Chapter 18 Level Difference_1
"That’s not right, is it? If Mr. Mo is Level 5, doesn’t that mean he can’t team up with us anymore?"
Seeing Chen Mo reach Level 5, Fang Datong immediately voiced his regret.
He had been planning to hunt monsters with his buddy to show off the power of his new gear.
However, a large level difference generally makes hunting monsters together inefficient.
Under the heavenly path’s rule, when teaming up to hunt monsters, Experience is calculated based on the largest level difference within the party. If a slain monster has a level difference with any team member, the Experience Points gained will be reduced accordingly.
This doesn’t just apply to teaming up. Even if someone who isn’t in the team helps by dealing damage, reducing a monster’s Health, or performing actions like lowering a monster’s attributes or controlling it to let low-level players get the kill, an Experience penalty will still be applied.
The Experience gained from monsters is fixed: a Level 1 monster gives 1 Experience Point upon being slain, a Level 2 monster gives 2 Experience Points, and so on.
For each level of difference between you and a monster, you will incur an Experience Point penalty when you kill it. You lose 1 Experience Point for each level of difference. After Level 10, this penalty doubles to 2 points per level. After Level 20, it increases to 3 points per level, and this pattern continues for every subsequent 10 levels.
For example, if you are Level 3 in a team and kill a Level 1 monster, the 2-Level difference means the Experience gained will be reduced by 2 points. Since Level 1 monsters only provide 1 Experience Point, this isn’t enough to cover the penalty. While the system won’t actually subtract Experience from your total, you won’t gain any Experience from killing that Level 1 monster.
Special Reminder: This rule only applies to team situations and takes effect only when the level difference between the highest-Level and lowest-Level team members exceeds 2. Normally, a low-level professional killing a high-level monster can gain bonus Experience Points.
Similarly, if you are Level 1 in a team with a large level disparity and your team kills a Level 3 monster, the 2-Level difference means your Experience gained will also be reduced by 2 points. However, since a Level 3 monster provides 3 Experience Points, even with the penalty, you will still gain at least 1 Experience Point.