What happens between lvl 40 and 100+ in this server?

2x exp gain on a pretty flat exp curve tends to significantly expedite the first 100 levels of progress. You’re seeing people stuck in the 110s+ when things start getting painfully tedious.

 

PQing at LPQ, EPQ, OPQ,.PPQ, MPQ is a norm and shouldn't be too hard.

You'll get to 3rd job, and depending on your class, leveling gets brutal in terms of how long it takes and how boring it is that you'll have to resort to leech.

So the plateau happens around lvl 100, 110, and that's the actual really miserable part, up until you start bossing which is lvl 135.

 

when you go in a place at first it is very fast, example: at 5x when you go to ghost ship is fast, when you increase your kill per minute you got more exp (this is obvious but need to speak to keep showing), so you will begin killing in 4 hits, and in some lv you pass to kill in 2 for a example, but after some point you will keep lacked to 2 hits and the exp you need to level up increase (in ghost ship example late 6x), and it get slow, boring..
Some lv you will need to pass for it, most peoples dislike it..

 

If you're only just hitting 40, and feel like you don't see anyone, you've been ignoring the PQ scene, as bienfu stated above.

Level 35 to 50 you can group up at Eos 101 for Ludi PQ.
Level 45 to 55 you can group up at Forest of Poison for Ellin Forest PQ.
Level 51 to 70 you can group up at The Unknown Tower for Orbis PQ.
Level 55 to 100 you can group up at Over the Pirate Ship for Pirate PQ.
Level 71 to 85 you can group at either side of Magatia in Zenumist or Alcando for MPQ/R&JPQ.

Sure, there are a fair chunk of people leeching, mainly because they're intlords that can't PQ effectively without a carry, but there's still plenty of those within these level ranges out and about.

[Edit] Speaking further down the line, level 100+ players, we have a massive lack of party play, which is a player issue, not a game mechanic issue.

 

There are actually a lot of different places you can train from 40+ to 100

You can do all the PQs mentioned above or grind at some of these maps:

Levels 40-50: Snake Area in Mu Lung, Straw Target Dummies (STDs), Wraiths, Master/Platoon Chronos in Ludi, Truckers

50-80: Forest of Golem (FoG is probably my favorite nostalgic map for melee classes), Mysterious Path 3 with a party, Ghost Ship 2 (GS2), Voodoos

70-100: CDs in Taiwan, Himes, Gallos

Even more maps you can explore while questing / getting monster cards for your ring. Just enjoy the aspect of exploring different maps and don't feel pressured to buy leech.

 

A lot of people ignore party play in Deep Ludibrium. Bring back the days of Viking parties, or 3 man (M)DT's or gigs. We got options.

 

For me personally I didn't buy leech til 110-120 when it was super hard to level. From 40-100 I was exclusively at LPQ, EPQ, and PPQ with some training at himes and gs2 in between (on my priest)! Same with my shadower but I decided to go straight to 7F at level 70 and meso explode my way to 120 in a month lol

 

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Chief bandit m8

 

The server is 7 years old. Most of the players, and especially the vocal ones writing guides on the forums, have been around for a good chunk of that. But everybody had to start somewhere. Leech prices are pretty high, and leech before lvl 65 is basically reserved for self-leech or rich players buying it for their 12+ F/P Archmages. Quests lose a lot of speed at ~ lvl 40, and Party Quests start to become the main strategy. I would also highly recommend card hunting, as you will get to see the whole Maple World and get tons of gach tickets, scrolls, and equips. Maybe look for some cool area boss chairs, or when you're strong enough you can farm a raffle like Showa or Crimsonwood.

Many people have said it already, but the best way to enjoy lvl 35-100 is by doing Party Quests. The best part about this game is the social aspect. The closest friends I have on this server I met through PQ's. When they get repetitive try leading the party. Or explain to newer players how the stages work when they get confused. The guild you have found yourself in is very welcoming and active so see what they're up to and maybe it's something you can do together. When you talk to someone cool add them to your buddy list.

There's no real reason to rush into the endgame. Getting job advancements and levels will give a sense of progression, but in my experience chasing a dragon is more fun than reaching it. Leeching is a shortcut, and it robs from the experience you could have doing it the hard way together with your friends. Plus getting skillbooks and equips for 4th job is REALLY expensive so I recommend saving your mesos for the costs behind a 7 year and running server.

Once you have no more Party quests to do (85-100 (PPQ is slow at higher lvls) ) is when I'd recommend thinking about leech. Party Quests can seem barren sometimes, but if you have guildmates or people on your buddylist willing to join recruiting gets a lot easier. I also recommend making another account to recruit with SMEGAs. You can do it on your main account, but the NX might be better used elsewhere. even if you have no plans for it right now you might want it later down the road. I sure as hell experienced that.

Anyways welcome to the server, there's a lot more casual players than it may seem at first so try not to get intimidated by all the min-maxers. These players are years ahead of you and you shouldn't have to worry about degen content for a good while. Good luck!

 

Chief bandits have a skill called Meso Explosion that scale specifically off of the amount of mesos dropped and not off your stats/range. So at around level 75 with a sufficiently high enough Meso Explosion skill, I headed to 7F with a Bishop/Priest friend where they lured all the mobs in 7F while I dropped 1-2k bags of mesos and then I exploded them. I literally exploded millions of mesos but I leveled super fast and it was still cheaper than leech in the end lol

 

GS2 and Party Quests from 50-100 and then leech to 120. That is where most people are for those levels. And they are fairly quick.

 

Let me share my personal experience:

I begin my first (and main char) as a unfunded palladin, I quested all the way to 45 (Same quest as the guide, and omega sector quest) as new and unfuded i had some acc mistakes bellow 50, 45-56 i leveled with ellin ring questline and ellinpq.
til 66 i did gs2 and the golem questline/mini boss area quest 66-73 kid manequin 73-88 vikerola, 88-95 grim then himes..

theres some quest lv 8x that give exp (deputy one give almost a level)

basicaly: having gs, taipei and himes the bored level is 4-5x

 

The event has ended and with it the incentive to PQ for some people. It will require more reaching out to other players to get into PQs either through smega, discord or buddy/guild. I like to just card hunt or grind until I see a run pop up. Either way welcome and good luck^^

 

35-90 or so are the pq/quest levels. A lot of people will just grind or leech, but imo, you'll have a lot more fun if you get the PQ experience while you still can. It's also a good way to meet people on the server, just speaking from my own experience.

If you want some sort of guide though:
35+ LPQ until you get glasses
45+ EPQ until you get glittering altaire earrings
after get the earrings, OPQ until you get the bracelet
after OPQ, PPQ/quest to 70
71+ MPQ until you get the horus eye and complete all related quests
After MPQ, go back to PPQ until you finish all the related quests
For all these PQs you may also be interested in picking up all the boss cards along the way.

You can mix in some questing along the way or between PQs but this path basically takes you to 90. After that the game becomes pretty grind heavy until like 135. Those are the most common leech levels. It's definitely doable to get to bossing levels without ever leeching though, at least I did it.