Level 29-31 Lack of Missions

gridlock9000 · 08-31-2009, 07:26 PM

I just hit 31 and that's with doing a bunch of level 33 missions in monster island and I'm basically out of quests and not sure what to do other than grind PQ areas or mobs in general. I have done all 3 5 Man instance quests as well....

Around 29 I think that Socrates e-mail spamming you for more missions would be a good idea to get you through the gap.

Zyillo · 08-31-2009, 11:46 PM

I'm at 28 right now and I'm doing level 29 and 30 quests.

Nervous about the grind ahead and I've been doing every I can to avoid doing quests not specific to my level.

Outkry · 09-01-2009, 03:25 AM

Odd...I hit 31 Before I even set foot on Monster Island....perhaps you've missed some quest hubs?

Theyss · 09-01-2009, 03:49 AM

Combine both Canada and Desert Island, do some Open Public Quests (they give tons of XP) and generally explore for quest hubs as Outkry says. I reached Monster Island at 30.5 and thats with a couple of bugged quests I couldnt do in Canada, even.

Kovnik · 09-01-2009, 04:04 AM

Have to agree. I think most people that are complaining about running out of missions at 30 are doing so because they ran off to Monster Island at the first opportunity, blitzed all the early missions there and ran out off stuff to do.

If people would just finish off the missions (and all the follow ups) they have in Canada, MC and Desert before trying to get to Monster Island they will find the missions there will get them past the slow down.
Like other posters,I had hit 30 before setting foot on Monster Island, even with some bugged missions. And while I did get to a point were I was struggling to find stuff at 31, the mission computer saved me. (see below)

Its not players fault mind! I think the lvl cap for Monster Island should be increased to 30 to stop people going there too early. All I would suggest is that if you find yourself out of missions, take a look at your Mission computer! It lists all contacts that you can currently get missions from and can be used to set a marker for the contacts on your map. Just dont worry if you get sent away from Monster Island! The missions in this game are spread out across all zones, and just because your getting sent to a Contact in Canada when your in Monster Island doesnt mean its a step backwards!

Mallaien · 09-01-2009, 04:12 AM

I don't know if that big Jail "stronghold" is repeatable, but there were a bunch of bosses, I passed up. I did solo it at level 25, but I want to go back in there and get some of those other bad guys and gals I saw. Menton was fun, and hard esp. when his health is low and he sends 15 prisoners at you, but good AoE did the trick.

Also Canada has areas that go up to 30, and there is a mean boss up there that cannot be killed solo even at level 40. well maybe.. I was a bit under geared during that last open beta day.

gridlock9000 · 09-01-2009, 04:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Kovnik

Its not players fault mind! I think the lvl cap for Monster Island should be increased to 30 to stop people going there too early. All I would suggest is that if you find yourself out of missions, take a look at your Mission computer! It lists all contacts that you can currently get missions from and can be used to set a marker for the contacts on your map. Just dont worry if you get sent away from Monster Island! The missions in this game are spread out across all zones, and just because your getting sent to a Contact in Canada when your in Monster Island doesnt mean its a step backwards!

I've checked my crime computer the only 2 quest hubs I have are for both bugged missions; The Shape Shifter one at the alien crash site and one from Socrates for going to the CEO's speech near the water front except you can't talk to him at all. I also couldn't complete "Lost My foot" from an NPC on the east side of MC. However with all 3 I'm still a long way off from 32 being at level 31 now. I've also done a handfull of nemesis note missions as well as went back to Canada back at an earlier level and did all the level 8 missions. Every Mission that you could possibly do I have done so I'm lost at this point.

I noticed a lot of the Canada NPCs had gray Exclamation points over there. At level in Monster Island do you need to go back there because that would probably help out ?

mukkel · 09-01-2009, 09:07 AM

I ended up having to go back and finding L.10-13 contact NPC's in the Desert since I started out in Canada. It filled out a bar at L.31 in about an hour at 10k xp per quest.

I noticed after logging in today they also nerfed quest XP by 15%. My L.37 quests (I was L.34 at the time) were giving me 20.3k XP before the patch. Now they are awarding 17.2k.

Good luck to all of those new folks levelling up with the serious gaps in content. I've heard L.38.5+ is pretty much grind as well. We'll see.

Xacius · 09-01-2009, 09:38 AM

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Originally Posted by gridlock9000

I've checked my crime computer the only 2 quest hubs I have are for both bugged missions; The Shape Shifter one at the alien crash site and one from Socrates for going to the CEO's speech near the water front except you can't talk to him at all. I also couldn't complete "Lost My foot" from an NPC on the east side of MC. However with all 3 I'm still a long way off from 32 being at level 31 now. I've also done a handfull of nemesis note missions as well as went back to Canada back at an earlier level and did all the level 8 missions. Every Mission that you could possibly do I have done so I'm lost at this point.

I noticed a lot of the Canada NPCs had gray Exclamation points over there. At level in Monster Island do you need to go back there because that would probably help out ?

This is EXACTLY where I"m at and have the exact same 3 quests that you have that are bugged out and not working. There is nothing, I've gone back and flown all over, the crime computer only leads me to those 3 bugged quests and lemuria which I can't get into until 32. So thats out of the question.

They took out the repeatables in canada, so thats not an option anymore. Lowered quest xp a bit, so theres gonna be even more of a gap when people are working their way up. I'm not real sure wth cryptic is doing or thinking. They announce a content upgrade when there isn't enough content to get through reasonibly now without grinding. They need to throw about 500 more quests into the current content. You shouldn't be forced to do every single mission in the game in order to make cap, you should be doing less than 75% hell...about 60% of the content and then doing the rest if you want to for perks etc.

ornolf · 09-01-2009, 09:44 AM

Yeah this is strange. Myself and my friends have been easily able to get to 31 without doing a single mission in Monster Island so far. We have done the crisis, but still have a few more Canada quests and to finish up the Burial Caves lair tonight. Might even be able to get to 32 based on the xp we get from those.

We all did the desert crisis, followed by desert to about 13, then canada to about 15, then MC to low 20s, then back to desert to finish out the quests there (prob 24 or so when done), then back to canada til around 26 or so, then MC east side til 28 or so, then back to canada til 31+ (with the MI crisis thrown in there for good measure).

Based on all the Monster Island stuff I did on multiple characters in closed beta, I would say that we can easily get to high 30s (38+) on the stuff there no problem, and thats not even counting the Lemuria crisis and quests there as well.

As far as I can see, there is no problem at all, and their xp curve seems to be working just fine to me. I'll update a little later tonight about how Monster Island is going.

And yes, the Hiding in Plain Sight mission in the desert, and the Waterfront Watcher and My Lost Foot in MC, were bugged as of the preview for some reason. Hopefully fixed for the launch patch.

08-31-2009, 07:26 PM	#1
gridlock9000 Citizen Join Date: Jul 2009	Level 29-31 Lack of Missions I just hit 31 and that's with doing a bunch of level 33 missions in monster island and I'm basically out of quests and not sure what to do other than grind PQ areas or mobs in general. I have done all 3 5 Man instance quests as well.... Around 29 I think that Socrates e-mail spamming you for more missions would be a good idea to get you through the gap.

09-01-2009, 04:12 AM	#6
Mallaien Champion Join Date: Apr 2009	I don't know if that big Jail "stronghold" is repeatable, but there were a bunch of bosses, I passed up. I did solo it at level 25, but I want to go back in there and get some of those other bad guys and gals I saw. Menton was fun, and hard esp. when his health is low and he sends 15 prisoners at you, but good AoE did the trick. Also Canada has areas that go up to 30, and there is a mean boss up there that cannot be killed solo even at level 40. well maybe.. I was a bit under geared during that last open beta day. Last edited by Mallaien : 09-01-2009 at 04:14 AM.

08-31-2009, 11:46 PM	#2
Zyillo Hero Join Date: Aug 2009	I'm at 28 right now and I'm doing level 29 and 30 quests. Nervous about the grind ahead and I've been doing every I can to avoid doing quests not specific to my level.

09-01-2009, 03:25 AM	#3
Outkry Hero Join Date: Mar 2008	Odd...I hit 31 Before I even set foot on Monster Island....perhaps you've missed some quest hubs?

09-01-2009, 03:49 AM	#4
Theyss Citizen Join Date: Apr 2009	Combine both Canada and Desert Island, do some Open Public Quests (they give tons of XP) and generally explore for quest hubs as Outkry says. I reached Monster Island at 30.5 and thats with a couple of bugged quests I couldnt do in Canada, even.

09-01-2009, 04:04 AM	#5
Kovnik Hero Join Date: Feb 2008	Have to agree. I think most people that are complaining about running out of missions at 30 are doing so because they ran off to Monster Island at the first opportunity, blitzed all the early missions there and ran out off stuff to do. If people would just finish off the missions (and all the follow ups) they have in Canada, MC and Desert before trying to get to Monster Island they will find the missions there will get them past the slow down. Like other posters,I had hit 30 before setting foot on Monster Island, even with some bugged missions. And while I did get to a point were I was struggling to find stuff at 31, the mission computer saved me. (see below) Its not players fault mind! I think the lvl cap for Monster Island should be increased to 30 to stop people going there too early. All I would suggest is that if you find yourself out of missions, take a look at your Mission computer! It lists all contacts that you can currently get missions from and can be used to set a marker for the contacts on your map. Just dont worry if you get sent away from Monster Island! The missions in this game are spread out across all zones, and just because your getting sent to a Contact in Canada when your in Monster Island doesnt mean its a step backwards!

09-01-2009, 09:07 AM	#8
mukkel Citizen Join Date: Nov 2008	I ended up having to go back and finding L.10-13 contact NPC's in the Desert since I started out in Canada. It filled out a bar at L.31 in about an hour at 10k xp per quest. I noticed after logging in today they also nerfed quest XP by 15%. My L.37 quests (I was L.34 at the time) were giving me 20.3k XP before the patch. Now they are awarding 17.2k. Good luck to all of those new folks levelling up with the serious gaps in content. I've heard L.38.5+ is pretty much grind as well. We'll see.

09-01-2009, 09:44 AM	#10
ornolf Hero Join Date: Nov 2008	Yeah this is strange. Myself and my friends have been easily able to get to 31 without doing a single mission in Monster Island so far. We have done the crisis, but still have a few more Canada quests and to finish up the Burial Caves lair tonight. Might even be able to get to 32 based on the xp we get from those. We all did the desert crisis, followed by desert to about 13, then canada to about 15, then MC to low 20s, then back to desert to finish out the quests there (prob 24 or so when done), then back to canada til around 26 or so, then MC east side til 28 or so, then back to canada til 31+ (with the MI crisis thrown in there for good measure). Based on all the Monster Island stuff I did on multiple characters in closed beta, I would say that we can easily get to high 30s (38+) on the stuff there no problem, and thats not even counting the Lemuria crisis and quests there as well. As far as I can see, there is no problem at all, and their xp curve seems to be working just fine to me. I'll update a little later tonight about how Monster Island is going. And yes, the Hiding in Plain Sight mission in the desert, and the Waterfront Watcher and My Lost Foot in MC, were bugged as of the preview for some reason. Hopefully fixed for the launch patch.