So I've seen a dev comment that you shouldn't hold level 15 but I'm wondering if rather than a doomsday bug which can wipe all your experience that it isn't something along the lines of being able to hold more than 1 levels worth of XP (which is required to make the stones work).

Anyone brave enough to do any testing?

wowo wrote on Jun 5^th, 2012 at 6:09am:


For shits and giggles I used the stone on the first character I created when I started playing DDO. After all this time he was still only level 11 due to being severely gimpy.

Of course, I didn't realize HOW gimpy until I tried to cast one of my new spells.

13 Wis on a Favored Soul doesn't work too well for those higher level spells. (Thanks, guy that helped me build that character in the first place!)

So come friday I'll be purchasing a heart of wood and re-rolling him back up to 16. I intend to hold at 15 so I can get exp from sands, so I'll be checking out that route of things.

I assume, however, that since it's a heart AFTER the stone of experience, that everything should be fine, though.

Why bother holding 15?

You can still get craploads of XP even from level 8 quests because of the +80% first-time-elite bonus and all of the other add-ins.

And they should also be blazingly fast completions, as well.

Merrick wrote on Jun 5^th, 2012 at 2:32pm:


Thought it was a -% penalty, not a flat out "You get 0 XP" UNLESS you are correct level, and someone is over level. As long as everyone, or no one, is over level you'll still get xp.

Also the only s/r/e xp I get from most places is what I get from running to quest entrances. Different strokes for different folks I suppose.

At one level over the explorer area it's -50% and gets a larger -% each level after that.  So really it is diminishing returns to run for xp in an explorer when you are over level.

Well really all I need to do is hit 18, then it's Vale and Challenges to cap. So I don't need streak from GH walkups. The 80% first time + 25(?)% from greater learning tome + 5% cloak/voice + 4% guild +30% pot = still plenty of XP. Yes, I run 30% pots on big XP stuff (GH/Necro4/Vale/Challenges)

Merrick wrote on Jun 5^th, 2012 at 2:37pm:



I can get better XP per minute farming buying time than doing slayers.

Merrick wrote on Jun 5^th, 2012 at 12:02pm:


This is what the stones are for... so they can sell more Lesser woods as well as anyone who can actually make it to 20 as a gimp and get the True Woody.  Brillant job Turbine bean counters!

People who farm slayers should be executed.  Farm a quest.  Since desert is being discussed... Take the two tomb quests next to raiyum for example.  They take 1~2 mins to complete.  Far more xp in 20 mins then you will get farming slayers.  Suicide is the recommended course of action.

Epoch wrote on Jun 5^th, 2012 at 10:28pm:


Unless you're farming rings and happen to hit one on the way, I suppose.

I got ninja stoned last night by some cocksucker. Leveled to 15 with it so I could BB the GH sides and get my argo favor easier. Hard capped with 16 banked and took my level no problem. I now have level 17 banked and about to hit Necro 4. Two other guildies reported the same thing.

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Precisely.

Epoch wrote on Jun 6^th, 2012 at 3:42am:


LOL.

I haven't seen one of those up since before the challenge chestapalooza.

OK, back to wowo’s question. (With a theoretical scenario.)

I get a character to level 8, hit him with a stone and he has the XP needed to take level 16.  However, I only level him to 11 and go farm the hell out of Shadow Crypt.  Will all that XP go into the crapper or will it get added to my XP total?  And how far will it go?