What did you like better?
In PvZ GW1 you level up by completing challenges like "Vanquish 3 Foot Soilders" or "spawn 5 bucketheads" while in PvZ GW2 you just gain Levels by earning exp by doing mostly anything like planting a...
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Flat EXP will always be better than completing challenges, that is why they made challenges to unlock stars for additional content. Leveling in GW1 was a nightmare, which is why I gave up once I hit 80. There was no way I would fully make the climb to 313 and retain my sanity while using the awful leveling system and praying that I get skip challenge stars. It's much easier to level up in GW2, and you have to play all of the characters to really level up. It's good for people that want to have diversity in their variant selection to level up, and not as good for one-trick-ponies that want to play the Zoologist or Electro Brainz every game, even after hitting Master level.
I like the new system, but the old system challenges at least the initial ones before level 10 kinda taught you how to play the variant.
I think the max multiplier should be increased a little though so that things like healing and reviving are worth more, because vanquishing IS the best way to get XP now no matter how much support you provide to the team. Healing and reviving is just as important as vanquishing. If healing was worth 50XP at max multiplier and reviving was 150XP, it would help those type of players immensely and encourage a little more teamwork. Heal Assist should be 25XP.
definitely the new way, but not because it is easier for the sake of being easier. the challenges forced you to play a certain way, often in an unfun way. kill x all-stars? oh wait, it is 6 on 6 and there aren't any all-stars, for example. destroy 3 teleporters with chomper? oh, you cant get to it with the turrets and engineer camping it? there isn't an engineer building teleporters?
anyway, you get the point. the xp system may not be very innovative, original or difficult, but it beats those challenges hands down. It can be fairly quick to level, but with 5k+ levels, I don't think you can make it too slow either.
