Double XP loss after hell level?

[t0lkien]

Apparently there is double XP loss upon death in a level after a hell level. Is that correct? Was that on live, because I don't remember it?

[Ambrotos]

Classic. It's normal.

[joppykid]

It sure is. You always lose a lot more exp in 31,36,41,46, etc. get that buffer!!! Pretty sure it's classic. Something that brutal sure wasn't put in after the fact. Game only got easier every patch for the most part. Could be wrong tho lol

[t0lkien]

Yeah I really don't remember that. Maybe I escaped dying every level it mattered.

[Spitty]

Absolutely classic. You weren't really 46 until you were at least a yellow and a half in. Otherwise, you were basically 45 and buying time.

[SCB]

The level after hell levels also moves absurdly fast, so it's kind of a wash.

[houwser]

You lose 10% of the previous levels experience required. So that's where that calculation comes in.

[t0lkien]

You lose 10% of the previous levels experience required. So that's where that calculation comes in.

Ah! That makes sense - in a kind of draconian, Spanish Inquisition, self cutting way.

[Asap]

This has never been discussed before

[Messianic]

Ah! That makes sense - in a kind of draconian, Spanish Inquisition, self cutting way.

This can be said about much that goes on in classic eq

[RevengeofGio]

Absolutely classic. You weren't really 46 until you were at least a yellow and a half in. Otherwise, you were basically 45 and buying time.

Sadly exactly how I think of it.

[TarukShmaruk]

This explains the awful experience of dying right after dinging 31,36,41 or 46 - you lost 10% of the previous level's total wich was a massive hit, where as dying in the level 30,35,40 or 45 itself was just a smidge.

[Raavak]

So glad my latest twink is a cleric. Even 50% rez takes the sting away.

[Numkin]

Just to add, definately classic. I died 31 times at lvl 31 on my enchanter, that level sucked.
Stupid giants.

[Striiker]

Yes, I certainly remember this on classic era EQ. I remember the first time I died (of many deaths) after a hell level and almost fell off my chair when I saw what I had lost, and this what before epics and any high level clerics being around to rez. Death in live classic EQ was incredibly harsh. That's what made attaining levels so much sweeter... because you made it through those tough times...

[xCry0x]

So glad my latest twink is a cleric. Even 50% rez takes the sting away.

Until you loot your corpse and forget to rez yourself.. then you feel twice as dumb since you could rez yourself =/