A small dps increase that might push you extra zones. If you're just running to a zone you know you can get to with soft cap, then no, it doesn't matter.
I'll mention that if you're using Evelyn in a push formation, it certainly matters.
There are a few characters that have abilities that benefit from leveling past the soft cap. Evelyn and Nova
other than that, charaters get a heal and small dps boost per level. Sometimes you can benefit by setting your tank to level up in 1 level increments at high levels for bonus heals
You have go do it at least once to unlock that 4th feat slot.
If you’re using Nova she has a skill that benefits from it for a while.
It will marginally increase your DPS, but you’ll get one or two extra zones out of this with hundreds of magnitudes of gold.
Most usefully in some situations, it heals your champions if you’re struggling to tank a late-zone boss with AOE damage or only have one tank that keeps dying. It’s a one-use only strategy though, so you can’t push way past your wall this way, only grind out that last boss.
Insignificant HP gain, however you get full healed when they level up. One of the OG strategies to dealing with aoe damage was to set the level up to 1x and leave familiars on all the champs.
It makes for small dps increases assuming your overleveling your BUD setter.
You need to do it once to unlock the 4th Feat spot.
Hold down Shift (10) or Alt (100) for over-leveling when clicking or with a Familiar on them. Or change it manually (left side).
So there is a purpose. It just "stops" for convenience? Letting you know you've hit the cap.
As mentioned, there is a small HP increase and some champions (e.g. Nova) who get bonuses past max (these have their own caps).
Another benefit to leveling past max is instant healing. If you are at a tough boss and having survival problems, then you can place a familiar on your characters getting hit, or just your tanks for melee bosses, or just level them when they are low on health. This instantly heals them and buys more time to kill or build buffs.
A small dps increase that might push you extra zones. If you're just running to a zone you know you can get to with soft cap, then no, it doesn't matter. I'll mention that if you're using Evelyn in a push formation, it certainly matters.
There are a few characters that have abilities that benefit from leveling past the soft cap. Evelyn and Nova other than that, charaters get a heal and small dps boost per level. Sometimes you can benefit by setting your tank to level up in 1 level increments at high levels for bonus heals
And Certainty also benefits from leveling past the soft cap, although that one only boosts gold find and not DPS.
It does boost her Sectarian's advice buff, so it does both.
Haha, I forgot about that — I saw “Financing Rounds” and thought it was just gold :-p
I do it out of habit because of Nova's boost based on over-levels. This is also a game of every increment helps.
You have go do it at least once to unlock that 4th feat slot. If you’re using Nova she has a skill that benefits from it for a while. It will marginally increase your DPS, but you’ll get one or two extra zones out of this with hundreds of magnitudes of gold. Most usefully in some situations, it heals your champions if you’re struggling to tank a late-zone boss with AOE damage or only have one tank that keeps dying. It’s a one-use only strategy though, so you can’t push way past your wall this way, only grind out that last boss.
Insignificant HP gain, however you get full healed when they level up. One of the OG strategies to dealing with aoe damage was to set the level up to 1x and leave familiars on all the champs. It makes for small dps increases assuming your overleveling your BUD setter.
Evelyn also has an overlevel bonus that starts to add up at high zones (starts at 400, then every 400 zones after).
You need to do it once to unlock the 4th Feat spot. Hold down Shift (10) or Alt (100) for over-leveling when clicking or with a Familiar on them. Or change it manually (left side). So there is a purpose. It just "stops" for convenience? Letting you know you've hit the cap.
As mentioned, there is a small HP increase and some champions (e.g. Nova) who get bonuses past max (these have their own caps). Another benefit to leveling past max is instant healing. If you are at a tough boss and having survival problems, then you can place a familiar on your characters getting hit, or just your tanks for melee bosses, or just level them when they are low on health. This instantly heals them and buys more time to kill or build buffs.