Experience Point Totals

Well, I haven't seen any other posts like this, so I thought I'd post it here. The past few DKs, I've been paying attention to my exp totals for each level, seeing if there was some sort of rhyme or reason to how it increases from DK to DK. And...it turns out there's a very simple shifting.

The experience required for each level increases by the number of that level times the number of drive kills you've done. (-1, because you start at level 1)

Thus, the level 2 experience required goes up by 25 each DK, the level 9 goes up 200 each DK, etc. There's a bit of variance in there, I'm not sure exactly how that's calculated, but it seems to vary a bit within there, especially higher up.

However, for quick calculations, I've made up a small chart. Due to the shiftiness of occasional changes, at the higher levels it's a bit less accurate, but you should be able to figure things out close enough. If anyone wants to reply to this with the actual level one totals, or distract me or something, I'll update this.

Level 2: 100+25/DK
Level 3: 400+50/DK
Level 4: 1000+75/DK
Level 5: 1900+100/DK
Level 6: 3100+125/DK
Level 7: 4700+150/DK
Level 8: 6600+175/DK
Level 9: 9000+200/DK
Level 10: 12000+225/DK
Level 11: 15000+250/DK
Level 12: 19000+275/DK
Level 13: 24000+300/DK
Level 14: 29000+325/DK
Level 15: 36000+350/DK

(b'.')b Well done, sir.

it doesn't quite hold up.. i can totally agree with level 2.. but to get to level 3(which is when i get my first master fight of the run) i always calculate it as level 2 + (level 2 + 200 exp).
That looks pretty messy.. to make it even clearer: to get from level 2 to level 3 you need 200 more exp than you need to get from 1 to 2.

Yrk: You're absolutely right -- I checked over the math, and that's also the way that my chart works out. For DK 1: 100(To level 2) + 100(Same amount) +200=400 (Level 1-2-3). For DK 10 (100+ 25*10[250])=350 + 350(ditto) + 200 = (400+ 50*10[500]) = 900. Math checks out.

I cannot account for the randomness +/- that seems to crop up unexpectedly, however. However, I've gone through two drive kills using my +25/level/DK, and the math has always checked out to the digit for me so far.

I haven't figured out the way the different levels relate to eachother, but I have figured out how the DK you're on influences every level's Max EXP. Behold, my formulae.

Try plotting the max exp against the level it belongs to. Am I the only one that's frustrated he can't figure the formula behind it?

No, you aren't the only one...

Grab a graphing calculator and enter the info, then run a few regressions. It's fairly easy.

Heya all.
I find that the 'base value' for each level generally isn't a round number - the exact formulae I use go like this and is working exactly for me. Whether it's the exact same for everyone or not is another story.

Level 1: 100 + 25Dk
Level 2: 400 + 50Dk
Level 3: 1002 + 75Dk
Level 4: 1912 + 100Dk
Level 5: 3140 + 125Dk
Level 6: 4707 + 150Dk
Level 7: 6641 + 175Dk
Level 8: 8985 + 200Dk
Level 9: 11795 + 225Dk
Level 10:15143 + 250Dk
Level 11:19121 + 275Dk
Level 12:23840 + 300Dk
Level 13:29437 + 325Dk
Level 14:36071 + 350Dk
Level 15:43930 + 375Dk

Edit: Apologies to Sir Zekiel; didn't spot the hyperlink in your post