2 years in the army and no XP gain?

spiritofcat

spiritofcat

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Mar 2005

Sydney, Australia

Order of the Sanguine Dragon [OSD]

E/Mo

Anyone else noticed that after you finish the Academy and the Searing occurs, it's "Two Years Later" when you start in post searing, and you've just come back from a patrol, yet you've still got exactly the same amount of XP that you had at the time of the searing?
I'd have thought that two years patroling the front lines, fending off gargoyles and stone elementals would surely gve you some experience. Especially when you consider that all that occured in pre-searing was only in the span of one day.
Day before the searing: Levels 1 - 7
Next two years: No progess
After two years: Back to gaining XP.

I'm not complaining, I just think it's an amsuing oversight in terms of plot and believeability.

yaynus

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Apr 2005

It's also believable that you're fighting humanoid cats decked out in armor... come on it's a game.

necroth

Academy Page

Join Date: Feb 2005

May be you were hiding in a cave.

spiritofcat

spiritofcat

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Mar 2005

Sydney, Australia

Order of the Sanguine Dragon [OSD]

E/Mo

Quote:
Originally Posted by necroth
May be you were hiding in a cave.
Hmmm, could be! Imagine that, all the players hiding in a cave for two years. Imagine how many districts it would have to have!

Alexiel

Alexiel

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Apr 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by spiritofcat
I'm not complaining, I just think it's an amsuing oversight in terms of plot and believeability.
Perhaps were were simply lucky and they were just very uneventful patrols. Maybe it's the slow shift.

Wolfstagen

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Apr 2005

Virginia

Maybe you had KP duty, and were peeling potatoes for two years. or for the army guys CQ duty every night.

Corrusader

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Apr 2005

The explosions knocked you uncouscious for 2 years.
Aliens erased your memory of battle (thus exp)
Brain flayer ate half of your brain making you lose memory.

ocoini

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2005

Spent all your time in a bar drinkin and flirting

Ollaolas

Ollaolas

Academy Page

Join Date: May 2005

8-bit Hell

You went insane and was put into an assylum. You were just released.

Volume II

Volume II

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Feb 2005

Louisville, Lexington Kentucky

You were busy killing rats the whole time

Eskimo Bob

Eskimo Bob

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Apr 2005

Canada, Alberta

Angelic Knights

W/Mo

You had a sleep over at Micheal Jacksons.

A11Eur0

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Apr 2005

W/

You were busy online complaining about a game being unrealistic.

Morthikai

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Apr 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by A11Eur0
You were busy online complaining about a game being unrealistic.
Image of my huge warrior/mesmer hunched over a computer typing in, "OMG... All war/monks are noobs! lol!"

Marus Varrus

Marus Varrus

Academy Page

Join Date: Apr 2005

Alabama USA

Force of Arms

W/R

DIdn't the story say something about them going throough a portal orsomething thought that had something to do with the time difference?

Brett Kuntz

Brett Kuntz

Core Guru

Join Date: Feb 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by yaynus
It's also believable that you're fighting humanoid cats decked out in armor... come on it's a game.
Apparently you've never seen my neighbours cat!

Super Awesome War Bunny

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2005

speaking of unrealistic, all this spell casting nonsense - I don't buy it.

HughVohnEls

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Apr 2005

OMG! im in tears!!! best laugh i've gotten in a LONG time! nice job!

Arlin Merrick

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Apr 2005

You met a beautiful girl. Fell in love. Got married. Had kids. They turned two. You hate them all. You left.

The IOU

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Apr 2005

Iowa

Guild of Night

Mo/E

Plus after 2 years all my group did was up and say Thanks and leave.

I mean AFTER 2 years we were like family They are all on my ignore list because now they keep asking me for money. Hey, just because we survived that for 2 years doesn't give you the right to ask for money.

Bastards

SUm Tin Wong

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2005

There's 2 years in the late 80's that I can't remember.

Soul Monarch

Soul Monarch

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Apr 2005

In the between.

Heros Etc.

Me/N

Quote:
Originally Posted by SUm Tin Wong
There's 2 years in the late 80's that I can't remember.
Feel lucky it was only two years. Some people have lost the entirity of the 70's.

Sir_Sid

Sir_Sid

Academy Page

Join Date: May 2005

Canada, eh?

It's not realistic, I admit.. but it would be neat if they give you.. 200 - 1,000XP or maybe a level up, keeping your previous experience from your last level, too.

Agolk2

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Apr 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by yaynus
It's also believable that you're fighting humanoid cats decked out in armor... come on it's a game.
hahhah, that's great.....stop worrying about the plot anyway.....if u have to push keys to move around, its not real life....get over it

Green_Lantern

Green_Lantern

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by Agolk2
hahhah, that's great.....stop worrying about the plot anyway.....if u have to push keys to move around, its not real life....get over it
wha? not *real* life? my world is crumbling....