I've had it both ways. The problem is when you get to a higher level exp
moves in jumps more then a pixel at a time. So if your almost to a jump it
will look like you lose less. If you just jumped it will look like you lost
a lot.
Naeeldar
-----Original Message-----
From: Reece, Tom - 25IDL G4 <
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To:
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Date: Monday, January 03, 2000 2:27 PM
Subject: [eqbards] Question about experience penalty (OT)
>From: "Reece, Tom - 25IDL G4" <g4mntofcr@...>
>
>I made 30th level over the holidays and since then have died twice. The
>first time I died was in the assasin room in lower guk. I got killed by an
>one of the undead ghoul wizards (conned red to me). I noticed that the
>amount of experience on the bar didn't visually drop very much. Second
time
>I died I was in Mistmoore. Party was fighting in the secret room behind
the
>crypt when we got a bad pull. Deathly harbingers and ushers beat me up
>pretty good. Started running to the zone when a pledge familiar (caster
>type) joined in the fight. Pledge familiars con either low blue or green
to
>me. Even though the deathly harbingers and ushers did 90% of the damage
>against me, the pledge familiar got in the killing blow. I noticed that
the
>experience bar visually dropped a lot more this death than it did when the
>red ghoul wizards killed me. I have noticed a similar trend over the life
>of my bard as well. Just paid more attention it to it now that I'm in a
>hell level. Subjectively, it appears to me that the experience penalty for
>dying is higher when something kills you that cons green/blue to you versus
>something killing you that cons yellow/red. Anyone else had similar
>results?
>
>Galtin of E'ci
>30 bard
>
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