20K XP?


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Post Friday, 18th March 2011, 05:12

20K XP?

Why is experience capped at 20K? In my last game I found myself forced to leave Zot and rest near a goblin because I didn't want the experience I got from a fire orb to be wasted.

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Post Friday, 18th March 2011, 07:13

Re: 20K XP?

Personally I was surprised they didn't cap it at 27k just to keep with the numerological theme.
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Post Friday, 18th March 2011, 11:07

Re: 20K XP?

Well, that's actually a good question. I just asked it on ##crawl-dev, and no one could come up with a reason.
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Post Friday, 18th March 2011, 12:09

Re: 20K XP?

galehar wrote:Well, that's actually a good question. I just asked it on ##crawl-dev, and no one could come up with a reason.


Come to think of it, it doesn't seem to be in line with Crawl philosophy. Punishing the player for staying in the thick of things by reducing the reward is both unfun and an invitation to grinding. Funny how it didn't occur to anyone until now to question that. Though maybe there's an explanation somewhere.
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Post Friday, 18th March 2011, 13:03

Re: 20K XP?

The experience pool limit is no more.
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Post Friday, 18th March 2011, 13:21

Re: 20K XP?

Eh, this should have come before that last winner of mine, when I had 20k XP pool pretty much always after maxing Fighting, Long Blades and Shields *grumble grumble* ;).
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Post Friday, 18th March 2011, 14:24

Re: 20K XP?

That was quick, decisive, and awesome. Go Galahar.

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Post Friday, 18th March 2011, 16:06

Re: 20K XP?

Of course, I read this *after* drawing Experience from my Legendary Deck of Wonders :roll:

Nice one.
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Post Monday, 21st March 2011, 10:21

Re: 20K XP?

@galehar, after playing a bit more, this has really changed my experience of Zot and beyond. Thankyou!
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Post Monday, 28th March 2011, 18:03

Re: 20K XP?

I am almost beginning to enjoy watching the dev process more than actually playing (and constantly losing) the game itself! :D
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Post Tuesday, 29th March 2011, 12:40

Re: 20K XP?

My one regret about my last game was not remembering to victory dance Conjurations from 26 to 27 using the 90,000 XP I still had in my pool when I got to the stairs :lol:

And +1 on the dev process thing. Playing the game with daily trunk rebuilds while following the discussion is even better, though!
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