The maximum number of posts on the old forums for a single user, after about four years of having the forums, is a little below 1000 posts. Now, assuming that a quarter of those posts (an very high estimate) or from started threads then this would be about 1500 experience.
Now, with the old leveling system that meant that in another four years the highest level we would see would be about level 7 or 8. That’s for eight years or fairly active posting. And that’s even forgetting that nobody is getting a full amount of experience from the old forums (most are more around the 300-400 point mark I think).
This, to me, seemed way too slow.
So I’ve changed it so that you gain levels a [i:3f2icum5]lot[/i:3f2icum5] faster for the same amount of experience. Where the old system was like the system in the Player’s Handbook with every value divided by 10, the new system has every value divided by 40. Making the experience table look something like this:
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<tr><td align="right" class="ss_black"><b>level</b></td><td align="right" class="ss_black"><b> xp to next</b></td><td align="right" class="ss_black"><b> total xp</b></td></tr>
<tr><td align="right" class="ss_black"><b>1</b></td><td align="right" class="ss_black">25</td><td align="right" class="ss_black">0</td></tr>
<tr><td align="right" class="ss_black"><b>2</b></td><td align="right" class="ss_black">50</td><td align="right" class="ss_black">25</td></tr>
<tr><td align="right" class="ss_black"><b>3</b></td><td align="right" class="ss_black">75</td><td align="right" class="ss_black">75</td></tr>
<tr><td align="right" class="ss_black"><b>4</b></td><td align="right" class="ss_black">100</td><td align="right" class="ss_black">150</td></tr>
<tr><td align="right" class="ss_black"><b>5</b></td><td align="right" class="ss_black">125</td><td align="right" class="ss_black">250</td></tr>
<tr><td align="right" class="ss_black"><b>6</b></td><td align="right" class="ss_black">150</td><td align="right" class="ss_black">375</td></tr>
<tr><td align="right" class="ss_black"><b>7</b></td><td align="right" class="ss_black">175</td><td align="right" class="ss_black">525</td></tr>
<tr><td align="right" class="ss_black"><b>8</b></td><td align="right" class="ss_black">200</td><td align="right" class="ss_black">700</td></tr>
<tr><td align="right" class="ss_black"><b>9</b></td><td align="right" class="ss_black">225</td><td align="right" class="ss_black">900</td></tr>
<tr><td align="right" class="ss_black"><b>10</b></td><td align="right" class="ss_black">250</td><td align="right" class="ss_black">1125</td></tr>
<tr><td align="right" class="ss_black"><b>11</b></td><td align="right" class="ss_black">275</td><td align="right" class="ss_black">1375</td></tr>
<tr><td align="right" class="ss_black"><b>12</b></td><td align="right" class="ss_black">300</td><td align="right" class="ss_black">1650</td></tr>
<tr><td align="right" class="ss_black"><b>13</b></td><td align="right" class="ss_black">325</td><td align="right" class="ss_black">1950</td></tr>
<tr><td align="right" class="ss_black"><b>14</b></td><td align="right" class="ss_black">350</td><td align="right" class="ss_black">2275</td></tr>
<tr><td align="right" class="ss_black"><b>15</b></td><td align="right" class="ss_black">375</td><td align="right" class="ss_black">2625</td></tr>
<tr><td align="right" class="ss_black"><b>16</b></td><td align="right" class="ss_black">400</td><td align="right" class="ss_black">3000</td></tr>
<tr><td align="right" class="ss_black"><b>17</b></td><td align="right" class="ss_black">425</td><td align="right" class="ss_black">3400</td></tr>
<tr><td align="right" class="ss_black"><b>18</b></td><td align="right" class="ss_black">450</td><td align="right" class="ss_black">3825</td></tr>
<tr><td align="right" class="ss_black"><b>19</b></td><td align="right" class="ss_black">475</td><td align="right" class="ss_black">4275</td></tr>
<tr><td align="right" class="ss_black"><b>20</b></td><td align="right" class="ss_black">500</td><td align="right" class="ss_black">4750</td></tr>
<tr><td align="right" class="ss_black"><b>21</b></td><td align="right" class="ss_black">525</td><td align="right" class="ss_black">5250</td></tr>
<tr><td align="right" class="ss_black"><b>22</b></td><td align="right" class="ss_black">550</td><td align="right" class="ss_black">5775</td></tr>
<tr><td align="right" class="ss_black"><b>23</b></td><td align="right" class="ss_black">575</td><td align="right" class="ss_black">6325</td></tr>
<tr><td align="right" class="ss_black"><b>24</b></td><td align="right" class="ss_black">600</td><td align="right" class="ss_black">6900</td></tr>
<tr><td align="right" class="ss_black"><b>25</b></td><td align="right" class="ss_black">625</td><td align="right" class="ss_black">7500</td></tr>
<tr><td align="right" class="ss_black"><b>26</b></td><td align="right" class="ss_black">650</td><td align="right" class="ss_black">8125</td></tr>
<tr><td align="right" class="ss_black"><b>27</b></td><td align="right" class="ss_black">675</td><td align="right" class="ss_black">8775</td></tr>
<tr><td align="right" class="ss_black"><b>28</b></td><td align="right" class="ss_black">700</td><td align="right" class="ss_black">9450</td></tr>
<tr><td align="right" class="ss_black"><b>29</b></td><td align="right" class="ss_black">725</td><td align="right" class="ss_black">10150</td></tr>
<tr><td align="right" class="ss_black"><b>30</b></td><td align="right" class="ss_black">750</td><td align="right" class="ss_black">10875</td></tr>
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This mean we should get closer to level 16 [i:3f2icum5]and[/i:3f2icum5] we’ve got plenty of room for bonus experience and such (in fact the table goes on near-infinitely even after level 30).
I think this is a good balance. But of course if the future tells differently I can always change it again. And any thoughts are, as always, welcome.
To make a long story short… everyone (with more than 25 xp) should’ve had a boost in level.
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Shir'le
