Are my XP formulas (or the wiki's) off?
So - since hitting level 58 I've hunted exclusively on Dragoon Szorn (level 45 mob) in Lesser Faydark solo as an Iksar Necromancer (wiki states 32% penalty, 10% class, 20% race).
At around kill number 550 (I believe it was actually 547) I hit level 59. I just hit my 1200th kill on him last night (currently I have one full yellow to go till 60). However, the wiki lists these formulas: XP for level 58: 41333000 XP for level 59: 64689900 Given the XP for a mob of dark blue con or higher is supposed to be L^2 * ZEM, we can plug in the following to see how many kills should have taken me from 58 to 59: Code:
(PENALTY * BASE 58 XP) / (LVL * LVL * ZEM) Question - why were the extra 200 kills needed? What am I missing? Or are the wiki formulas off for some portion of my testing? Now, on to level 59 - having just hit kill #1200, that means I have 650 kills in level 59 of this mob (I'm counting up the kill messagse in my /log file). Plugging in the same XP formula: Code:
(1.32 * 64689900) / (45 * 45 * 75) = 562.2430 |
Hold on, back up... you killed that guy 1200 times? Are you insane?
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I am about 99% sure the ZEM values are all guesses. I seem to remember someone mentioning that before. If that is true then it is possible whatever value your using for the zones ZEM is likely incorrect and causing that discrepancy.
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As an aside, where the wiki mentions +10 faction, that is wrong across the board (every mob I've ever tested on is capped at +1 faction a kill). |
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Pretty much every number value on the wiki is wrong.
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Xenow, using the formula here, a level 58 iksar necromancer killing level 45 mobs at a base ZEM should take approximately 554 kills to reach 59. Looks pretty accurate using your numbers. I used that site extensively in 59 on Zalea to figure out how many kills I needed for 60. EX: A level 59 ranger at 55% needs to solo about 370 level 45 mobs to level. (.55)(823) = 453. 823-453 = 370.
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It seems that the Hell Multipliers for 55+ are different between that site and the wiki.
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The wiki values are incorrect. They are a decent approximation though if you're below level 50.
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