Is it a double-death-penalty weekend?
 

Up until 35 I was losing around 7-8% exp on death (Iksar monk).
Today at 36 I'm losing 15% which seems a bit harsh.
2 deaths , 30% of a level down the drain..
So is this a classic feature I don't know about or is it a bug of some kind?

exp loss is based on the amount of exp it took for you to reach your last level, normal.

Hmm can you explain that a bit more?
I always thought it's a fixed amount.

35 was a hell level for me with lots of deaths so it took a big amount of XP to reach 36.
Does that mean now that I will continue losing 15% at 36 or what, don't understand the system.

It doesn't matter how many times you died during 35. Just that it's a hell level. So when you die at level 36, you lose the equivalent of 8% of level 35 exp. Since 36 is not a hell level, that ends up working out to be more like 15% of 36 as you described.

Hi

reverse hell level

Are you stalking me? Spooky.

Level 35 is a hell level, meaning it requires a lot of xp to pass through.

A consequence of this is you lose a lot of xp dieing during the next level.

The silver lining is 36 is a fairly short level so get plenty of dieing in during level 37!

From http://wiki.project1999.com/Game_Mec...ement_by_Level

Total XP to complete a level = L^3 * C * R * H
Where:
C = Class Multiplier
R = Race Multiplier
H = Hell Multiplier (based on level)

C=1.0 (For all classes now), R=1.2 (Iksar), H=1.2 (Levels 35-39)

Total XP to complete level 34 = 34^3 * 1.0 * 1.1 * 1.2 = 51,881 (Gain 4,444 exp from end of L33)
Total XP to complete level 35 = 35^3 * 1.0 * 1.2 * 1.2 = 61,740 (Gain 9,859 exp from end of L34)
Total XP to complete level 36 = 36^3 * 1.0 * 1.2 * 1.2 = 67,185 (Gain 5,445 exp from end of L35)

This article does not say how much exp one loses on death. But from the numbers above, if death is a fixed amount of exp, then it will appear as a higher % in level 36 than level 35 simply because you only have to earn 5,445 exp to ding instead of 9,859.

At this point in the timeline of the server someone usually has a pocket cleric who is able to click rez, always worth checking :p