Dark Devices - Exploitation

[ElHeggunte]

And yet why do I see Paladins... *snip for length*

Bad players will be bad. You could double the amount of time it takes to reach level cap and they still wouldn't learn, largely because there's no real penalty for repeated failure besides lost time and a huge repair bill. Even with harsher penalties they would still reach level cap eventually without really knowing how to play. By the time people start to "exploit" Dark Devices they've had well over 45 levels to learn their class and basic fight mechanics, if they haven't learned the basics by then they probably never will. There are players like that in every game: you have doers, you have learners, and then you have the type of player who just doesn't give a fuck.

If there were a more efficient way to bridge that quest-less gap between 46 and 49 people would feel less obligated to spam FATEs in the first place so that's on SE for the inconsistent progression design.