Quote Originally Posted by JMich View Post
Are you sure about that? I do not recall having any issue with the lvl 43 bots after I spent a few millions on raising my hardcore.

As for the "lost xp" from doing everything there is to do before the next lvl cap, BG did actually do that when Tales of the Sword Coast came out, which did raise the level cap. You could have continued with your existing party, which may have "lost" said XP if you did the quests before getting the expansion. Not to mention that you could always swap your companions to level those as well, instead of doing the quests with your maxed ones.

Still, at this point in the game, the money is (at least for me) much more important than XP. Level 40 stats require about 3 million each, and the girls cap at 68K xp, which is a lot of books. So my play style would put getting the girls much higher than saving player XP. Your play style may differ, and that is absolutely fine.
Going through quests usually costs you money. I can beat the bots, but they will give less than 10 mojo and very little of anything else. The amount of money gained through battles is paltry.

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Quote Originally Posted by Unregistered View Post
hmm, since I have finished all the story content to date (lost in the woods), and i'm only level 37 (208k exp), I fail to see the point in your 'saving" the story missions to reach higher levels- you are obviously doing BETTER than story missions already, just fighting your ladder battles
The point is the only reward from missions for someone at max level is another girl, which I can get at any time. In doing so right away I am losing the XPs and have only the battles and daily missions to try to get those back.