Is the rumor true?

Lord Zaknefien

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Apr 2011

Blades of Valhalla

R/Rt

Anyone else hearing rumors of a level cap increase?

Marty Silverblade

Marty Silverblade

Administrator

Join Date: Jun 2006

No. ArenaNet will not increase the level cap. It is higher in GW2 though (80, if memory serves).

Shady Guy

Academy Page

Join Date: Dec 2010

No, it isn't true. I'm sure others will elaborate on this later, so enough said

Chrisworld

Chrisworld

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2010

Gameamp Guides [AMP]

W/

Where did you hear this "rumor" btw?

Bristlebane

Bristlebane

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2008

Mo/

Maybe a late April Fools,
but no GW1 will stay at level 20 max level.

beerelf

beerelf

Academy Page

Join Date: Oct 2010

UK

N/

Doubt it very much.
The low lvl cap is one of the great advantages GW has. We all get to play the games instead of grinding lvl's. Ok, we grind titles instead but thats our choice.

Divine Ashes

Divine Ashes

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2006

Chicago

LFG

R/

This rumor originated when the merc heroes came out, and the website stated that any character level 20 "or above" can be turned into one. People speculated that the level cap would be raised in the future, but this is very doubtful. It's way too late in the game, and there'd be absolutely no point.

dasmitchies

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Nov 2007

Sacred Forge Knights

W/P

Raising level caps is a MAJOR game mechanics change. It took forever for the dervish rework, so it can be assumed that there is insufficient resources to rebalance the entire game. Besides, we is Imba enough.

majoho

majoho

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jul 2006

Denmark

What would be the point of it anyway?

Kityn

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Mar 2005

Michigan

Heroes of the Horn [HoH]

N/

Only way I could see the level cap being raised is by level scaling to the new content being played. New end game content has a cap of level 30. When you play any previous content your level will scale back down to the level of the content.
But I seriously doubt there will be any level increase. To increase the level cap the content would have to be substantial and Anet has stated no more campaigns or expansions. I doubt that they would be able to make such content with the number of people they have working on GW.

Quaker

Quaker

Hell's Protector

Join Date: Aug 2005

Canada

Brothers Disgruntled

I'm always amused by the way some people think of "levels" as being some sort of fixed quantity like "feet" or "lightyears". So that level 20 is a "low level", for example.
ANet could change the "level cap" very easily - they could simply say that everyone is now "Level 80" and keep all the other stats, like armor, health, damage, etc., the same as they are now. Then the doofuses would be much happier to be level 80 fighting level 90 monsters instead of level 20 fighting level 28 monsters.

(Better yet, just tack a zero on the end and call it "level 200"!! - then you'd be uber powerful - way better than WoW with it's puny 80 levels). /sarcasm

Crom The Pale

Crom The Pale

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Nov 2006

Ageis Ascending

W/

No, no, no....the real truth is they are going to be selling a level increase in the online store, 10 more levels for $9.99/character.

EZPZ

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Apr 2011

Force A Nature

R/

Wait so you have to pay to get lvls? Or is that sarcasm I hear?

Sierraa

Sierraa

Supastar~ ???

Join Date: May 2006

USA [GMT -7]

Sierraas Asian Harem [love]

Me/

Closing this before it goes any farther. If there's an official announcement of level increase, I'm sure you'll know about it.