So, how many poopsockers...err...people have gotten to lvl 50?

[Ginaz]

Just curious to know as I've already seen videos of guilds that are full swing into the end game raids already.  Highest level character I have is my lvl 26 BH but thats mostly because I've been at my parents over Christmas and using their laptop to (barely) play.  So, tell us how bad your home smells like catass and murdered time.

[Ratman_tf]

My old friend and guild leader hit 50 today. He got the early game deal though. Not sure if that makes a difference. I've been playing for a week and am only level 16.

[luckton]

Operative Agent here...taking my time and enjoying the sights.  Level 33, but I'm still on Alderan, though I did finish my class story stuff there just so's I could get my Legacy name locked in.

[Cadaverine]

My Sorcerer is only 33, but I've been putzing around with a BH, and a Marauder on Shien, and a Jedi Shadow on The Bastion.  I've seen one 50 in the BGs, and a large number of players that are 46 - 49.

[Sky]

Azuredream has for sure. We've got several in the 40s, including Rattran who has pulled way ahead of my plonking butt. I only really got an early lead because of hour 0 access and a few days off over the holidays. I did start a SW that hit 14, my BH is 35. I'm in no hurry.

Like luckton, I tried to make a push for 30 to get the legacy unlocked.

[Surlyboi]

My highest is a JK at 28. I've got a trooper at 15 and a SW at 20 though.

Altogether that's a 50, but not a lot of poopsockage here, unless you count playing on the plane to and from California.

[Ginaz]

I was hoping to do some poopsocking of my own over the holidays since I'm off for 30 days but my trip to visit my parents ruined that plan.   Still, I'm flying home tomorrow morning and I'm not back to work until 16 Jan., so that leaves about 18 days to fill the sock.

[Mazakiel]

Once I hit the 30s and finished Chapter 1, my levelling pace dropped off quite a bit.  I'm working on an alt, exploring a bit, working on trade skills, etc.  Just sorta enjoying the ride.  I'm also getting an itch to roll a sorcerer.  Assassin is fun, but sorcerer looks pretty fun too. 

[Sjofn]

Prettty sure I'd be 50 or close to it if not for the enforced week break due to visiting family in NJ. As it is I have a level 35 or 36 consular and a level 26-ish smuggler.

[kildorn]

I alted it up a bit at 49. I'm going to make myself finish off this story though.

[Yegolev]

I really am a fan of "clean the piss out of the SunnyD bottles under your desk" in these situations.

[Montague]

Level 26 Marauder, didn't get to play as much as I would have liked because the wife had trouble with a root canal just before Xmas and we're leveling together. Weird side note, we've been duoing from level 1 on Korriban, and with no PVP or space battles we had outlevelled Nar Shadda before even leaving Balmorra (lvl 25). At this rate we'll ding 50 in Taris.  

[Azuredream]

I've been playing the crap out of the game and have a Sorcerer at 50. There are enough people at 50 now on Shien that I'm finding a nice circle of people to run the level 50 content with. I like to pile all my time onto one character so it'll be a while before I start leveling the Powertech that I have in the works.

[Evildrider]

I hit 50 on launch day myself.  2 other people in my guild just hit 50 today.

[Cyrrex]

I hit 50 on launch day myself.  2 other people in my guild just hit 50 today.

Jesus, man...hope you remember to change your undies once in a while.

I am all of level...24? Stupid Year End closing at work.  Stupid pregnant wife.  Stupid kids.

[rattran]

I think I'm in the gap between the poopsockers and the bulk of players, there's noone on the planet's I've been on. Quesh and Belsalvis are ghost towns.

[eldaec]

Level 26 Marauder, didn't get to play as much as I would have liked because the wife had trouble with a root canal just before Xmas and we're leveling together. Weird side note, we've been duoing from level 1 on Korriban, and with no PVP or space battles we had outlevelled Nar Shadda before even leaving Balmorra (lvl 25). At this rate we'll ding 50 in Taris.  

Two sets of story quests will easily overlevel you. Side quests as well are going to add up fast.

[Ashamanchill]

How the? Granted I've only been able to play a few hours a day and am only 13, but two of my buddies are grinding the shit outta that game and they are still only 27ish.

You people are mad! Mad I say!

[luckton]

How the? Granted I've only been able to play a few hours a day and am only 13, but two of my buddies are grinding the shit outta that game and they are still only 27ish.

You people are mad! Mad I say!

This is the sixth time (if not more) we've played these DIKU MMOs, and we've become increasingly efficient at it.

 

[Evildrider]

Yeah I actually "hate" leveling.  I get OCD about it and must finish it ASAP.  Then I punish myself more as my Sniper is already 27.

I did straight questing, space missions, and pvp (only when I had to help level myself for the next area).  I did no heroics or flashpoints, I did do every bonus mission possible.

[Zetor]

I just hit 50 earlier today. I did all planet quests (except for the heroics) in sequence... hit 50 just by finishing Corellia and Act 3 of my class quest, with some of the 'planet bonus quests' remaining along with the entirety of Ilum. I did some pvp while leveling, but didn't overdo it (pvp is pretty bad in this game in case I haven't mentioned that enough times already ). Only did the first three space missions.

Flashpoint pugs are almost nonexistent on my server, so I only run esseles (twice), and hammer station once. I also ran guildies through cademimu, taral V and maelstrom, but that doesn't count -- all mobs were grey and could barely hit me.  

I did play a healer alt off-and-on (level 16-ish) that I intend to only level through flashpoints, pvp, heroic group missions and space... that's going to be on hold for a while, though.

[Sky]

I think I'm in the gap between the poopsockers and the bulk of players, there's noone on the planet's I've been on. Quesh and Belsalvis are ghost towns.

Taris has a nice mix, enough to do a few things. Unfortunately, most of the sith seem to be "roleplaying"  I just roll with it, but I do have a stack of heroic quests. I pretty much stopped bothering with them after Tatooine. Omw to Quesh after I clean up a few solo quests on Taris, debating the Taris bonus series.

Haven't really done any pvp this week, so looks like I won't be getting my level 40 pvp set. Hit 36 last night after staying up to finish the Taris arc of the BH story.

The only time I get close to 'grinding' is when I want to close out a story arc in a session and they do a little extended bit I didn't expect. I did laugh because I had been bitching about leveling too fast and last night found myself thinking leveling had really slowed and bitching to myself about it. Then I relaxed, looked around the amazing Taris zone and slowed back down to enjoy playing this amazing game.

[kildorn]

I think I'm in the gap between the poopsockers and the bulk of players, there's noone on the planet's I've been on. Quesh and Belsalvis are ghost towns.

The higher planets have around 3 people on them as well. I both love and hate having entire leveling zones to myself, compared to say Coruscant.

It seems the bulk of the playerbase are on the sub-30 planets still, just from playing my alt.

[Draegan]

I'm only 34 and just hit Taris the other night.  Been obsessed with watching How to Make It in America with the wife and didn't really get to play the last two nights. 

[01101010]

I was more on a mission to grab up each class's ship. However, for whatever hellbent reason, I have my consular up to 27 and DS IV. The rest kinda have fallen by the wayside because I am kinda taken with my Orion girl. 

[Amaron]

I hit 50 on the 21st I think.   Me and a friend took off work and we duoed every day.  We didn't even play all day and it didn't take that long.   At the end our /played was 4 days and a few hours.   That was consuming EVERY quest in the game though.   We only skipped 4 man heroics.

More interestingly a friend from beta got to 50 (on a jedi knight no less) in 3 days /played so if you skip the useless bonus series and space bar some stuff you can level very very fast in this game.

[Sky]

More interestingly a friend from beta got to 50 (on a jedi knight no less) in 3 days /played so if you skip the useless bonus series and space bar some stuff you can level very very fast in this game.

Talk about missing the point.

[Wolf]

he might say the same thing about you.

[kildorn]

The bonus series aren't useless, imo. They're gap filler content with a usually decent story (meaning you're 45, and the next planet is 46-47? There's probably a level 45-46 bonus series you should do)

My main complaint with the game actually is that a 1 level difference is HUGE in pve. Like, +1 con hostiles will drop you to half hp, and take ~2 minutes to kill a gold elite. -1 cons will die in your first volley, and gold elites will go down before you've made it through a full rotation.

[Draegan]

More interestingly a friend from beta got to 50 (on a jedi knight no less) in 3 days /played so if you skip the useless bonus series and space bar some stuff you can level very very fast in this game.

Talk about missing the point.

How?

[Paelos]

Perhaps the part about ignoring the story in a story game?

[Miasma]

I like the bonus series (other than the jarring transition from "You saved the planet!" to "Ahhh the planet is almost lost!") but have to do them regardless because if I don't get a couple levels into the next planet's range I will experience a world of hurt.

How much do skills cost at 50?  I'm at 30 and they now cost 12k, that's retarded.

[kildorn]

I like the bonus series (other than the jarring transition from "You saved the planet!" to "Ahhh the planet is almost lost!") but have to do them regardless because if I don't get a couple levels into the next planet's range I will experience a world of hurt.

How much do skills cost at 50?  I'm at 30 and they now cost 12k, that's retarded.

Skill cost appears tied to the number of skills you have to train, essentially. The jarring cost is due to the lack of a fractional money type system (gold/silver/copper), everything is listed in essentially Copper, so the numbers and scale skyrocket.

So I spent ~70k one level training 3 skills, but only spent ~90k the next level training 12 skills.

[rattran]

The Bonus Series on the planets seem to deliver better credits/lewts than the main lines, so seem worth doing. I've been skipping the Heroic4s, and going back to the Heroic2+ when I'm +2 to them, and cleaning them out. Though there are a few Heroic2s that are doable at even con, that may be because I can let the pet tank/dps while I just heal

[Paelos]

Doing all the heroics+2s and the bonus stuff as I've been doing with my friend on his smuggler and my JK, you outlevel the zones by the 4th section.