Squad Leader Archive

Think i got it pretty much figured

Seems to be combat exp (x) .25 per group member -pets count-

I had 3 people in group and actually got less exp than the combat exp of the person killing

I kill pikets on Dantooine so that is my test

3 people = average 200 sq exp per kill

3 people 6 pets = average 500 exp per kill

3 people 13 pets = average 900 exp per kill

I talked to some other sq leaders and they are getting about 1000 or so exp with large groups of people in tuskan fort. So it seems to be the same whether they are pets or not.

I still think this is a bit low. It will still take an aweful long time to exp through the levels, past what most other classes have to do. For instance i am leveling up a CH at the same time and the CH is flying past the SQ exp. I am also doing pistol and that is going much faster than SQ.. needs to be balanced a bit

ok let's work this out...

for these samples, I'm going to assume that in the given fight, each PC earned 100 combat xp. A nice easy number that might be a little too high... but let's run with it.

notation:

M = me

PC = player character in the group

P = pet (pet's don't get combat xp)

here's the formula as figured by the poster above (which may or may not be true)

SL xp = (group combat xp / 4) * # of group members

ok... so here we go... I will assume that MY combat exp counts towards the total of group combat cp

******group makeup: M, P

(100 / 4) * 2 = 50 sl xp

former total would have been 400 since (100 * 2) * 2 = 400

******group makeup: M, PC

(200 / 4) * 2 = 100 sl xp

former = 400

******group makeup: M, PC, P, P

(200 / 4) *4 = 200 sl xp

former = 800

******group makeup: M, PC, PC, PC

(400 / 4) *4 = 400 sl xp

former = 800

******group makeup: M, PC, PC, PC, P, P, P, P

(400 / 4) *8 = 800 sl xp

former = 1600

In my experience, THIS is a normal sized group... and we get HALF as much xp as we used to

******group makeup: M, PC, PC, PC, PC, P, P, P, P, P

(500 / 4) *10 = 1250 sl xp

former = 2000

******group makeup: M, PC, PC, PC, PC, PC, PC, PC, P, P, P, P, P, P, P

(800 / 4) *15 = 3000 sl xp

former = 3000

AHA!!! the magic number! get 7 pcs and 7 pets in your group, ASSUME the pets don't soak up too much combat xp, and you MIGHT get as much SL xp as you used to! Oh and don't even think about fighting something small... remember, you've got to find something big enough to give 8 players 100 combat xp. sigh... let's continue to 20 in a group

******group makeup: M, PC, PC, PC, PC, PC, PC, PC, P, P, P, P, P, P, P, P, P, P, P, P

(800 / 4) * 20 = 4000 sl xp

former = 4000

******group makeup: M, PC x 19 (total of 20 pcs including you)

(2000 / 4) * 20 = 10000 sl xp

former = 4000

again... I challenge you to find a group of 20 pcs... and then go fight some monster that will give ALL of you 100 combat xp (krayts maybe? and we know how COMMON they are... pffft) and you'll LOVE this new formula! lol

So Cap'n V was right... unless you're in a huge group with not a lot of pets, this formula is da bunk. Again... this seems to only be theory as of now... and frankly, I think this formula is too high compared to what I was seeing in game last night. In other words, I think I was getting less xp than what this formula states.

wait... do I have the old formula right? lol

o well... I gotta get back to work