xp tables

While we are looking at balance issues, I thought I should bring up an issue with the xp tables.
By the time a player reaches the level to get a subclass, they are already at a point when the required xp for each level doesn't change (10,000 points.) By allowing the player to become more powerful without increasing the points to level, the players start leveling up exponentially.

The thing is though that you really dont want to increase it beyond what it is now. It already takes a long while for an average player to level up once you hit the 10k cap (About 10-15 maps). Just look on the Current Levels of everyone. 169 players at 100+ and 262 players at the point where it gets capped. Sure you have players like elite where he can easily put 3k+ from a map and level up in 4 maps but most people I see are about the 1k mark. If anything needs to be done, maybe soften the curve a little and have it cap out at 10k a little later on (around 80 or so). The worse part is the jump at level 80 where it goes from 2500 to 5700. Shift the entire curve down about 20 levels and fill the gap in from 2500 to 5700. Espically at 41-50 when its real difficult since you lose the newb bonuses and your levels are pretty much twice as long as when you had them. When you combine the two, after level 41, the leveling time increases by as much as 4 to 5 times longer since you now dont have the crutchs to back you up so you gain less xp per map.

But the cap really is fine and would be more so as by the time it capps at 10k, your pretty much well off where you maintain a rate and you have a good majority of the base skills that you need to function.

Current XP Curve:
Code:

Level	XP	XP Total to that point
 1	15	0
 2	20	15
 3	25	35
 4	30	60
 5	40	90
 6	55	130
 7	75	185
 8	100	260
 9	100	360
 10	100	460
 11	100	560
 12	100	660
 13	100	760
 14	100	860
 15	200	960
 16	300	1,160
 17	400	1,460
 18	500	1,860
 19	600	2,360
 20	700	2,960
 21	1,200	3,660
 22	1,500	4,860
 23	2,000	6,360
 24	2,200	8,360
 25	2,200	10,560
 26	2,200	12,760
 27	2,300	14,960
 28	2,300	17,260
 29	2,400	19,560
 30	2,500	21,960
 31	2,500	24,460
 32	2,500	26,960
 33	2,500	29,460
 34	2,500	31,960
 35	2,500	34,460
 36	2,500	36,960
 37	2,500	39,460
 38	5,745	41,960
 39	5,860	47,705
 40	5,977	53,565
 41	6,097	59,542
 42	6,218	65,639
 43	6,343	71,857
 44	6,470	78,200
 45	6,599	84,670
 46	6,731	91,269
 47	6,866	98,000
 48	7,003	104,866
 49	7,143	111,869
 50	7,286	119,012
 51	7,432	126,298
 52	7,580	133,730
 53	7,732	141,310
 54	7,887	149,042
 55	8,044	156,929
 56	8,153	164,973
 57	8,369	173,126
 58	8,537	181,495
 59	8,707	190,032
 60	8,882	198,739
 61	9,059	207,621
 62	9,240	216,680
 63	9,245	225,920
 64	9,614	235,165
 65	9,806	244,779
 66	10,000	254,585
 67	10,000	264,585

I used to use a similar curve when I hosted a server but it was more flattend out a little. Lemme see if I can find it.

Edit: I think this was it, its been awhile though. (I put the changes from DC's on the right.

Code:

Level	XP	Tot.    Change
 1	15	0	0
 2	20	15	0
 3	25	35	0
 4	30	60	0
 5	40	90	0
 6	55	130	0
 7	75	185	0
 8	100	260	0
 9	100	360	0
 10	100	460	0
 11	100	560	0
 12	100	660	0
 13	100	760	0
 14	100	860	0
 15	200	960	0
 16	300	1,160	0
 17	400	1,460	0
 18	500	1,860	0
 19	600	2,360	0
 20	700	2,960	0
 21	1,000	3,660	-200
 22	1,200	4,660	-300
 23	1,400	5,860	-600
 24	1,600	7,260	-600
 25	1,800	8,860	-400
 26	2,000	10,660	-200
 27	2,200	12,660	-100
 28	2,400	14,860	100
 29	2,600	17,260	200
 30	2,800	19,860	300
 31	3,000	22,660	500
 32	3,000	25,660	500
 33	3,000	28,660	500
 34	3,000	31,660	500
 35	3,000	34,660	500
 36	3,000	37,660	500
 37	3,000	40,660	500
 38	3,000	43,660	-2,745
 39	3,000	46,660	-2,860
 40	3,000	49,660	-2,977
 41	3,200	52,660	-2,897
 42	3,400	55,860	-2,818
 43	3,600	59,260	-2,743
 44	3,800	62,860	-2,670
 45	4,000	66,660	-2,599
 46	4,200	70,660	-2,531
 47	4,400	74,860	-2,466
 48	4,600	79,260	-2,403
 49	4,800	83,860	-2,343
 50	5,000	88,660	-2,286
 51	5,200	93,660	-2,232
 52	5,400	98,860	-2,180
 53	5,600	104,260	-2,132
 54	5,800	109,860	-2,087
 55	6,000	115,660	-2,044
 56	6,200	121,660	-1,953
 57	6,400	127,860	-1,969
 58	6,600	134,260	-1,937
 59	6,800	140,860	-1,907
 60	7,000	147,660	-1,882
 61	7,200	154,660	-1,859
 62	7,400	161,860	-1,840
 63	7,600	169,260	-1,645
 64	7,800	176,860	-1,814
 65	8,000	184,660	-1,806
 66	8,200	192,660	-1,800
 67	8,400	200,860	-1,600
 68	8,600	209,260	-1,400
 69	8,800	217,860	-1,200
 70	9,000	226,660	-1,000
 71	9,200	235,660	-800
 72	9,400	244,860	-600
 73	9,600	254,260	-400
 74	9,800	263,860	-200
 75	10,000	273,660	0
 76	10,000	283,660	0

Its about a 45k XP nerf but it smothed out the curve for players 40-50 which is the roughest times.

It looks like after level 40 you are just adding 200 each time.
Code:

 InfiniteReqEXPOp=0
 InfiniteReqEXPValue=200

This could be used to add the 200 for each level past the level list.