- Why do MMO players think that speedruns for the highest level is a challenge?
- Leveling up is about time and not effort anymore?
- Could it be considered that the power up of a character is like leveling up? Doesn't it depend on effort but on time?
When you want to level up a character, what is invested for it is:
- Content offered by the MMO
The effort has been put aside since time supplants what the effort asks for.
Why is effort so important for leveling up / skill / power up?
The effort generates immersion in the content that you dedicate yourself to do.
It is not the same to go from level 1 to 50 doing content generated by the MMO that takes time but that ensures reaching level 50, than a level increase from 1 to 50 where at certain levels the content of the MMO asks you requirements to be able to upload of level.
These requirements could be in different forms, such as:
- map knowledge
-Knowledge of Alchemy
-Creating knowledge
-% of kills
- skills training
-% help other characters
-Exclusive content only to challenge players, if they exceed that content they can level up / skill up / power up
-% of farming
-% of skills improved
-% Lore knowledge
-% of missions completed in a certain time
-% of raid bosses completed in a certain time
- Cities conquered / lost
-% of battles won / lost
-ETC
All these requirements and many more, would be achieving an immersion of the player against the content where not only the player has to invest time to obtain a certain level/skill/power up , but they would need their effort or collective effort to be able to obtain those levels.
Then, an effort content would be generated where the MMO would ask for certain characteristics fulfilled so that the player can obtain the level / ability / power up that they want, and these contents would be a challenge that would require the effort of the player or players, in this way It would generate continuous personal or social content where not only time would decide if you are going to reach the maximum level but the effort and skill you invest in the MMO would determine if you could reach the maximum level.