I dropped the VL to 29 to level up She faster.

Warlord Project Diary on the Luch Server

We made, at first glance, a strange decision.

To roll the character back.

Not to level up.
Not to speed up.
But наоборот — to drop levels.

And now I’ll explain why it turned out to be more profitable.

Starting situation

We all bought PA and calmly moved towards level 40. No rush, but stable progress.

At the same time, I started to dive deeper into the game. Even small details like right-clicking a nickname open new possibilities. And that’s the beauty of it — you’ve been playing for a while, but the game still surprises you.

But at some point we hit a problem.

We needed to level She.

We completed her first profession, brought her to level 21 — and it became clear: if we level her “straight” to 31 so she catches up with WL and avoids penalties, we would simply waste a huge amount of time and money.

Choosing a strategy

So the question appeared:

How do we speed things up?

There were two options:

Level She up
Or… drop WL down

We chose the second one.

Penalty experiment

I started testing.

First I got 6 penalties. The character became noticeably worse: slow, missing attacks, unpleasant to play.

Removing them cost 39k.

And at that moment a subscriber asked:

— Is this really the maximum?

And that’s where it got interesting.

I went further.

10 penalties.
12.
15.

Looks like that’s the limit.

In the end, WL dropped down to level 29.

And here’s the surprise:

Passives stayed.
Skills stayed.

Basically — you are weaker in level, but not reset.

The plan worked.

In the evening we already took She into the party and started normal leveling without penalties.

Unexpected turn

And then the second episode begins.

I drop WL, spend time helping our She IORIONI, because things weren’t going well for him.

And suddenly… he activates.

Very sharply.

— Give me 1.4kk for a weapon.
I gave it.

— What SA are you going to use?
— Conversion.

I’m like:
— Why?

— Let’s think.

We sat down. Discussed it.

I’m pushing for cast speed. He — for mana.

In the end logic won: conversion seemed more reasonable.

The next day I join Discord.

— I inserted SA…

Pause.

— For MP.

I didn’t even understand immediately.

— What do you mean MP?

— Honestly?
— Yes.
— I just felt like it.

Okay.

Accepted.

And the funniest part — it works.

He starts leveling faster. Taking levels one after another.

Next day:

— Give me another 400k, I’ll craft my weapon.

And at the same time he is already doing his profession.

Results of the stage

In the end the picture flipped.

I’m still 36. He is already 40 and closing second profession.

By the evening of 23.03 I also hit 40, collected 3 marks and completed second profession on Warlord.

Others:

SHK (PESSO44IN) went to RB up to 45 and, while waiting for us, leveled a Warlord from scratch to 44.

Spoiler (Phantomouse) completed 3 marks at 39.

That’s how this stage went.

With experiments, strange decisions, and unexpected results.

What’s next

Next — a new stage.

New locations.
New mistakes.
And most likely new strange decisions that will probably work again.

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