Reaching Level 70 on Impossible is....Well Impossible

[fastjaw24]

So I just finished the game on impossible only to find out I made it too level 65 as a Soothsayer. Now before you say what about this and what about that, I am going to tell you everything I did and still came up well short of 5 levels to get to level 70.

Learning talent 20 percent increase in experience---had this by apx level 7 maxxed out

Belt of the Ice Dragon gives 10 percent increased experience in battle---had this by apx level 10

Treasure Hunter level 3 gives 7 percent more experience in battle---Had this maxed almost before the spider boss but had it maxed before level 25

Gifted Warrior 15 percent more experience points for the hero----again had this maxed at around level 15

I will say this I never found 1 Ancient Knowledge Scroll in my entire travels or I would have duplicated the crap out of it to give myself a lot experience.

Did 715 battles and 114 quest in my journey(Had 4 quest I was unable to finish which could have led to a couple more)

Now I could not have missed more than maybe 15 fights tops between the people I let go and maybe a spawn that got replaced by a new spawn or a bugged quest. But to make sure that did not happen I would go around and clear every random spawn first in every area I had access too before I touched any quest people or talked to anyone. This way so I could guarantee that new spawns would not replace old spawns and I was able to do every battle available too me. I also know there is a guy you can fight if you want to pay 1 million gold but I am sure fighting him 9 times (Have about 9 mil gold)is not going to get me to level 70 maybe would get me another level or two tops, but still with every single item I had and talent I should have hit level 70 no problem on impossible.

This was a very buggy and disappointing game for a series that has become one of my favorite series only to realize that north Demonis and Marshan Swamp are not accessible which would have made it possible to achieve level 70 more than likely. On top of that this is the first game I was unable to get every spell to rank 3 and still have plenty of crystals left over. Part of that reason is cause of the added rune spell school and partly cause I must have seen over 50 building that had nobody home or were not accessible so there felt like a lot less items available cause of how unfinished and rushed the game was. Besides that there was a total of 3 boss fights!!!.....that is right the entire game had 3 boss fight. Like what a joke. Every boss fight I did gave some pretty disappointing experience gain I think I recall the final boss Guilford giving me less that 3k experience.

This game took me longer to beat(apx 150 hours compared to 140 hours) than King's Bounty The Legend(which felt like by far the best put together one of the series sadly)but yet this game had almost 300 less battles in it. Part of the reason it took so long probably an extra 20 hours is I had to sit and wait for mana to regen (Usually a 2 minute wait between almost every fight at least that is a lot when 500 of those battles you had to wait)which took a especially long time after you got the might talent that allowed you to keep part of your rage between fights.

Just for all you know doing an impossible run hoping to hit level 70 all I have to say is good luck too you.

And if someone feels anywhere that I could have gained way more experience doing something different I am always up for suggestions.