Levelling question: lose XP when levelling?

[vguerin]

I was paying pretty close attention to the levelling going on while I was in open beta. What it seemed to me is that when you level, if you have *over* the number of XP needed to level, you simply lose the balance. It doesn't get counted toward the next level.

When I was crafting I started making low XP items toward the end of the level to minimize loss. I remember being, maybe 200 XP shy (just a guess based on the way the bars were going up during levelling). I created a 1300 XP item and leveled. When I checked my stats, the bar was completely empty.

So, the question... am I right? Is the 'excess' XP lost when levelling? If that was true for the beta, is it still true in the game?

Thanks, Tin.

I "believe" that since the 3K XP cap was put in place there was no longer a need for that cutoff... I dont pay it no mind as it's not like you leap across a level threshold.

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[pandorae]

Yes ... it is still there ... Sadly.

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[fitzrpg]

Is it really that much of an issue? Compared to the number of successes you need to complete a level, does 1/2 a success matter all that much?

Fitz

[fitzrpg]

1000 XP is still a decent chunk of a crafter level at levels 30-40 or up where it seemed like 4 or 5 good pieces of armour was enough for one level. Given that if you are buying store bought goods to craft, one piece of heavy armour can cost you 6K dappers to make, losing 80% of the XP you gain from it can hurt.

I hadn't realized this was the case. I had been assuming leveling crafting was like leveling combat skills, where 1000exp still required a good number of kills to rise in level.

Fitz