Exp Penalty and Maps

Hello exiles,

I returned this expansion and already had a blast in warbands. My temp character is already lvl87 which is as high as my highest standard character. However my map pool is stuck at 71 which I only get 20% exp from (80% penalty). Part of this is due to the fact that I ran higher maps with my guild mates (they hosted) so my map pool cannot keep up with my level, but even after running a substantial number of 71 maps, my dilemma remains... if GGG wants to make lower maps the norm and higher maps more exclusive, I feel like the penalty for running lower maps should not be that high (I mean 80% penalty is a lot) and even if I run 77 maps I would still get a 10% exp penalty. It would be really great if the map exp system was rebalance with the exp penalty perhaps capping at 50% and the max level difference for the penalty to kick in to be perhaps 15 instead of 8. Seeing as Etup already hit 100 in tempest perhaps the overall exp gain from maps can be slightly reduced.

TL;DR: rebalance map EXP and lower the penalties for running lower maps (so players are not penalized for being below the range of gated high level maps)

I might be wrong but this is my 2 cents

I dont think that there is an experience penalty after you have reached lvl 68. Its not more than normal to get less xp from lower lvl maps.

They don't want to make level 100 the standard character. They probably don't want us playing level 90 characters as "standard". The idea is to balance the game around some hypothetical soft cap and let players themselves decide when it's time for them to quit and start a new character.

You've decided. You just don't realize it yet.

Oh... and quit comparing yourself to someone like Etup.

@Roy: You're confusing the drop penalty, which stops at level 68 with the experience penalty, which persists throughout the game.

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Shagsbeard wrote:

They don't want to make level 100 the standard character. They probably don't want us playing level 90 characters as "standard". The idea is to balance the game around some hypothetical soft cap and let players themselves decide when it's time for them to quit and start a new character.

You've decided. You just don't realize it yet.

Oh... and quit comparing yourself to someone like Etup.

@Roy: You're confusing the drop penalty, which stops at level 68 with the experience penalty, which persists throughout the game.

I'm not comparing myself to Etup in any way, just catering to the crowd who would be against buffing exp for certain maps since someone reached max level on tempest.

And yeah I do agree they don't want every player to be 100 but I just don't want to feel like I'm being penalized for running my own maps (which are all pretty low)

On another note: A lightning coil just dropped for me in warbands, I 6s and 6L it with less then 20 jews and 2 fuses, so I couldn't give two shits about exp (for now) praise chris!!!!