered weapons contradicts the normal game play that had been established, and normally used in MMORGs. I think this will be removed at some time. If its not flat out a bug, it was Disney's ways of stifling all the high levels from complaining about having no means to hit level 50 (prior to new story quests/content).

[CaptainGreenGene]

I don't think its important to worry about what Disney is thinking at the moment. The fact is that you can, indeed make it to 50 regardless of personal preference to play and personal feelings about how you may want to level. I think its great that you can get there and its a blast having all the extra skill points to play around with. Its also nice to have the ability to fight very high level enemies without fear of dying. There isn't a darn thing that can kill a well trained level 50 any more. When the new quest line comes out it should be a piece of cake to get through. What a pleasure it will be not having to worry about finishing old quests to get to the new one. As for getting bored, I have 6 other level 40 pirates to play slow with so there is plenty to do and lots of time to do it.