XP based on level, instead of experience

[Razmah]

As the title says. Currently, you get XP based on your amount of experience. That makes the first levels for an ECL race quite a bit harder.
I was wondering if we could base XP on level, instead of the level you would have based on the amount of your experience.

[Steve]

Hello!

ECL races are supposed to be more difficult/challenging because of their big innate bonuses, that absolutely pay off later (or sooner in some cases!).

One thing you might consider is playing a non-ECL character up to Level 10, then use the 100% RCR to make your ECL Character. That might seem a bit weird, but it’s a Tool that is available on BGTSCC.

[Louvaine]

I know it's not the fix you asked for, but I thought maybe I'll throw in a tip as well—you can get quite a lot of XP from quests. They don't scale with level, and most of them revolve around low-level activities. In the Underdark, quests give a discusting amount of XP, which makes leveling a drow doable.

[Razmah]

Thank you both for your advice. It's definitely good advice, and especially the latter is one I'll be aiming to use.

I'm not a big fan of the RCR mechanics, nor muling. As such, that advice doesn't match my preference.

[Rinzler]

Thank you both for your advice. It's definitely good advice, and especially the latter is one I'll be aiming to use.

I'm not a big fan of the RCR mechanics, nor muling. As such, that advice doesn't match my preference.

I assume you’re a drow player? If so, it can be difficult being both new to the server and on hard mode (The Underdark). You can reach me on discord (rrinzzler) or message me in game and I’d be happy to show your PC around the Underdark to make things a bit easier in early levels.

You also can find an Underdark Quest Guide here:

viewtopic.php?t=81466

Cheers

[Ewe]

I'm not sure I understand how we can implement your suggestion since it would remove the xp penalty that is intended for playing an ECL race which by definition increases your total level by your ECL amount.

[Razmah]

Thank you both for your advice. It's definitely good advice, and especially the latter is one I'll be aiming to use.

I'm not a big fan of the RCR mechanics, nor muling. As such, that advice doesn't match my preference.

I assume you’re a drow player? If so, it can be difficult being both new to the server and on hard mode (The Underdark). You can reach me on discord (rrinzzler) or message me in game and I’d be happy to show your PC around the Underdark to make things a bit easier in early levels.

You also can find an Underdark Quest Guide here:

viewtopic.php?t=81466

Cheers

Thanks for the offer, but I'm not currently playing a drow. I noticed it with a surface tiefling. I would most likely be crying in a corner, were I to attempt the underdark starting at level 1.
I'll be sure to reach out, if I do intend to go Underdark however!

I'm not sure I understand how we can implement your suggestion since it would remove the xp penalty that is intended for playing an ECL race which by definition increases your total level by your ECL amount.

I'm not quite sure how it would remove the XP penalty, so perhaps my explanation was lacking. I'll try to be more complete.

In my ECL+1 case, if my tiefling were to kill rats in Mr McGriffs warehouse (if I recall the name correctly), he would keep gaining 35xp for the smaller, and 50xp for the bigger rats, until he is level 2.
In the current situation, after reaching 1000xp, I believe the big rats only give 25xp, and the smaller 18xp. That's because a non-ECL race would be level 2 by then, but an ECL-race is not. So, at the time where 1 level makes a huge difference, and I'm still struggling to kill the rats, my XP takes a big hit because my character would've been level 2, would he have been a different race.

[BloodRiot]

I'm not sure I understand how we can implement your suggestion since it would remove the xp penalty that is intended for playing an ECL race which by definition increases your total level by your ECL amount.

((posted some incorrect information, which after bugging me, i went and check and confirmed it to be wrong. disregard))