In the original ME1, Level 50 was the cap for your first playthrough with Level 60 only attainable on New Game Plus.
In the remastered ME1, there is no level cap. The Legendary Edition also includes two leveling systems. A "classic" mode with 60 levels based on the original and a new "legendary" mode with 30 levels inspired by ME2 & ME3. Both are suppose to give the same number of skill points and can be switched to and from in the options.
However, some players are encountering a BUG where they reach Level 29 (on Legendary mode) or Level 59 (on Classic mode) and no longer receive XP. This makes reaching Level 30 (Legendary) & Level 60 (Classic) impossible for them.
The cause of the glitch is currently unknown and there are no known workarounds if you're affected. A few have theorized that switching between legendary and classic leveling mid-playthrough might be the cause. Although, at least one player did not switch between modes and was still hit by this glitch. There is also a discrepancy in how points are distributed between both leveling modes where they don't line up exactly where they should. All of which might also contribute to this bug.
Here's an image of an affected character, courtesy of u/Daemeos on the Mass Effect subreddit.
And judging by reports, it seems to affect all platforms.
Hi,
I was just levelling my ME1 Shepard, and when I got to where I would expect to see myself hit level 60 (in classic mode), I instead top out at level 59.
I have hit the maximum amount of XP, to the point where I just get given 0 XP instead, but my level still says 59.
Speaking to others, it sounds like this won't affect my importing into ME2, but it still feels wrong/weird that it won't tick over to level 60.
See attached for a screenshot of my XP and level.
Has anyone else experienced this, and anyone got any ideas of how to fix it, or is it just a bug the needs fixing with the game itself?
Cheers.
Yeah, that was my understanding for the original game, but I seem to remember they specifically saying that you can reach level 60 in one playthrough in the legendary edition.
For this bug/ticket/whatever, I have hit the amount of XP required for level 60, but the actual level itself has just not moved from 59 to 60, if that makes sense?
Have you reached level 30 in Legendary mode? The max XP earned altogether is 862000pts (IIRC). Once you hit 30, you'll continue to get XP with no additional talent points to be added. You still get the amount of talent points one is supposed to get, but since 30 is the max, it prevent hitting 60 in "Classic" mode. As an aside I am maxed on total XP on a second run and I am at level 59 as well, but on lvl 30 on Legnedary.
