(Feb 12) HC Ladder Unique Race

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radiatoren wrote:

I will tell you that all data are derived from the level and xp of the top 5 from each class and you can test methods to find better approximations to statistics from those. However I do not want people to take the numbers very serious yet. I am still working on how I can get the data to tell as much as possible.

I appreciate your efforts, but try to be more clear in the future, at least once you feel confident in your methods make sure you start off describing how you got the numbers or what they mean. I'd like to be able to see what you're seeing. Otherwise I feel like many of the readers here may not be benefiting from your posts and what's the point of them then! :)

Here is me rushing act2 river crossings - level 13 in 18 zone
http://www.twitch.tv/pairdime/b/308471949

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dime wrote:

Here is me rushing act2 river crossings - level 13 in 18 zone

Well, that's just silly. At lvl 13 you only have a +/-3 level safe zone before you start accruing xp and drop rate penalties. The highest level area you should have been in was lvl 16.

IMD was also 5 levels below the map but he didnt start until level 24 and so he was within the safe zone. Though, I think he underestimated the level difference utilizing crap gear. One of the problems with the drop rates now being biased towards item level is that if you're well below the map level then you're not going to find nearly as much usuable equipment. If IMD had better luck with drops then the level disparity would not have mattered nearly as much.

So.. Even though both of you guys did rather well, if you keep your character level a bit closer to the map level, you should actually do better overall than if you rush ahead to the limits of the safe zone. Unless of course you find some amazing gear, then it's alright to rush ahead a bit.

I was actually level 14 (or close) when I stepped into Level 19 Fellshrine Ruins. I prefer having more chances of finding good equipment for when I continue with Act 2.

Using the currently known experience formula, I'm still receiving 75% of the base experience with a 2 level effective difference at level 14. That might be less total experience per kill or per unit time than I would receive if I stayed longer in Forest or Old Fields, but those areas also more rarely drop the level 17-18-19 weapons.

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FaceLicker wrote:

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dime wrote:

Here is me rushing act2 river crossings - level 13 in 18 zone

Well, that's just silly.

I was in a party, I grabbed Weavers WP while other guy grabbed Sins, then we went back and killed monkeys until we were closer to 16.

If not for Phase Run I don't think I would have made it.

I will definitely need to hit Fellshrine Ruins next run, I didn't realize there were so many slow mobs there.

I would like to request deaths be broadcast globally, for both informative and entertainment reasons.

example:

FaceLicker, a 6th rank level 20 Witch, is now deceased.

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dime wrote:

FaceLicker, a 6th rank level 20 Witch, is now deceased.

I wish! I died at lvl 11 this race.. :P

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dime wrote:

I would like to request deaths be broadcast globally, for both informative and entertainment reasons.

example:

FaceLicker, a 6th rank level 20 Witch, is now deceased.

There should be a min level though if they do this. Otherwise it would just be obnoxious.

Facelicker what did you play this race?

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Sarganym wrote:

Facelicker what did you play this race?

Deulist. I was just a tiny bit behind IMD at the time. I got a little over zealous in the Ship Graveyard Cave. Got surrounded by a mob of 20+ enemies with a substantial damage aura. Next time I'm just skipping that area, it's more trouble than it's worth.

Oh, and I lied. I was lvl 12 when I died.