Death Leveling is broke

Last night before going to bed, I pancaked 6 Charr groups. Then I pulled them to the shrine. Watched them kill my fellow Ascalonians, and again committed suicide so I could start the repeated suicide requirement for LDoA.

When I got up this morning - 4 of the individual Charr (all from the same group of casters in the 4th group pulled) had bothered to level to 15. Some of the Charr had bothered to level to 10. Most were still 8th level. Now that I have killed the 4 Charr that bothered to level I suppose I can wait to be thrown off line by ANet for being on too long while I wait for the next 3-4 to chose to level up.

The point to the idiocy is for them to level. If they are not leveling then it is broke. Since, the ones who leveled were casters and not the ones closest to me, it is not a proximity issue. In point of fact, the ones who leveled were specifically the Farthest from me. But ofcourse, none of this would be an issue if we were not supposed to be paying gate RED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GOs for access to the enemy (How many marines are charging fellow marines for access to the Taliban?) so we can perform the repetitive totally lacking in entertainment suicide for 4-6 levels (3-6 months).

The least they can do if they insist on this stupid crap is have it work.

stop whining for crap..that is in itself crap concepted and broken and requires an effort that stands in absolutely no sense to the name of the title itself

When it didn't worked..how U hoped it should.. than you simple had BAD LUCK
Broken would be. ..when death leveling WOULD NOT WORK AT ALL ANYMORE.

But I personally would call that not broken..I would call that a BUG FIX and the start of giving that title hopefully a change in its crap concept itself

my 2 cents

Don't confuse rage with whine. I hate this. I hate and loathe all persons that support it. This will never Ever end.

Thought you knew this but here it is the expirence the monsters earn is not shared they gain the exp for killing you which ever one killed you is the one that gains the exp this has been like this forever and nearly everyone knows about it when you death lvl you have to pull 2-4 mosters not 3-4 groups.

you are the idiot here not the mosters.

lol Areanet needs to fix the bug that allows them to level in the first place all it is is an explot.

It's an annoiyng fact and I don't fully understand it.

I wake up to lvl20 Charr and some lvl8s. All of which deal damage to me and are well within the aggro bubble. There's some sort of strange coding when it comes to XP distribution.

They did. Then they invented the LDOA title and had to reintroduce it so people could earn the title.

death leveling was a exploit from day 1, anet choose not to fix it and add a title for it. when messing with exploits they don't always work how you wish they would because they are a by product of many little things, not just its own code.

I'm not. That is a whine.

Here's an example of two different levels of Charr. All of which have participated in my deaths for the same length of time.

Maybe you just didn't set it up right?

Also what is the suggestion you are making?

There's actually some documentation about this on the Presearing site (www.presearing.com). Experience is shared among all creatures, but not equally. Typically, whatever group killed you first (that's how you pancake in the first place) will get 2/3 or so of the experience from your death, and all other groups will get progressively less in proportion to the number of times they killed you before the start of the DeathLevel.

From the amount of DeathLeveling I've done, I've seen two different trends. One group gets most if not all, with the other groups leveling once while the first group is sitting at Level 16 or so. The other trend is that one group gets the 2/3, and the second group gets 1/3, and the third group (if there is one) get nearly nothing.

In summary, don't pancake more than three groups, you end up spreading the XP too thin for your purposes.

I agree fully with this statement and all intent behind it. Plus I'd like to add that it's an exploit that Arenanet while too lazy to fix it, instead chose to make a title that required it's use so people could exploit it even more! Good job arenanet! Good freakin job.


that be my input
*forkkrofforkkrofforkkrof*

Then why do it?

Well, I wasn’t aware Phoenix Tears was using two sign-ins to post, . And yes you are. There is noting plaintive, high pitched, and protracted in my statements. A whine requires all three of these conditions. For a complaint to be a whine it must be uttered in a plaintive tone. This is not the case. As I said, do not confuse rage with whine.

Because the title is appropriate to the persona - something I do not expect you to bother to comprehend given your previous statements.

Really, that does sound like whining to me. You started something, and now you are complaining about having to finish it = whining. And since it is text , not speech, i can connect any sort of voice i like with it. Yep, sounds like a high pitched crying voice to me.

It's a game. Games are for fun. If you hate getting this title, don't get it. If you feel you need it for your "Persona" that is your choice and you have to do it the same way others have done it before you.

If you want the title to impress people, don't bother. Titles are for your own enjoyment. No one else cares...

If you understood the difference between a want and a need, a game and life, and/or a choice or a forced action, you'd realize you are wrong.

If I hate something, I don't do it. If I HAVE to do it, then I deal with it. Fitz, you do not HAVE to get this title, but if you CHOOSE to get this title, you have to deal with it.

Amen.

Why must things like this cause so much grief to people unaffected by it?

It was put back in the game for a reason....

What they should do is either get rid of the title entirely or make it so that it's easier to get. It's downright stupid how it's set up now...death leveling for months on end in starter armor with only you in the party...ridiculous.

since it is optional and not needed for finishing the game dont do it if it is too hard to do for you.

no your complaint is rediculous but havent you started more *make it easier its too hard* threads than anybody?.....or is that someone else?

1. You are wrong in your sequentiation. I initiated protest when Factions was released concerning not only this, but other titles that were based on a need to destroy one’s developed characters and start over because of persona and story webbing mechanics.
2. What you have chosen to do is become a liar since you have been informed otherwise. Your attempt at deception does not change my rage it only adds you to the list of enemies of what is right. However you may practice the Drug I am not deceived.
There is a difference between hating getting the title and hating the way in which we are forced to get the title.
If you feel you want cheese then you had best do it the way others did it first. By golly, get your goatskin, fill it with milk, and walk in the hot desert sun until it curdles. Because it is damn straight nothing can be done or made better than the first way it was done.
ROFLMAO. I love this place. I get accused of being an elitest to being a communist. If I expected anyone else to care, I would expect something to actually be accomplished for what is right. I do not expect anyone else to care, hence my obligation to stand.

If you understood the illusory fiction of your dichotomies you would abandon the false hope of separation. Nothing exists that is not also its equal and opposite. But even if that were not true, your dichotomies have no relevance. They operate on the false assumption that virtue ceases to have merit because one turns on a game, when in fact the virtuous remain so whether in game or in life.
Then you will do nothing.
False, a title cannot be dealt with. Neither do I have to deal with all of you, the obstacle of establishing a just and equitable system for those who now and following after will seek to attain this title - I may remain eternally in opposition.

I added about 30% toward my next level in the last 24 hours or so. I fully understand that you get them on the rez shrine and just continue to hack at the same target in between rezzes. The manner in which this is done for the length of time that it requires is exactly bullshit. A better way should have been established from the start and has been called for since nearly day one.

Areanet?
Also: It is the ONLY way to get LDoA.

@Fitz: What is the suggestion...? Death levelling isn't broke, it DOESN'T split the experience.

You aren't forced.

Seems like you don't like death. Here's a thing to try:

Legendary Survivor.

Or, you can moan and whine on another thread about changing LDoA to not require something as demanding as this.

But death leveling isn't broken.

Holy crap people, ANet didn't add the title out of laziness; there was a period where they did, in fact, close death leveling. But people complained, and they put it back in, with a title to recognize the people who came up with the idea of getting to 20 in pre in the first place. Disagree with it if you want to, but it's not going anywhere; it was removed and purposefully reinstated. Deal with it.

I agree with the above poster.

For some really odd/dumb reason people from some small core group decided to get to level 20 before there was even a title, and then others wanted to get to level 20 as well so Anet added a title for it.

Ok, this started off as a rant and has only become worse. If you wish to report a bug, this is not the place. However, it appears to not be a bug at all - simply a misunderstanding on the OP's part. Closed.