too low of a level?

(not sure if this is the right place for this... oh well)

I've recently made a monk. I don't want to brag, but I concider myself a pretty good monk. I heal when I am supposed to and run when I am supposed to.

My problem is that I don't spend the 50 hours doing all of the quests available so by the time i got to Riverside, I was level 13, when everyone else was 18-20.

Since I am a monk, I got in a party almost instantly, and it was balanced. But when they noticed my level the leader said "uh oh, he's level 13. we are better off with a henchman."

The rest of the team was smart I guess and they all yelled at him for saying that, and we finished the mission with no problems. At the end I even got compliments for my healing abilities.

I was just wondering if anyone else progresses through the game at a relatively lower level than everyone else. I mean, at least ascending actually seems worth it to me.

Replies would be helpful.

I was a R/Me and throughout the entire game, until the three ascension quests, it seemed like I was a lower level than everyone else. So you weren't the only one.

Although at ascension, it doesn't matter what level you are, but you will have less skills, because you did less missions

Well sometimes it can mean the difference. Mainly because with levels come attributes, maybe if you try to heal someone higher then you, it may not work as well as it would with someone equal level then you.

It really depends though, so I don't mind taking someone in the party who might be a few levels below me.

I had similar problems with my current main, a me/n. I was level 15 when I ascended, and typically 3 or 4 levels below everyone else in a given zone.

In terms of missions, I did the mains and skill quests, and that's it.

Level really doesn't matter, IMO. It was actually a nice way to screen for noob groups. =)

It's not that big deal, unless level difference is really significant. You will heal for slightly less - but then again, you might have better runes, who knows? And if you focus *only* on healing, your atributes will be high enough to compare with higher levels who spread their points a bit.

On my third character, a r/n, I made it to the dunes at level 10, and it's pretty much impossible to get a pickup at that level unless you're a monk, because I did all the previous ones with henchies.

I'd be somewhat wary of lower level characters too, not because I automaticaly assume they suck, but because they have less hp =P

Well with my minor healing rune and my servant's mask I had level 11 healing for riverside. Only one person died, so i guess i did my job.

I couldn't spam my lower heals like I normally did, but that didn't stop me from just using my other skills and skill combos.

Oh, and by the way, I've picked up all of the skills that are useful. So that means I have done specific skill quests and bought certain skills.

Edit: Didn't see the post above this. I did have a little bit less hp than everyone else (60-80 less at most), but I'm not a tank, so I just stayed behind and did my job.

Well, might not matter much if you're a monk, because they're so rare. However, since I have no way of knowing anyone's skill level, I'd always take a higher level class than a lower level class if I had the choice. Unless of course, it was obvious the higher level player was an ass and/or incompetant.

I usually take my time and have the opposite problem. My warrior was espically a little slow because I needed to spend so much time farming charr hides.

its imple:
When youre a monk, you lead the team!
Everything else asks for being abused!!!

Then:
- if one asks for more monks, kick him. (then say your team "asking for monks = asking for a kick")
- if one tells you what you have to have in your team, kick him.
- if one uses allcaps, kick him.
- if one makes a comment on someone elses level, kick him.
- if one asks stupid questions, like doing the bonus in dragons lair, kick him.
- if one is a class you have enough of in your team, kick him.
- if you lost the mission for one not listening, kick him!
- if one is just ignorant or selfish, kick him, if you like to.

Once you have sorted out all the annoying idiots you will have GREAT gameplay!

The henchmen are technically the level breaker. It shows the average level normally, so the other people probably farm too much.

My R/Me who is lvl 17 is still in Elona, I can never find a party, and won't try to. That was the only reason I've given up on that character because people like to critize the point that I am a :

-Ranger
-Low Level
-Pet Carrier (pets are awesome if you know how to use them, and no, they aren't tanks or meat shield, they can actually inflict a lot of degen and conditions.)

"pets are awesome if you know how to use them, and no, they aren't tanks or meat shield, they can actually inflict a lot of degen and conditions"

They do? Usually I just see them attacking enemies while occasional using "mauling"(bears seem to be fairly popular with R I party with). They have conditions attack? And are bears the best anyway? (actually, these questions are serious)

Doing all the quests, missions and bonuses will get you to level 20 waaay before the desert.

They say bear is the best, because it's true that it has maul. They all have the same hitpoint. But if you look in the Beast Mastery section of skills.

http://www.guildwarsguru.com/skill.php

Read all of the skills (or glance), you'll see that most skills listed are pretty useful.

I'll list a few skills that are pretty useful (Knowing that you are intrested)

Feral Lunge
Ferocious Strike
Melandru's Assault
Maiming Strike
Scavenger's Strike

The highest level people in the group are generally the biggest newbs. They're high level because they're not efficient about their gameplay. They either repeated the same missions over and over because they kept failing them, or they did every quest in the game, ignoring the fact that most of them are totally pointless.

I would have grouped you.

The first time through the game I was way too high (Monk)

Now I'm going through Borlis Pass with a level 10 Warrior (Same level as the henchmen I think). Most people that are much higher than you.. it is quite possible it is their first time through the game. And its NOT neccessary. If your team is skilled, the level hardly matters, to some point at least.

i was a level 15 warrior doing the ascension missions, i ascended at level 16 , but it was a real bitch getting a group that didnt care about your level

Well, a lot of people first time through like doing all the quests =P

I'm on my third char and I still like doing all the quests XD

Bah, I like taking lower leveled people more than higher leveled ones; shows they know what they're doing generally. The stupid people are very biased about levels; when I'm lvl 10 and around lvl 16-18s I get a lot of denials :P