My character Lothran is maxed out at level 50 but I wish I had capped him much earlier. As we have discussed many times, there really is no point advancing further than level 30 as that is the point where everything everywhere becomes available and the only thing that really happens is that foes get more hitpoints and poor bandits everywhere suddenly wear expensive armor and use rare weapons.

So if you have several characters going or just one, what is their current level and when do you plan to cap them?

If I played vanilla, I would cap at 20 for a Daedric bow. However, I play with mods, to include a bow, so that is not necessary. In fact there is no high level vanilla loot I want. 17 or above gets me top quality alchemy gear (and top sigils if desired). So, that leaves what I want to see populating my game world as a driving factor. I’m thinking now that 19 is my new choice. I won’t mind missing a couple high level foes and would just as soon not see Daedric and glass armor because I find it so ugly.

Maia the Silver Knight is 15. She will cap at 20.

Kira, my new archer (custom class name TBD), is taking shape. She will also cap at 20.

I also have an assassin character at level 7, but his deeds sicken me so much that he will likely never rise beyond that.

I also have a wizard named Raven who is a humble level 3.

Back in 2006 and 2007 I had a sort of jack-of-all trades adventurer named Rhoga who completed his adventures at level 31. He was my "do whatever, get to know the game and the world" character.

Rayn is about level 14 or 15, I think. I don't pay that much attention to levels, and I should really, in order to moderate it so it doesn't get out of hand.

How does one place a 'cap' on a characters level? Is it simply strategy in picking major/minor skills and attributes to upgrade at levelling up time? Because that sounds quite complicated. (I hate maths.) Or do those of you lucky enough to play the PC version use a console command to literally 'cap' the level? Or ignore the 'you should rest and meditate on what you've learned' message and use the wait function instead for RP purposes?

I'd like to cap any future characters. I never did it with Rayn or Arum because I didn't really know about it, and I regret it now, since Rayn is becoming much more fragile than she used to be.

There are a few ways to cap your character. What I do is pick 3 majors to max and 4 to ignore. That'll cap you close to 20.

How is everyone? It's been a few days since I've posted.

Current characters now. EradiKate i believe is at Level 6 now. I kinda wish I had given her at least one more Major which gets used often because I'd like to see her level a bit higher without having to "force" using skills she wouldn't naturally be using.

Lady Saga only made it to Level 3 so far. I haven't really delved strongly into her game as much, though. In contrast, Claire Voyance the Cleric is up to level 28! That's another game, though, of course. Can't mix & match Majors and Minors anymore in that "other" game.

My decrepit avatar has been level fourty-two for some time. I suspect it'll be a LONG time before he sees another level. I don't normally think on such things, but were I to cap a character it would likley be at circa thirty-five. Maybe. I'd have to give it some serious thought and research.

-Decrepit-

I just started my first Oblivion character of 2012 character two days ago. She's still level 5. *blushes*

First character of 2012? What's her name? What's she all about, gamewise? Do tell...

Yeah, spill the beans.

Do you have any captures of her in the nvde?

Wanna buy some?

-Decrepit-

Lol Decrepit! What if she's an old hag witch?

Hey naked is naked!
I myself am not to picky

Anyway on to the point of the topic, I erased all my higher leveled Jericho files, since I started his Fan Fic, I want to keep in pace with the Fic, so right now the earliest save point that I had of him was a Level 2, with only a measly 5 hours in, Yup I just erased a good 140 hours, but hey, I will have more time with him AND be at the same place as the fic.

Also, I just checked the calculator thing, and Jericho's max level is; 47, granted I gave him the hand to hand as a major skill and he never uses it, he is also using several things that are in his minors, but the most used things are as majors

I’ve never capped any of my characters and they just keep going until they max out. They like collecting the high level loot, not to wear, but to sell. Even my laziest characters try to advance levels and accumulate gold. For what it’s worth, here’s a list, more or less in order, of some of the best ones:

Tara - Level 21. My first Oblivion character. Abandoned her back in ’08 for poor build.
Couley - Level 46. Retired because she couldn’t buy the Skingrad house.
Baa - Level 51. 15Nov08 until now. Arch Mage, FG Master, Arena Grand Champion, etc.
Lodi - Level 51. Very lazy. 4Mar09. Last played 7Oct11. Doesn’t do much, but is very wealthy.
Niko - Level 50. One more level to go. 2008 until Dec11. Only character to finish the game.
Taar - Level 39. Very, very lazy. Summer 2011. Last played 18Dec11.
Yuma - Level 23. Created and played her for 11 days until 23Jan12.

I guess I could go back and play Tara at level 21 and see what you guys are talking about. I don’t think she could go up another level without jumping up and down while doing handstands and casting starlight for two hours. She’s should be sitting at the dining room table back at the Skingrad house wondering if I’m coming back after four years. Maybe I’ll pay her a visit.

The current bunch...

Etta is around Level 8, Linaea is 7, I think, and WabbaJill (the newest) is probably still at Level 1. I use a leveling mod, and I level my characters very slowly. Since leveling is automatically done, I don't pay much attention to it. I was surprised when Linaea started running into Trolls the other day.

Most of my characters top out by about level 12-15 or thereabouts. I'm not interested in boss monsters or top loot. I bring them into the world, they play out their stories, and then they retire.

I have a feeling Etta may go a bit higher than most. Her story is very complex, and it will run for quite a while. She's presently early in the SI quest line, having finished the DB.

My last character to do the Main Quest (Heddvild) reached level 19, for what that's worth.

the last character i've made is an imperial rouge, level 13, perfect to come back to when i start playing again

Niamh is at 34/35(?).
I don't plan on capping her. IRL she would grow and develop from the start until the end of her life, and so that's what I will allow her to do.

Welcome back Renee

That could be my excuse for not capping Lothran. He wanted to fully develop himself and not be restrained by my antics and mysterious knowledge about some stupid "scaling" thingy.

Thanks to all for your responses!
I was surprised by many of your characters, I thought most of them like Etta and Kate were much higher in level. I′m glad I made this post

Rodrigo will reach level cap at level 19, however I will push one unused major up so I can get to level 20.

I love this board!

Just read it a little better, you erased 140 hrs?? If I did that to Lothran he would throw me down Dive Rock!

Angel is level 40 and has been for some time. That's because of experimenting with mods. Everytime something goes wrong I have to go back to a vanilla game and start again at a clean save.

I've actually been thinking of starting a new character and cap his/her level. I just haven't found a character type that would be different and someone I would want to spend time with. I might want to try some of the racier mods that are totally inapropriate for Angel.

...if sir would like to accompany one round the other side of the counter, there may be some "originals" of Niamh, taken for research purposes you understand...

Marc Frau, Breton Sorcerer currently at lvl 13 after 286 hours. I'm only sleeping when I want to level and am doing so roughly 1 level every 20-25 hours. Conjuration, Illusion, Mysticism and Destruction are all at 100 and Alteration is 95. Restoration is also at 70.

Obviously I would be way higher in level, but I'm doing it slowly and am also only conjuring creatures respective for my level. Even though i'm a master in Conjuration, right now I'm only conjuring Frost Atronachs for the moment, otherwise I would be too overpowered.

I'll stop levelling at 20, because I want to do all Daedric quests with this character. Done Azura, Sheogorath, Namira, Sanguine, Vaermina, Meridia and Peryite so far, so just about halfway.

Mephala's Quest is sticking in my character's craw. I don't know if he can do it. He walked away, it sits in his quest journal, mocking him.

Hahah, I'm on the Ps3, so the limit that I can play a character is 200-300 hours before the A bomb hits, so consider it a way to be able to play with Jericho more