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matt5250 Wrote:don't think gthats what it means, obviously you get more exp the higher level the person you attack is when you are at any given level. what zen means is that if 3 ppl, lvl 22, 26 and 30 each attack somone lvl 22, the lvl 22 person will get a larger chunk of his exp bar than the lvl 26, who will in turn get a larger chunk of his exp bar than the lvl 30.

This pretty much is what I mean.

Say a level 20, 25 and 30 are attacking a level 19. Assume they gain the following xp, although the numbers might not be exact...

Level 20 = 220 xp / 26,620 xp required = 0.826% of what you need to level
Level 25 = 275 xp / 49,208 xp required = 0.559% of what you need to level
Level 30 = 330 xp / 81,920 xp required = 0.403% of what you need to level

So the level 30 is "gaining more" xp than the level 20 by attacking the same person. But when you look at what is needed to reach the next level, the level 20 is earning "twice as much" as the level 30. If I switched the XP gained display on the attack results page to show percentages, the level 20 would see 0.8% while the level 30 would see 0.4%. The reason we don't show the percentages was because we drastically changed the way XP was earned compared to other games similar to us. In those games, you earn 10% and level in a day, but if you look at the real XP earned you'd drek your pants at how much more a high level earns.

Think about how easy it was to level at levels 1 compared to level 20. A level 1 can earn up to 40% of what they need to level by defeating a level 2. They really only earn 8 XP though. A level 20 gains a lot more XP by defeating a level 21, but a lot less than 40% of what they need to level.

There IS a cap on XP gains. This was implemented to prevent certain "power-leveling" tactics. Basically the more difficult the opponent, the more XP you will gain as a percentage of what you need to level. In addition, you will earn less XP if your opponent is below full health for obvious reasons.


Level requirement numbers taken from http://www.aljunky.com.