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The level cap at launch is expected to be level 50.[1][2]

  • On release the developers anticipate max level should be attainable in approximately 45 days if playing 4-6 hours per day.[3][4]
  • The developers estimate that players will reach level cap before a quarter of nodes reach Village (stage 3).[1]
  • Alpha-1 had progression to level 15.[5]
  • Alpha-2 expects progression to level 30 (subject to change).[6] Previously this was stated to be level 35.[7][8]

Lower level characters will have usefulness in mass combat (such as Node sieges) that is not directly dependent on their level, such as manning siege weapons, helping repair fortifications, bringing proximity-based buffs to key positions, using stealth or scaling walls. These types of things are relevant to the tide of battle and do not require the player to be max-level or have high combat stats.[9]

The idea is not to be a game where somebody can essentially no life for a week and be max level. The idea is to incorporate some significant chunk of time but still respect the casual player, because the way we respect the casual player is not everything is driven in our game through the adventuring progression line. Not everything is driven through your class level per-se. There's a lot of different progression paths that are available and make you relevant within certain systems and mechanics within the game; and some of those paths are more casual friendly and some of those paths are more hardcore friendly. So with regards to the adventuring class, the idea is to make sure that investment needs to be pretty significant and that the reward then is respective of that investment.[3]Steven Sharif
  1. 1.0 1.1 Podcast, July 15, 2023 (11:21).
  2. Livestream, December 15, 2017 (58:48).
  3. 3.0 3.1 Interview, July 8, 2020 (1:07:59).
  4. Livestream, May 24, 2017 (19:25).
  5. Livestream, April 30, 2021 (41:18).
  6. Livestream, December 19, 2023 (1:41:54).
  7. Livestream, March 31, 2023 (1:24:21).
  8. Livestream, January 28, 2022 (15:35).
  9. Interview, July 8, 2020 (1:12:51).