Experience - Revision history

NathanChristie: /* Gaining Experience */ corrected helm +exp %

2015-09-30T11:46:04Z

‎Gaining Experience: corrected helm +exp %

Ben: Changed quite a bit of information that is no longer true, fixed some grammar issues, as well as some random things that didn't seem to flow well.

2014-03-15T02:51:41Z

Changed quite a bit of information that is no longer true, fixed some grammar issues, as well as some random things that didn't seem to flow well.

Liam Turner at 00:52, 14 March 2014

2014-03-14T00:52:46Z

Ansive: bonus experience formula

2013-06-02T21:41:02Z

bonus experience formula

Flux: /* Sharing Experience */

2013-03-24T13:50:14Z

‎Sharing Experience

Flux at 13:49, 24 March 2013

2013-03-24T13:49:39Z

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2011-09-13T05:28:55Z

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2011-01-23T11:12:33Z

‎Maximum Character Level

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2010-10-19T12:23:45Z

‎Experience Combo Bonuses

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2010-10-19T12:23:01Z

‎Experience Combo Bonuses

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 ** At lower levels many items have +experience per kill. These are effective in the early going, but fade to insignificance at higher levels.
 ** Some [[Legendary]] items have +% experience gain properties, including the [[Hellfire Ring]], [[Leoric's Signet]] ring, and [[Cain's Honor]] item set.
-** [[Rubies]] socketed in helms provide up to +33% experience gain.
+** [[Rubies]] socketed in helms provide up to +41% experience gain.
 *** Experience gain equipment on [[Follower]]s grants a benefit to the character, but only at 20% of the value. (Thus the 35% from  a Hellfire Ring is worth 7% when equipped on a Follower.) Note that Followers can only equip weapons, rings, and amulets (shields as well on the [[Templar]]).
 * When multiple players are in the same game their experience gain is multiplied by 10% for each extra player except the first one. (The bonus goes up to 30% with a full party of 4).
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 For players serious about level up speed, it's a good idea to keep a log. Record the starting time of each game, note your equipment, [[build]], and the MP level, then record the total time of the game and your ending experience. After a few trials the data should make clear which strategies are yielding the best experience over time.
 ==Calculating the bonus experience percentage==

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 [[Image:Levelingsplash.jpg|thumb|250px|The level up display.]]
-'''Experience''' is earned in Diablo 3 by killing [[monster]]s and completing [[quest]]s.  Players wish to gain experience in order to achieve level ups, which make characters stronger, unlock new abilities, and enable the use of better equipment.. It is confirmed that the new Reaper of souls Expansion will increase the level cap from 60 to 70. Also new in the expansion is unlimited [[Paragon]] levelling (up from a cap of 100).
+'''Experience''' is earned in Diablo 3 by killing [[monster]]s and completing [[quest]]s.  Players wish to gain experience in order to achieve level ups; which make their characters stronger, unlock new abilities, and enable the use of better equipment. It is confirmed that the new Reaper of Souls Expansion will increase the level cap from 60 to 70. Also new in the expansion is unlimited [[Paragon]] levelling (up from a cap of 100).
-Experience is gained primarily from killing monsters, though quests grant experience bonuses as well, until the highest difficulty of [[Inferno]].  Experience can be gained more quickly by killing higher level enemies, using equipment with +experience bonuses (such as the [[Hellfire Ring]]), and playing on higher [[Monster Power]] settings.
+Experience is gained primarily from killing monsters, though quests grant experience bonuses as well. Experience can be gained more quickly by increasing your game difficulty (Up to the maximum of Torment VI), and using equipment with +experience bonuses (such as the [[Hellfire Ring]]).
-While the game is balanced for a new character to progress along an experience curve, hitting approximately level 30, 50, and 60 at the end of the first three difficulty levels, many players team up to subvert this process and level up much faster, chiefly with the help of a friend with a much higher level character. With good gear and assistance, it's possible to level a brand new character to the maximum level 60 in just a few hours.
+The game is balanced where the monsters in the game dynamically level up as you do, so your experience gains will always be rising from killing higher level monsters. On higher difficulties, the experience bonus increases the amount you obtain. With a help of a friend, you could potentially skip the gear requirements of the higher difficulties and gain even higher experience rates by letting your friend kill things for you, potentially leveling to 60 in a few hours.

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 [[Image:Levelingsplash.jpg|thumb|250px|The level up display.]]
-'''Experience''' is earned in Diablo 3 by killing [[monster]]s and completing [[quest]]s.  Players wish to gain experience in order to achieve level ups, which make characters stronger, unlock new abilities, and enable the use of better equipment. Characters in Diablo 3 can level from 1-60, and then start leveling up the [[Paragon]] levels from 1-100. It's widely expected that the [[expansion]] will increase the level cap as has been done by each [[World of Warcraft]] expansion, but this is unconfirmed.
+'''Experience''' is earned in Diablo 3 by killing [[monster]]s and completing [[quest]]s.  Players wish to gain experience in order to achieve level ups, which make characters stronger, unlock new abilities, and enable the use of better equipment.. It is confirmed that the new Reaper of souls Expansion will increase the level cap from 60 to 70. Also new in the expansion is unlimited [[Paragon]] levelling (up from a cap of 100).
 Experience is gained primarily from killing monsters, though quests grant experience bonuses as well, until the highest difficulty of [[Inferno]].  Experience can be gained more quickly by killing higher level enemies, using equipment with +experience bonuses (such as the [[Hellfire Ring]]), and playing on higher [[Monster Power]] settings.
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 ==Leveling Up==
-Leveling up in Diablo 3 is a notable experience, with a loud sound effect and bright splash of light around the character. (Yellow for levels 1-60, blue light for Paragon level ups.)  Upon each level up tooltips display the new skills and/or rune effects enabled, the attributes gained (+3 to [[mainstat]], +2 to [[vitality]], +1 each to the off stats), and for Paragon levels, the +3% Magic Find and Gold Find passive bonus.
+Leveling up in Diablo 3 is a notable experience, with a loud sound effect and bright splash of light around the character. (Yellow for levels 1-70, blue light for Paragon level ups.)  Upon each level up tooltips display the new skills and/or rune effects enabled, the attributes gained (+3 to [[mainstat]], +2 to [[vitality]], +1 each to the off stats).
 In addition to the visual display, a character's life and resource is entirely refilled and an explosion radiates out from the character, damaging and knocking back any nearby monsters. Many players have actually been saved from imminent death by hitting a level up just as things looked darkest... though this is obviously a difficult circumstance to obtain intentionally.
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 ** [[Rubies]] socketed in helms provide up to +33% experience gain.
 *** Experience gain equipment on [[Follower]]s grants a benefit to the character, but only at 20% of the value. (Thus the 35% from  a Hellfire Ring is worth 7% when equipped on a Follower.) Note that Followers can only equip weapons, rings, and amulets (shields as well on the [[Templar]]).
-* Higher levels of [[Monster Power]] grant increased Magic Find, Gold Find, and larger experience bonuses per monster.
+* When multiple players are in the same game their experience gain is multiplied by 10% for each extra player except the first one. (The bonus goes up to 30% with a full party of 4).
 All +percent experience gain adds up in a value shown on the character window, granting a grand total of increased experience that boosts the monster's base experience. Thus a level 60 character wearing a +25% Leoric's Signet, a Hellfire Ring on a Follower (35% / 5 = 7%), 5 stacks (75%), and playing in Inferno on MP4 (120%) would earn a total bonus of (25 + 7 + 120) * 1.75 = 266% experience gain.

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 * Higher levels of [[Monster Power]] grant increased Magic Find, Gold Find, and larger experience bonuses per monster.
 ** On Normal, Nightmare, and Hell each MP level adds 10% experience, for a maximum of +100%.
-** On Inferno (post-[[patch 1.0.7]], which increased these bonuses) each MP grants a 25% increase, up to +250% on [[MP10]].
+** On Inferno (post-[[patch 1.0.7]]) each MP grants additional bonus experience starting at 25% on MP1 and going up to 510% on [[MP10]].
-* Once characters reach level 60 they generate [[Nephalem Valor]] stacks which award 15% bonus experience each. (The maximum number of stacks is five.)
+* Once characters reach level 60 they can gain[[Nephalem Valor]] stacks which multiply the experience gain by 15% each. (The maximum number of stacks is five.)
-All +percent experience gain adds up in a value shown on the character window, granting a grand total of increased experience that boosts the monster's base experience. Thus a level 60 character wearing a +25% Leoric's Signet, a Hellfire Ring on a Follower (35% / 5 = 7%), 5 stacks (75%), and playing in Inferno on MP4 (100%) would earn a total bonus of 25 + 7 + 75 + 100 = 207% experience gain.
+All +percent experience gain adds up in a value shown on the character window, granting a grand total of increased experience that boosts the monster's base experience. Thus a level 60 character wearing a +25% Leoric's Signet, a Hellfire Ring on a Follower (35% / 5 = 7%), 5 stacks (75%), and playing in Inferno on MP4 (120%) would earn a total bonus of (25 + 7 + 120) * 1.75 = 266% experience gain.
 It's not uncommon for well-equipped [[end game]] characters (Hellfire Ring + Leoric's Signet on the character and the Follower) to pull 200-300% bonus experience. More +experience isn't necessarily better, though.
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 For players serious about level up speed, it's a good idea to keep a log. Record the starting time of each game, note your equipment, [[build]], and the MP level, then record the total time of the game and your ending experience. After a few trials the data should make clear which strategies are yielding the best experience over time.

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 ==Sharing Experience==
-[[File:Expshare1.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Experience sharing radius.]]
+[[File:Expshare1.jpg|thumb|250px|Experience sharing radius.]]
-[[File:Expshare2.jpg|thumb|250px|Experience sharing radius.]]
+[[File:Expshare2.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Experience sharing radius.]]
 Killing [[monster]]s is the main source of experience in Diablo 3, and the only source for Paragon levels. Experience isn't actually "shared" since all characters within range when a monster dies earn their full possible experience, the same amount they would earn while playing solo, whether they scored the kill or not.
 Characters must be fairly close together to "share" in the experience for a monster kill. The range is about 2/3 of the [[minimap]], or a bit more than the visible screen (this varies depending on your [[resolution]]).  Refer to the images for a visual representation, or see [http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/the-radius-of-experience-sharing the original news post].
 ==Gaining Experience==

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 ==Gaining Experience==
-Play testers from the [[BlizzCon 2008]] demo build (October) reported that the level up speed, from 5-10, was about the same as it is in [[Diablo II]], or perhaps even a bit faster. How well the progress rate in that demo of the game will correspond to the final game is not known.
+Killing [[monster]]s of about the same [[Character level|level]] as the player will grant them more experience, while monsters are worth a decreasing percentage of their full value as they get further above or below the character's level. Experience is also gained from [[quests]], which are also very likely to be hit with diminishing returns.
 ===Experience Rewards===
-Experience is often given as a quest reward, in Diablo III. In previous games experience came only from killing monsters, plus the huge bonus from the Ancients quest in Diablo 2. In Diablo 3 lots of quest rewards, at least in the early going (which is all anyone outside of Blizzard has gotten to test yet), grant an item and something like +7500 experience. In many early quests, the experience reward is worth many times more than the experience gained from killing the monsters required to finish the quest, making these rewards an essential part of leveling up a character.
+Experience is often given as a quest reward in Diablo III, and also from [[Sub-scenes|events]]. In previous games experience came only from killing monsters, plus the huge bonus from the Ancients quest in Diablo 2 (and experience penalties on [[death]] occurred in higher difficulty levels). In Diablo 3, lots of quest rewards, at least in the early going (which is all anyone outside of Blizzard has gotten to test yet), grant an item and a specific amount of experience. In many early quests, the experience reward is worth many times more than the experience gained from killing the monsters required to finish the quest, making these rewards an essential part of leveling up a character.
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 During most of Diablo III's development, the [[D3 Team]] seemed set on repeating Diablo II's maximum level, and they said it would be 99 or 100. That changed during 2010, and in September of that year the developers announced that the maximum level would be... 60.
-The design goal in Diablo III is similar to that of World of Warcraft; characters should read the maximum level from clearing out all of the basic content, on the highest difficulty level. This is a big change from Diablo I and Diablo II, where players had to [[grind]] through hundreds of boss runs to continue leveling up after they'd finished all the content on Hell difficulty.  That was the whole point of the change, according to the developers. In their opinion, giving players nothing else to do but grind the same bosses or areas over and over again is a poor excuse for the [[end game]].
+The design goal in Diablo III is similar to that of World of Warcraft; characters should read the maximum level from clearing out all of the basic content, on the highest difficulty level. This is a big change from Diablo I and Diablo II, where players had to [[grind]] through hundreds of boss runs to continue leveling up after they'd finished all the content on [[Hell]] difficulty.  That was the whole point of the change, according to the developers. In their opinion, giving players nothing else to do but [[grind]] the same [[boss]]es or areas over and over again is a poor excuse for the [[end game]].
 Many players agreed with that logic, but there was still quite a bit of debate over making the maximum level so easy to reach; making it so essentially every character would get to 60. The developers acknowledge that, and have said that the end game and player [[epeen]] will be acquired by things other than Clvl. [[Achievements]] and [[Arena]] rank at least, with perhaps other yet-unannounced features as well.
-Skeptical fans also pointed out that Clvl 60 was the same maximum level cap that World of Warcraft offered, before raising that by 10 in each of the first two expansions, and 5 more in the third. Since at least two expansions are planned for Diablo III, that they're planning to enable a higher Clvl cap in the expansions seems fairly obvious.
+Skeptical fans also pointed out that Clvl 60 was the same maximum level cap that World of Warcraft offered, before raising that by 10 in each of the first two expansions, and 5 more in the third. Since at least two expansions are planned for Diablo III, that they're planning to enable a higher Clvl cap in the expansions seems fairly obvious, although it has not been confirmed.
 Blizzard offered numerous explanations for the change to Clvl 60; see the [[maximum level]] article for extensive [[blue]] quotes on the matter.
 ==Level Up Bonus==
-The actual level up moment is displayed very vividly in Diablo III. Instead of just a sound effect, there's a bright visual graphic, as a funnel of orange light washes down over the player, exploding outwards. Any [[monster]]s in range are blasted by the level up bonus, which deals considerable damage.
+The actual level up moment is displayed very vividly in Diablo III. Instead of just a sound effect, there's a bright visual graphic, as a funnel of orange light washes down over the player, exploding outwards. Any [[monster]]s in range are blasted by the level up bonus, which deals considerable damage. In addition to that, there is a (''very'') prominent splash graphic that appears over the screen informing the player that they have leveled up, and will also fade in and out with other prompts telling them which skills they have unlocked, if any at all.
 ==Experience Combo Bonuses==
 A new feature in Diablo III grants experience bonuses for a "[[Massacre]]," multiple kills in rapid succession. Characters score the usual experience for each kill, and then get a bonus on top of that for any long series of kills. The player is informed of this bonus by text popping up on the screen whenever a character mows down five or more monsters in a row.
-In the [[BlizzCon 2008]] build, characters were allowed a few seconds between kills to keep the bonus counting. For instance, if there were a dozen [[zombie]]s on the screen, at least one needed to go down every 3 or 4 seconds for the bonus to keep adding up. Once there were no kills made for about 5 seconds, the bonus would display in big flashing letters and numbers.
+Characters are allowed a few seconds between kills to keep the bonus counting. For instance, if there were a dozen [[zombie]]s on the screen, at least one needed to go down every 3 or 4 seconds for the bonus to keep adding up. Once there were no kills made for about 5 seconds, the bonus would display in big flashing letters and numbers.
 Multiple bonuses could be wracked up in succession; if the aforementioned screen of a dozen zombies yielded 6 quick kills, a pause, and then the other 6, two six-kill combos would be scored. Those would be worth less than a single 12-kill combo, though.
-Players who tested this feature in the BlizzCon 2008 demo noted that the experience bonuses were not massive, but they did seem noticeable. It's hard to judge such things the first time playing the game, when no one is sure how much experience anything is worth, or how long it takes to level up, so more thorough testing will be required in the future.
+In addition to the massacre combo, there are other ways to gain additional experience through combat. The player may also use the environment against the enemy; springing a trap on monsters within a dungeon or out in the game world will net them a "Pulverize" bonus, and killing multiple monsters with one hit will grant them a mighty blow bonus.
 In an interview from BlizzCon 2008 [http://www.diii.net/blog/comments/blizzcon-press-conference-with-jay-wilson/], [[Jay Wilson]] said there was a maximum hard cap for the experience bonus, but that he'd set it so high he didn't think anyone would ever achieve it. {{iw|Secret_Cow_Level Secret Cow Level}} style mobs would be required?
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-Jay also said that there would be other bonuses (of unspecified types) to be had in Diablo III, and that they're going to look into how to make the bonuses more equitable for slower-killing character types.
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