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<blockquote data-quote="Drakona" data-source="post: 4485206" data-attributes="member: 69620">I've had just the opposite experience.&nbsp; I was trying to get PCs from level 3 to 4 in order to fight a particular foe, and found it took 9 combat encounters, a skill challenge, and two storyline XP blocks!&nbsp; Two long sessions worth. Party size may have something to do with it.&nbsp;&nbsp; This party has seven players. The XP progression definitely seems a little slow for my taste.&nbsp; We seem to level about once every three sessions, whereas our 3.5 game had about a 1.5 session pace.&nbsp; I liked the old one better. Adding to the frustration is that it's much harder to powerlevel PCs than it used to be.&nbsp; Before, I could hand out a too-high-level encounter with a clever solution or that didn't particularly threaten the party for some obscure reason.&nbsp; Nowadays, higher level encounters really are harder and longer.&nbsp; I almost feel like I could write a bad-buy-hp-to-XP conversion table.&nbsp; It really is that constant, and I can't find a shortcut to hand out.&nbsp; Leveling just takes a lot of time whether you do it with easy or hard encounters.'Course, 4e expects you to give storyline XP, and I do.&nbsp; But I aim for about an encounter's worth.&nbsp; I'd need half a level's worth to get the pace back where I like it, and that just seems like way too much.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Drakona, post: 4485206, member: 69620"] I've had just the opposite experience. I was trying to get PCs from level 3 to 4 in order to fight a particular foe, and found it took 9 combat encounters, a skill challenge, and two storyline XP blocks! Two long sessions worth. Party size may have something to do with it. This party has seven players. The XP progression definitely seems a little slow for my taste. We seem to level about once every three sessions, whereas our 3.5 game had about a 1.5 session pace. I liked the old one better. Adding to the frustration is that it's much harder to powerlevel PCs than it used to be. Before, I could hand out a too-high-level encounter with a clever solution or that didn't particularly threaten the party for some obscure reason. Nowadays, higher level encounters really are harder and longer. I almost feel like I could write a bad-buy-hp-to-XP conversion table. It really is that constant, and I can't find a shortcut to hand out. Leveling just takes a lot of time whether you do it with easy or hard encounters. 'Course, 4e expects you to give storyline XP, and I do. But I aim for about an encounter's worth. I'd need half a level's worth to get the pace back where I like it, and that just seems like way too much. [/QUOTE]

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