Leveling

From Desolation

Leveling in Desolation is slightly different to other MUDS out there. Desolation does not have an auto-leveling system - it requires the player to spend experience points and some money at a trainer in order to progress.

Desolation also does not have a conventional leveling system, in terms of player "levels". The closest approximation of this is the STEM level of the player, however, the vital stats levels also count towards how advanced a player is.

ATL : AverageTotalLevel = (STEM+VITALS) / 4

Your ATL is also displayed on your character's scoresheet, next to your character's STEM level:

Level/STEM:     XL [5:10:5:20] (ATL 40.00)

Experience Points are a measurement of character advancement, generally earned through the killing of monsters or through the doing of quests. They are commonly abbreviated or referred to as simply exp.

Trainers may be found in guilds, or libraries. There are several other non-guild related trainers, but those are few and far in-between.

Contents 1 Cost to increase your STEM 2 Cost to increase your Vitals 3 Cost to increase your Skills 4 EXP value of a monster 5 Your EXP Cap 6 XCost

[edit] Cost to increase your STEM

 exp = xcost(who->query_level2(), 40);
 dollars = xcost(who->query_level2(), 16) / 100.0;

Total STEM Levels	Exp	Money
1	60	$0.24
2	90	$0.36
3	135	$0.54
4	202	$0.81
5	303	$1.21
6	455	$1.82
7	683	$2.73
8	1,025	$4.10
9	1,537	$6.15
10	2,306	$9.22
11	3,459	$13.83
12	5,189	$20.75
13	7,784	$31.13
14	11,677	$46.70
15	17,516	$70.06
16	26,274	$105.09
17	39,411	$157.64
18	59,116	$236.46
19	88,675	$354.70
20	133,012	$532.05
21	199,519	$798.07
22	299,279	$1,197.11
23	448,920	$1,795.68
24	673,380	$2,693.52
25	1,010,072	$4,040.28
26	1,515,109	$6,060.43
27	2,272,667	$9,090.66
28	3,409,003	$13,636.01
29	5,113,510	$20,454.04
30	7,670,273	$30,681.09
31	11,505,421	$46,021.68
32	17,258,148	$69,032.59
33	25,887,248	$103,548.99
34	38,830,912	$155,323.64
35	58,246,420	$232,985.69
36	87,369,720	$349,478.88
37	131,054,704	$524,218.81
38	196,582,240	$786,328.94
39	294,873,632	$1,179,494.50
40	442,311,328	$1,769,245.25

[edit] Cost to increase your Vitals

 exp = xcost( pvitals[which], 13.333333);
 dollars = xcost(pvitals[which], 5.333333) / 100.0;

Level	Exp	Money
1	20	$0.08
2	30	$0.12
3	45	$0.18
4	67	$0.27
5	101	$0.40
6	151	$0.60
7	227	$0.91
8	341	$1.36
9	512	$2.05
10	768	$3.07
11	1153	$4.61
12	1729	$6.91
13	2594	$10.37
14	3892	$15.56
15	5838	$23.35
16	8758	$35.03
17	13137	$52.54
18	19705	$78.82
19	29558	$118.23
20	44337	$177.35
21	66506	$266.02
22	99759	$399.03
23	149640	$598.56
24	224460	$897.84
25	336690	$1346.76
26	505036	$2020.14
27	757555	$3030.22
28	1136334	$4545.33
29	1704503	$6818.01
30	2556757	$10227.03
31	3835140	$15340.56
32	5752716	$23010.86
33	8629082	$34516.32
34	12943636	$51774.54
35	19415472	$77661.89
36	29123240	$116492.95
37	43684900	$174739.58
38	65527412	$262109.64
39	98291208	$393164.84
40	147437104	$589748.38

[edit] Cost to increase your Skills

 exp = xcost(lvl, 6.66666); 
 dollars = xcost(lvl, 2.666666) / 100.0;

% Block	Exp	Money
1	10	$0.04
2	15	$0.06
3	22	$0.09
4	33	$0.13
5	50	$0.20
6	75	$0.30
7	113	$0.45
8	170	$0.68
9	256	$1.02
10	384	$1.53
11	576	$2.30
12	864	$3.45
13	1297	$5.18
14	1946	$7.78
15	2919	$11.67
16	4379	$17.51
17	6568	$26.27
18	9852	$39.41
19	14779	$59.11
20	22168	$88.67
21	33253	$133.01
22	49879	$199.51
23	74819	$299.28
24	112230	$448.92
25	168345	$673.38
26	252518	$1010.07
27	378777	$1515.11
28	568166	$2272.66
29	852250	$3409.00
30	1278377	$5113.51
31	1917568	$7670.27
32	2876355	$11505.43
33	4314537	$17258.16
34	6471811	$25887.26
35	9707727	$38830.93
36	14561605	$58246.46
37	21842428	$87369.78
38	32763674	$131054.80
39	49145556	$196582.38
40	73718480	$294874.12

[edit] EXP value of a monster

The exp value of a monster is: 13.799789 * e^(0.26570357 * monster's ATL)
This value is floor'd (rounded down to a whole integer)
Leadership/party values adjust your split

Monster ATL	Experience Value
1	17
2	23
3	30
4	39
5	52
6	67
7	88
8	115
9	150
10	196
11	256
12	334
13	436
14	569
15	742
16	968
17	1263
18	1647
19	2149
20	2803
21	3657
22	4770
23	6221
24	8115
25	10585
26	13807
27	18009
28	23490
29	30639
30	39965
31	52128
32	67993
33	88687
34	115679
35	150885
36	196807
37	256705
38	334833
39	436739
40	569660

[edit] Your EXP Cap

The most exp you can earn from a kill is 2.1 * YOUR exp value as a monster.

[edit] XCost

 // used for experience tables, etc.
 int xcost(float level, float mult) {
     return to_int(exp(0.40546611 * level) * (mult));
 }
 
 float x2cost(float lvl) {
   float xpv = 13.799789 * exp(0.26570357 * lvl );
   return floor(xpv);
 }