Zone Experience Bonus

[jendor]

Originally Posted by Blink [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

This is from the patch that first increased exp % in unpopular zones. EQAtlas is posting this same info but it is not the XP Modifier. ZEM is going to be a number generally 75 or higher.

When ShowEQ first came out on live they could detect a zones ZEM and they compiled a list. I am unable to find the original list. The only list I can find is the one Galahad posted that was compiled sometime around 2002.

I think the closest you are going to be able to get is to use the list and reduce the ZEM by what ever % they upped it by in that patch.

This is the list I've been looking for too. I made a post about it a LONG time ago on the castersrealm boards, but it looks like those are gone... I thought it was at hackersquest.gomp.ch but can't find it anywhere in the archives.

Anyone else remember the ZEM for kedge being like 140 or 150? Everything says 100. That doesn't jive with my memory.

[Galahad]

Kedge never had a high ZEM. If you compare it to lower level zones then yes it seems like a pretty bad risk vs. reward, but you have to compare it to other high level zones. In classic the other high level dungeons (guk and solb) had a of ZEM 75%. Kedge's ZEM of 100% makes it a 33% bonus compared to those dungeons, so relatively speaking it's amazing experience.

No high level dungeon after Kedge even through to Velious has that high of a ZEM.

[jendor]

Originally Posted by Galahad [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Kedge never had a high ZEM. If you compare it to lower level zones then yes it seems like a pretty bad risk vs. reward, but you have to compare it to other high level zones. In classic the other high level dungeons (guk and solb) had a of ZEM 75%. Kedge's ZEM of 100% makes it a 33% bonus compared to those dungeons, so relatively speaking it's amazing experience.

No high level dungeon after Kedge even through to Velious has that high of a ZEM.

Ah, yeah. My drug-addled brain might be getting the actual ZEM mixed up with the percent bonus. 33% sounds familiar.