It’s time to do the drill, LEVEL POWER UP TIME!

Originally Posted by SILBER-4

1) Do you level your guys up SIGNIFICANTLY higher than what’s expected for the current level/boss?

In nearly all games, no. I'll level up my characters until I can fight a normal battle without the chance of dying regularily. That's it. This way boss battles are actually interesting and challenging.

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2) Do you level your guys up so they can fight the boss on more “equal” footing, but still have some difficulty?

See above.

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3) Do you level only certain party members in which ever RPG you might be playing, or do you go the full nine yards and get everyone maxed out?

Usually on my first playthrough, I'll only level the characters I use. On subsequent playthroughs, I'll try for the max everything, but that is of course only in games that I like enough for multiple playthroughs. Many RPGs now (the Final Fantasy series is bad for this) offer me lame characters overall, and I never want to level them anyway. I'd rather go for a game that offers me a character creation option to create my own optimum team.

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4) What RPG do you recall has having the longest time spent on pure leveling up? Alright, running to the local town to restock supplies you can count, as long as it’s mainly just raising the level of your characters?

Final Fantasy Tactics and Disgaea 1/2 both I have spent rediculous amounts of time on for leveling (currently I'm over 250 hours on Disgaea 2 making my perfect party. I really haven't touched any of the story characters).

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5) Do you normally level up in every RPG you play? By that - ie grinding like an over-worked bitchy mom.

Nope, not at all. Only RPGs where characters I actually enjoy playing will get levelled, as well as games that I can tolerate playing for long periods of time.

How ya doing, buddy?