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Originally Posted by Fammaden
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When the staff says they increased a ZEM by 11% they are increasing the modifier, that's what the ZEM is, just the modifier above baseline. So for the previous 85 zone they would be increasing the 10 modifier by 11%, not adding 11% of 85 to the total.
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ZEM is not a "modifier above baseline". ZEM stands for "zone experience modifier". It's a specific number used in the Everquest exp formula to determine how much exp you get per kill.
When they state an 11% modifier in the patch notches, they mean the whole ZEM number itself being multiplied by that amount. BTW, I think Rogean was mostly bullshitting when he said he didn't know where the wiki numbers came from. ZEM's were a known thing since early 2000 and most of the numbers carried over into p99 (although for some zones it was post-classic ZEM's being used), and the numbers on the wiki for many zones were tested for accuracy.
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Originally Posted by Fammaden
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As far as your question about when the hell the 85 changed to 110, I'm not sure but maybe the wiki editor changed that based on another prior ZEM patch before November 2021? There was a previous one where they changed some ZEM's around, including the famous huge boost to the Hole's already sick modifier
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The first ZEM update in March 2020 only updated Old World zones. There wasn't another update to ZEM's that I'm aware of until November 2021.
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Originally Posted by zaneosak
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TOFS is accurate @ 110 ZEM currently. Floor 3 mobs have a specific level range. Did several full levels with xp calculator, the math checks out within +/- 3 mobs
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Interesting! It sounds like the wiki may have been originally incorrect about the ZEM's in those zones then.
HOWEVER, it's very strange the ZEM's would be 110 after receiving an 11% boost. That means they would have been 99 beforehand, which is a number never used in the past, that I know of.