Do you feel like you are under-leveled in your RPGs?

[sandboxgod]

It seems like every RPG I play, I am always way under-level. How do I know this you ask? Because I always advance to some boss that just kicks my butt all over the place. So then I run to youtube to lookup strategies and every time the guy in the video is at least 10 levels above me. This has happened to me most recently in CrossCode. It was so bad, at the dungeon entrace (very first dungeon), the other NPC in my party was all like, "OMG are you sure you want to enter this dungeon!?!? Your stats is pretty bad and you should buy new equipment!"

This also happened too me in pretty much any RPG you can think of from Kingdom Hearts (all of them up to KH BBS), Dragon Quest 11 (there was some infamous boss 'rushers' like me have trouble with), and some other games.

Note: I also never stop for side quests normally and never grind much. I only kill what is in front of me and even then, sometimes I run away if possible.

 

[Fat4all]

only if i die a lot to the same enemy/boss

 

[xxracerxx]

Nah, I do side quests and exploring which always puts me over level.

 

[DGenerator]

If you don't have four-digit HP by the time you get Sabin in FFVI, then you're not doing it right.

 

[salromano]

Always afraid of being under-leveled, so I usually end up over-leveled.

 

[ThereAreFourNaan]

In games where there is a clear way to level up if I'm not at the appropriate place it's usually not an issue. In other games it depends. In PoE2 I disabled level scaling and it was a bad move because I wasn't that interested in doing too much side content, and I wound up being grossly underlevelled to the point of extreme frustration.

 

[Pascal]

I always worry about being over-leveled when I play certain RPGs so...no, not really.

 

[Ryuelli]

Nope, the exact opposite. I like to feel overpowered in pretty much any game I play.

For me, games are mostly a form of relaxation, so I don't really want to feel stressed while playing them. My backlog is also huge, so I don't mind quickly going through games.

 

[Mauricio_Magus]

Nah.

I always try to have the best equipment and don't mind grinding for a bit.

 

[Van Bur3n]

The exact opposite. I tend to get overleveled because I do everything.

 

[spad3]

only in games that have BULLSHIT SCALED LEVELING THAT DEFEATS THE PURPOSE OF LEVELING. Other than that, nah.

 

[Plywood]

 

[Deleted member 4037]

Depends on the game, the core loop is usually essential to this feeling

 

[Bernkastel]

The exact opposite. I tend to get overleveled because I do everything.

Click to shrink...

This.

 

[OwOtacon]

Unless I really want to do all the side content (which only happens once in a NieR moon) I deliberately stay underleveled. I like challenging bosses, and most regular enemies are easy regardless.

 

[Zolbrod]

I never rush. I play the game normally, or I spend time doing extra stuff.
If I'm still underleveled at that point, the game is too grindy.

 

[Instant Vintage]

That's my secret, sandboxgod ... I'm always underleveled.

 

[Datajoy]

I over-level my character so I never have to learn the mechanics or engage with the combat meaningfully.

 

[Pyro]

It doesn't really happen to me since I like to explore every nook and cranny in games, so naturally I'm properly leveled almost all the time.

The only time I've had to really grind was for the ending of P5. Thankfully they knew this was a potential problem so they put a lot of strong but manageable enemies before and around the mini-boss gauntlet before the final boss.

I thought I'd have to go back and grind for FFXII's ending at first, but somehow I was able to get though the onslaught of baddies to the bosses.

 

[Slime Stack]

Dp sorry

 

[Benzychenz]

Nah I generally try to do all the side quests and optional areas as they open so I'm usually on track level wise, if not overleveled.

 

[Chopchop]

Old RPGs that expected you to grind? Yeah I usually wound up underleveled because I hate grinding.

Newer ones? Those are usually fine.

 

[Deleted member 18021]

I like to grind, so I rarely am.

 

[Heretic Kazuma]

I find myself underleveled nowadays. I'll avoid trash mobs if the fights aren't engaging (enemy AI, trivialized encounters, tactical options, etc.).

Radiant Historia is the most recent instance for me. Beating bosses takes me 20+ minutes because my DPS isn't there, despite stacking buffs/debuffs. And when I look online, I find that I'm usually 10-15 levels below the recommendation, LOL.

 

[Slime Stack]

Playing underleveled is the best though.

Miss me with that grinding.

I over-level my character so I never have to learn the mechanics or engage with the combat meaningfully.

Click to shrink...

The opposite of this essentially.

 

[LonestarZues]

It depends. I Western RPG'S I'm always over leveled, but in JRPG'S I always feel like I'm under leveled.

 

[Castor Archer]

I usually feel over-leveled. I was max level in Horizon Zero Dawn well before I reached the final quest. I don't even farm in games. I do usually do everything optional in front of me though.

 

[TheBeardedOne]

Most of the time, no, because I take my time. AC Origins and Borderlands: TPS were exceptions.

 

[Mirage]

No I don't, I also avoid grinding in jrpgs but I don't run from random battles.

 

[MisterHero]

Never. I grinded for the Sword of Kings in EarthBound. That kind of shit is too easy, doesn't reward you and ruins the flow of the later game

 

[Exellus]

I don't really grind in RPGs ever. I just look around dungeons and stuff. Thoroughly. And fight the things I happen to meet.

 

[Tfritz]

No, because most RPGs I play either have so much side content (or usually, "content") that it's easy to be hilariously overleveled or they're games where levels themselves aren't all that useful.

 

[Sorel]

No, quite the contrary.

 

[sandboxgod]

Crap looks like I need to do more sidequests. But sometimes they are just fetch quests, "Yo lowbie go farm those foxes and bring me 4 pelts!". I always just nope out on those.

Now Yakuza 0 had lots of godlike sidequests. So I loved those. But straight up JRPG I'm just getting run over & over. Need to learn to take my time like y'all are saying

 

[DarkFlame92]

the opposite. I always tend to get overlevelled and sometimes challenge is trivial

 

[Couscous]

Yes, because most RPGs want you to do boring sidequests. An example is Assassin's Creed Origins where I didn't want to do sidequests anymore after I completed the first few, because most of them were boring. I was underleveled throughout the game which was annoying af. The worst offender in recent memory is Nier Automata though. By route D I was like 10 to 12 levels below all the enemies. I had to switch to easy because of the little amount of damage my weapons did.

 

[Zetta]

Click to shrink...

Basically this, I love grinding so I'm never under-leveled.

 

[texhnolyze]

Never. I always explore and do as many side quests that I could.

Lots of RPGs are designed in a way that they expect you to at least complete a considerable amount of exploring/side questing. If you like to rush things, maybe RPG is not the right genre for you, OP.

 

[KushalaDaora]

Most of the time, I always overlevelled because I always try to do everything that is available before advancing the main story...

 

[FRS1987]

Back then, over leveled. Nowadays i purposely try to under level to make it more challenging and also due to time constraints like work and life

 

[Yesterday]

I love being under leveled. Breaking the boss over my knee while any mistake could end me is the only way to play

 

[werezompire]

I'm playing Persona 5 on Hard mode and I'm constantly feeling underleveled. I'm about to start the final, final dungeon at LV62 and I'm reading online that most people beat the game in the 70s or 80s.

 

[Kevers]

I generally go out of my way to be overpowered. I want to walk through every boss fight I get to.

 

[sandboxgod]

Yes, because most RPGs want you to do boring sidequests. An example is Assassin's Creed Origins where I didn't want to do sidequests anymore after I completed the first few, because most of them were boring. I was underleveled throughout the game which was annoying af. The worst offender in recent memory is Nier Automata though. By route D I was like 10 to 12 levels below all the enemies. I had to switch to easy because of the little amount of damage my weapons did.

Click to shrink...

Holy crap I was going to toss Nier Automata in my OP because I had to drop it down to Easy for Route C but I was too embarrassed. I couldn't stand the side quests in Nier Automata though because this particular one with the "couple" seemed to never end. I would go to point A but then I learned I had to go somewhere else. It just keep repeating like this making me travel all over the place so finally I gave up on the quest and had a bad time right at the end of route C which resulted in me dropping difficulty

 

[TimeFire]

I'm usually underleveled as well, so you're not alone in this OP!

Never. I always explore and do as many side quests that I could.

Lots of RPGs are designed in a way that they expect you to at least complete a considerable amount of exploring/side questing. If you like to rush things, maybe RPG is not the right genre for you, OP.

Click to shrink...

Miss me with that gatekeeping shit, mate. I love RPGs but hate grinding and pointless sidequests.

 

[statham]

I tried to over level in FFXIII, ran into every monster I saw on purpose. replayed certain parts, final boss still destroyed me. I have a love/hate with this game, enjoyed 95% but that last 5%, COME ON! not fun at all. for my sanity, I gave up on it. Hoping the 2 sequels are better.

 

[texhnolyze]

Miss me with that gatekeeping shit, mate. I love RPGs but hate grinding and pointless sidequests.

Click to shrink...

No one is talking about grinding though. You simply explore and do side activities that contain different stories. While doing so, you can a few more levels. Grinding is doing the same thing over and over again.

 

[KorrZ]

Almost never since I tend to be pretty completionist in terms of side content in RPGs the main story is always a joke in terms of difficulty by the time I get to it.

 

[Couscous]

Holy crap I was going to toss Nier Automata in my OP because I had to drop it down to Easy for Route C but I was too embarrassed. I couldn't stand the side quests in Nier Automata though because this particular one with the "couple" seemed to never end. I would go to point A but then I learned I had to go somewhere else. It just keep repeating like this making me travel all over the place so finally I gave up on the quest and had a bad time right at the end of route C which resulted in me dropping difficulty

Click to shrink...

I don't know which quest you're talking about, because I only did like 5 sidequests which were all awful. The game had one of the worst open worlds I've experienced. I don't even know why the game had to be open world. The game has fluid combat and a solid nareative though. The game is good, but I don't love it like Era does.

 

[Aokiji]

i have a bad habit of over-leveling. but then again i dont care if boss fights arent challenging because i made my char OP since it was by choice