At 06:58 PM 1/16/01 +0000, you wrote:
> >>> which COULD be the case depending on how verant programs level
>checks. if they really have a separate experience table to check
>against for each value of experience penalty, i.e. one for troll
>sk's, one for iksar monks, etc, etc, then the system they have works
>fine. if they create one experience table and ''normalize''
>experience to it, i.e. calculate experience by this formula:
>Exp_gained = Base_exp * class_pen * race_pen, then they have really
>just moved the penalty, although it is much more easily avoided, as
>in get a rez or just don't die.<<<
>
>Can you show me an example with your above formula to show how the
>penalty would be moved? I'm don't grasp the concept you're stating
>with just the formula.
>
>
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I don't have time to figure out the multipliers cuz i suck, but let me reword it a little using a human bard
and a human cleric as an example.
previously:
Bard_Exp_gained = Base_exp - 0.4*Base_exp
Cleric_Exp_gained = Base_exp
This would normalize exp tables and (just pulling numbers out of my butt) allow one experience table where
both the bard and the cleric could level at 100000 experience points.
The proposed change would do this:
Bard_Exp_gained = Base_exp - 0.4*Base_exp + 0.4*Base_exp
This would give the bard exactly the same exp as the cleric.
BUT if you also add a 40% death penalty to this, he will NOT arrive at the predeath exp at the
same time as the cleric, it will take 40% longer.
This is where the other guy is coming from. It really depends on how they implemented levelling.
If the level check uses 20 different experience tables then it's fine the way they propose. If they
adjust exp on the fly and use 1 normalized experience table then they have just moved the penalty,
although lessened it, depending on how often you die and how often you get a rez.