2010-07-11, 08:52 PM
Hm, the curve is quite a bit steeper now. First and second job will be a joke, third job will be about three-four times as fast as it is right now, and fourth job starts out about three times as fast but drops off to just under twice as fast at level 199. This is based off the original exp tables - GMS was already reduced by a factor of 1.25 and I don't see them applying that again to the new tables, at least not initially, so the change won't be as drastic here.
This is all assuming that people will be killing at about the same speed. Exp rates should actually be quite a bit lower for unfunded people who can't take full advantage of potential gear. Exp rates will probably be slightly higher than current for funded people, so funding becomes more important in terms of training speed than it is right now. New players should still be able to level much faster than they do right now and get to a decent level, but they won't be able to experience the full impact of the new curve.
For fourth job training, I'm using exp rates for non-mage classes as the current "standard." So something like 7-12m exp/hr at O4 depending on killing speed seems reasonable, not the 15-20m/hr x 4 that you guys with access to rich Bishop training partners and stuff are used to. Being able to solo a level in a bit under 10 hours on 2x at 164 sounds totally reasonable to me, and I'm looking forward to it.
This is all assuming that people will be killing at about the same speed. Exp rates should actually be quite a bit lower for unfunded people who can't take full advantage of potential gear. Exp rates will probably be slightly higher than current for funded people, so funding becomes more important in terms of training speed than it is right now. New players should still be able to level much faster than they do right now and get to a decent level, but they won't be able to experience the full impact of the new curve.
For fourth job training, I'm using exp rates for non-mage classes as the current "standard." So something like 7-12m exp/hr at O4 depending on killing speed seems reasonable, not the 15-20m/hr x 4 that you guys with access to rich Bishop training partners and stuff are used to. Being able to solo a level in a bit under 10 hours on 2x at 164 sounds totally reasonable to me, and I'm looking forward to it.