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Level difference in Group Xp
Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2019 5:20 pm
by Archerix94
What is the cap at on BG? 8 levels? For when you cannot party with another character that is.
Or is there some sort of penalty starting from a certain level?
Re: Level difference in Group Xp
Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2019 6:13 pm
by Steve
Last I remember is to stay within 5 Levels, within the Group, for maximum XP gain.
Re: Level difference in Group Xp
Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2019 6:31 pm
by izzul
it was changed to 10 lvls as i recall. 9 to be in safe distance
Re: Level difference in Group Xp
Posted: Thu Mar 14, 2019 7:06 am
by AlwaysSummer Day
It's 10 levels.
XP is not affected by summons so far as I can tell.
Average group level might play a part in XP gain.
XP seems to drop by half if the group has 7 people, and drops to practically 0 if 8 or more are in a group.
Re: Level difference in Group Xp
Posted: Thu Mar 14, 2019 7:09 am
by Theodore01
AlwaysSummer Day wrote: ↑Thu Mar 14, 2019 7:06 amXP seems to drop by half if the group has 7 people, and drops to practically 0 if 8 or more are in a group.
...... as does any challenge
Re: Level difference in Group Xp
Posted: Thu Mar 14, 2019 9:19 am
by AlwaysSummer Day
Theodore01 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 14, 2019 7:09 am
AlwaysSummer Day wrote: ↑Thu Mar 14, 2019 7:06 amXP seems to drop by half if the group has 7 people, and drops to practically 0 if 8 or more are in a group.
...... as does any challenge
?
I'm fine with the group size having an XP cap. I was just providing information for the OP in case they were curious.
Re: Level difference in Group Xp
Posted: Thu Mar 14, 2019 10:17 am
by Endelyon
It's a scaling formula.
It takes the average level of the party (adding everyone's levels together and dividing by # of party members).
If you are more than 7 levels away in either direction from the "APL" (average party level) then you will no longer receive experience for kills. You also get reduced experience the further you are from the APL up to 7.
So it's possible, if just barely, for a level 8 to group with a level 21 and both of them to still receive experience. Not much, mind you.
There's also some other factors involved in experience calculation that I won't go into too much detail about (as I don't want people trying to 'powergame' the system for maximum efficiency), but I'm willing to divulge this much for the sake of knowing whether or not you can even gain experience at all when choosing to join a party.
Re: Level difference in Group Xp
Posted: Sat Mar 16, 2019 11:26 am
by Darker_Thought
Endelyon wrote: ↑Thu Mar 14, 2019 10:17 am
It's a scaling formula.
It takes the average level of the party (adding everyone's levels together and dividing by # of party members).
If you are more than 7 levels away in either direction from the "APL" (average party level) then you will no longer receive experience for kills. You also get reduced experience the further you are from the APL up to 7.
So it's possible, if just barely, for a level 8 to group with a level 21 and both of them to still receive experience. Not much, mind you.
There's also some other factors involved in experience calculation that I won't go into too much detail about (as I don't want people trying to 'powergame' the system for maximum efficiency), but I'm willing to divulge this much for the sake of knowing whether or not you can even gain experience at all when choosing to join a party.
This is very useful information for new players. Maybe this should be a "sticker" somewhere? Or added to the community information forum?
Re: Level difference in Group Xp
Posted: Sat Mar 16, 2019 11:52 pm
by Endelyon
OK, made this one a sticky.
