Guildwars LVL system WACK!

the level system in guild wars is wacked out.....im level 6 and was fighting a level 3 that owned me with a level 2 tank with him WTH thats no possible way that they are level 3 and 2

teamwork on their part

welcome to the world where skill counts and level doesnt

they owned you because they had more practice at it

just as you and a friend could own a level 10 who didnt know what he was doing

I was wondering when posts like this would start popping up

Let me guess, all you did was press the space bar?

Numbers and skills will beat lvls anyday here. My group of lvl10s, (henchmen) easily destroyed a lvl 19 mob a few days ago.

yep, one time when i was lvl 10 (im a Necro / Elementist) i Pwnd a lvl 14 War/Monk, *sigh* was just embarising how bad he was!

Thats one of the main things in this game its surprising you didn't know that before you got the game. Thats also why i love this game so much but the problem is im not that good guess i need more practice

good way to practice skills is to get full group of henchmen, and take on HUGE mobs of lower lvls, it realy test ur limits

This just made my day :P proof that on some levels, skill does beat time played.

Hah! I was wondering if the skill really counts so much in GW...
Here's a living proof .

Actually when I think about it, I *was* owned at level 8 by two level 3 players.

*ouch* that says something... LOL

yeah team work and cordination with always beat brute strength. Easy enough to remember hard to learn.

i think this is hope that they got it right

Also, if you are lvl 7 or below try and focus on putting points into one thing rather than spread it.

abviously character level does not equal skill level

A higher level character is better though, numerous times I've had lvl 20 players join a group of ~lvl 12. They survive much longer with higher health and they have better equipment, it's actually very annoying to group with level 20 players in this way. Why? Level 20 players often run ahead and just take the brunt because they can, they essentially take the fun out of partying up and beating higher level chars. There are exceptions.

It's great. I Just wish that PvE would reflect the fact that low level mobs can still give a high level player a headache. Nothing's quite so annoying as getting immolated over and over by mobs 7 levels below you and watching your health drop like a rock to -7 degen. If they can do that I should get full xp for beating them and a chance at a drop relevant to their difficulty in my mind.

I avoid grouping with characters that are more than a couple of levels above me for that reason. It does reduce the challenge of the game considerably.

You have to keep in mind you do a lot more damage to lower level mobs. It's just a measure to stop people from grinding lower level areas to L20 and then steamrolling through the next 5-6 missions. (Not that this is too hard anyway).

Yeah fire imp mobs if you are solo hurt. Also grouping for PvE with a high level char isnt quite the same as in PvP, in PvE yeah if they dont totally suck then theyll probably be able to solo the mission/quest in some cases, but in PvP a overly high level char will usually just charge in, get owned and die, or blame his teammates if they lose anyway