Experience rates don't feel the same  

Posted by SpearDriver in ,

The average experience rate that you'll get for your character goes down by just about half every 24 levels, but it doesn't always feel like it. This is the big reason why the Golden Blossom xp rates feel so awfully low, and leveling feels so slow. I'll come back and talk about the GB levels in a bit.

My SpearDriver character is now GL7, and thank you very much. Very soon I'll be able to grind the Golden Coins Mansion with a good league party. We should be able to complete it too and we're all going to get rich. We might not be able to do GCM killer epithet runs just yet. It takes teamwork after all, and it doesn't always go well.

I feel great about the experience rates at the Golden Lotus levels because I usually only grind SpearDriver during the weekly events, and I use the coin mall xp cards too. The only time I grind outside those times is if I only need just a couple of percent more to level up, or if I can set up the right percentage so that I know I'll level up in the next event. I did that twice this week, and what that really means is that I leveled up twice for just a few hours of work. Now that's FUN!!!

Grinding AxeDriver only just a little bit harder, but it's not too bad. That is my hybrid character of course, and they are always easier to grind than a warrior. I've got a great set of buffs that are almost fully trained and I can almost grind that character on remote control, like, while I'm watching a movie or a soccer game. That's how hard he is to kill.

Even though it takes considerably more time to level up AxeDriver, it doesn't feel too bad because I can grind with Active Skill only and I don't have to concentrate too much. Imagine what I could do with this character if I decided to concentrate?

Anyway that leaves me with my nuker, RandiDance. He is stuck in the Golden Blossom levels and I swear these levels are the worst! This is my third character at these levels and I'm having a hard time getting motivated to grind this guy, even with 500 defense clothes and WD GB +8 Bracers. The experience rate just feels so low, even though I know it's not. I've measured it.

The problem with the GB levels is that you get half the experience rate of the FD levels, and back at the FD levels you could level up pretty much every day if you wanted to. It isn't that hard. You can progress to the Hangzhou map in the late FD levels, and it is fun to explore that map in the SM levels too. You don't really notice too much that your experience rate is going down.

Of course the best part of the SM levels is that party quest, and you start to level up like you're riding a rocket. But then the party is over and you're GB1, and you really notice how slow things have gotten. I'm stuck in it now, and I really don't have the patience for this at the moment.

Anyway, where are you grinding, and please share your tips for faster leveling at that level!

- SpearDriver

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11 comments

RedCross  

my alternative char is also stucked on mid GB :D 60-80% exp per event feels slow (no prem nor cards).... but it goes faster after you reach EC3 (yellow mobs at liaodong) new skills, more powerful weapons, better stats....

August 29, 2009 at 9:41 PM
ukhidden  

my char is hi SM so i wonder how much i'm going to grind when i reach GB1. And it will go very slow, coz my stats are epic fail. ^^ balanced ftw. I use all my chi on strength and 1 dexterity per 2nd lvl.

August 29, 2009 at 10:57 PM
Cappricio  

hehe well now i got 2 players stuck in GB,
Bardonian Wu tang healer- GB4
Shinigami-UK HD nuker-GB3

personally i found grinding Shini alot easier than Bardonian i mean 2crits and GB mobs fall to the ground:D
If i stick it out for 2-3weeks i can get out of GB but it just seems so boring :P
it took me 3 weeks to grind shini to GB and lvl his buffs. i might make a guide as to how i did it, right now i helping looby lu get the SSs for FC PQ...
although nukers are strong ^^ i just cant grind on them for long time, nukers dont have actives which mean u have to be there wen grinding, u cant leave on active and quickly walk off like half my grinds with bardo >.>
I dont think i make another char yet, spear will have a go at me. i am getting a bit more busy now-a-days so i do bit by bit.
I would advise making a nuker because of the damage cap removed, at SM u can hit 30k!!! (crit) although some crits were 15k >.>
oki off to bed. GG GL
(Shinigami-UK had expensive items, so unless u know wat u doing, u may not reach 30k at SM >.>)

Calvin: A Pro noob, and a noob pro

August 30, 2009 at 2:54 AM
xenamadona  

hi guys, i don't have to much time now to play 9D, but when i do i want to raise xena to HM6, because i have a nice dagger for her at that lvl, my nuker is stuck at GB 12 and my warrior is Fc 4, after i make xena HM 6 i want to make my warrior FC 10 for CC bosses, and after i will be just on my nuker till PS and higher( sweet dreams) :)

August 30, 2009 at 6:50 AM
ukhidden  

Well, it looks like i got a 10% increase on the yysb stats hat in CC3. And i don't know how much it's worth. Can you help me with prize?

September 4, 2009 at 4:38 PM
Gehrk__  

http://phpbb.acclaim.com/9dragons/viewforum.php?f=13

[Price Check] [Brado]

September 7, 2009 at 10:22 AM
ukhidden  

I've done that.

September 8, 2009 at 4:48 PM
RedCross  

people dont answer at marketplace, they only answer on posts that has either trinkets of bloodbeads on

September 9, 2009 at 9:15 PM
Mamado  

well guys..i have pushed my way from GB1 to GB5 40% in a week playing only in events and with my all free exp cards..ah about that..

u wouldn't know how much free coins i am getting here xD..dunno if it's legal but i think it is..chick out my purchases for the last few days

-20 exp cards
-10 exp cards
-5 exp cards
-10 exp cards
-5 jade separators

and i just don't wanna get a prem because i play from time to time and it would be a waist to buy a strict prem that grants a continuous period of raised exp..not interval as i love it :p

anyway..the magical way to do this is not through a cash paying website or anything..its through peanutlabs :p

that's a company linked to acclaim that gives u offers to do in exchange of coins...as straight as that.

when combined with multiple account on acclaim (after a while ur coin winning rate goes down,in like a week at most u finish all free surveys and start waiting for new ones, even then u will get too little coins) u get lot of coins..

personally i get 1200 coins in the first 3 hours of creating an account,then in the following days i get 500-700 at max (not per day..that's like in 3 days!) at max..then it goes for like 10-20 in the rest..so..just stick with the 1200 coins for an account (it's very darn good if u ask me :p)

well i know what u all thinking.." but there aren't any offer for where ever i am living"..well..there aren't any for Egypt either (that's where i live)

so i use a programe called HotSpot Shield, free VPN (virtual private server)that gives u a Us ip at the cost of some banners during browsing..u can easily close them too.

i have been playing 9D for 2 years and never payed a single cent!

OK,its not that easy actually but i got pro at it..i might even make a guide someday for additional info :p

peace..

September 16, 2009 at 6:18 AM
RedCross  

too bad that they all are doing something with sending sms or buying at least one product from them

September 16, 2009 at 12:43 PM
Andy  

mohammad can u please explain the tehnique more accurate?

September 24, 2009 at 3:32 PM

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