Advancement Curve Changes for Level 56

[asommers]

We're happy to announce a new advancement curve for 1.7. We really haven't taken a good look at the advancement curve since we released since AO2. The required XP numbers you saw in Justg's Crafting Screens thread are no longer valid.

SPOILER ALERT!

The following is all under-the-hood stuff. If you don't want to see puppet strings, motion capture balls, green screen, wires hooked up to Neo, Kenny Baker inside R2D2, etc., I advise you stop reading.

We iterated heavily on the first 20 levels at before launch, so that data is not changing. Levels 21 through 50 are changing to require about 40% more total XP (we felt it was too fast). Levels 51 through 55 continue along the new curve. There was an unexpected dip in required XP with levels 40 to 45. This has been fixed. The actual numbers are in the followup post below.

In other news, we've decided to make the level cap 56 instead of 55. There's a gentle slope to all the way to 55, but level 56 is going to require 10 times the normal xp amount. Content (quests/loot, etc.) will take you through level 55, but there will be one item for sale at level 56. Further content expansions will normalize the required xp between 55 to 56 using the new curve and have another spike at the last level + 1.

Let us know what you think!

-ALS

[asommers]

Level and old required XP to next level
1 - 8
2 - 16
3 - 42
4 - 68
5 - 94
6 - 120
7 - 146
8 - 172
9 - 198
10 - 224
11 - 250
12 - 276
13 - 302
14 - 328
15 - 354
16 - 380
17 - 406
18 - 432
19 - 458
20 - 484
21 - 510
22 - 536
23 - 562
24 - 588
25 - 614
26 - 640
27 - 666
28 - 692
29 - 718
30 - 744
31 - 770
32 - 796
33 - 822
34 - 848
35 - 874
36 - 900
37 - 926
38 - 952
39 - 978
40 - 1204
41 - 1030
42 - 1056
43 - 1082
44 - 1108
45 - 1134
46 - 1560
47 - 2286
48 - 3012
49 - 3738
50 - 4464

Level and new required XP to next level
1 - 8
2 - 16
3 - 42
4 - 68
5 - 94
6 - 120
7 - 146
8 - 172
9 - 198
10 - 224
11 - 250
12 - 276
13 - 302
14 - 328
15 - 354
16 - 380
17 - 406
18 - 432
19 - 458
20 - 490
21 - 524
22 - 561
23 - 600
24 - 642
25 - 687
26 - 735
27 - 786
28 - 841
29 - 908
30 - 981
31 - 1059
32 - 1144
33 - 1236
34 - 1335
35 - 1442
36 - 1557
37 - 1682
38 - 1817
39 - 1981
40 - 2159
41 - 2353
42 - 2565
43 - 2796
44 - 3048
45 - 3322
46 - 3621
47 - 3947
48 - 4302
49 - 4732
50 - 5205
51 - 5726
52 - 6299
53 - 6929
54 - 7622
55 - 83840
56 - cap

[Barbamitsos]

dotz.... why so much for 56

1st post ^^

[hawkei]

This is gona be awesome thnx

[Sonnycz]

look better than 142k ... can't wait

[Hekpoc]

Im excited! So to clarify level 56 will just have one item to use that noone else can? Hmmm I wonder if it shall be worth it? But yay Im excited.

[judgementbow]

56 should be a fun goal

[mugen]

ah 56=elite cap nice something to work towards untill cap increases again.
sounds good thanks devs!

[StompArtist]

This is great!

[Conradin]

Lol/10charsss

[superglut2]

Great!!! Sounds rly rly good

[Conradin]

Great idea- I'll get to 56

[Yanis]

Great, great idea. The level 56 item should be the Crown of Persistence

[Physiologic]

Nvm: they're fixed

[MoarPewPew]

I love the idea, but.... As of right now the game is lacking content. Some people feel that the levels are repeative.

I would focus more on adding content with a high replay value. Right now I feel that the older levels feel bland with out new fight mechanics. (I know you added quests but it's not really making the levels more fun until they become dailys, or they have xp value. (also I would wait to implement this until a larger amount of the craft system is added.) this will increase play value.

As for level 56 I say no. I would like beable to get exp after I hit 55 but I rather not level until next cap.The 5 level increments works well in Many games.

Thanks for reading my feedback.

[superglut2]

This will be epic, elite lvl !!!

[wamphryi]

asommers .... Question....how will this affect current players? We everyone be "de-leveled" back to the appropriate level (so all level 50's will drop to 48 because we have 4464 exp) or will everyone exp be adjusted to match their current level?
Specific example:
current level 50 with 4464 exp. when 1.7 hits will that character:
1-stay 50 but have exp bumped to 5205
2-"de-level" to 48 and have exp stay at 4464

[Conradin]

asommers .... Question....how will this affect current players? We everyone be "de-leveled" back to the appropriate level (so all level 50's will drop to 48 because we have 4464 exp) or will everyone exp be adjusted to match their current level?
Specific example:
current level 50 with 4464 exp. when 1.7 hits will that character:
1-stay 50 but have exp bumped to 5205
2-"de-level" to 40 and have exp stay at 4464

It won't affect you if your already 50.

[Barbamitsos]

asommers .... Question....how will this affect current players? We everyone be "de-leveled" back to the appropriate level (so all level 50's will drop to 48 because we have 4464 exp) or will everyone exp be adjusted to match their current level?
Specific example:
current level 50 with 4464 exp. when 1.7 hits will that character:
1-stay 50 but have exp bumped to 5205
2-"de-level" to 48 and have exp stay at 4464

very good question ... i choose 1

[asommers]

Great, great idea. The level 56 item should be the Crown of Persistence

Done!

As for level 56 I say no. I would like beable to get exp after I hit 55 but I rather not level until next cap.The 5 level increments works well in Many games.

You can Disable XP Gain when you're at 55 to accomplish this.

asommers .... Question....how will this affect current players? We everyone be "de-leveled" back to the appropriate level (so all level 50's will drop to 48 because we have 4464 exp) or will everyone exp be adjusted to match their current level?

In the database, we store level and fraction to next level. So, if you're halfway through level 48 in 1.6, you'll be halfway through 48 in 1.7, but it may just take you a little longer to get to 49.

-ALS