Failure to level bug

[kyle]

I had twoi runs in a row recently where the character was not leveling after picking up souls. On the first one I ran around for a while and eventually suddenly I got 4 levels in a row.
Om the second one I died before leveling (getting a screenshot). On the screenshot you can seen the XP bar says "Level 0" and "7/3" (On the first run I leveled normally).
Retrying immediately after this last play I leveled normally (I pressed retry right after the run).

[kyle]

There's a mistake in the previous message (from reediting it). After "7/3" I was supposed to say "(on the first run I had over 10 before leveling.)", and obviously not that I leveled normally.

[99percentnerdy]

This could be due to constellations. A few questions:

1. What constellations were you using?
2. What platform are you playing on?
3. Was it limited to a specific stage?
4. Any other details you can provide?

[kyle]

>1. What constellations were you using?
I don't think I had unlocked the first one yet. I have only unlocked Aquarius since then.

> 2. What platform are you playing on?
Win 11 Pro build 22631
AMD Ryzen 2950X (16 core/32 thread)
128GB
RTX 3080Ti (Game Ready 560.94 installed)

Playing using a controller (With Y Inverted).


> 3. Was it limited to a specific stage?
The very first one (Chateau). I have not yet unlocked any others.
Sosuke

> 4. Any other details you can provide?
I think this was the first time I had opened the game. I had at least a couple runs before this happened. I had spent some points. On the first run where this happened, I don't know if I had clicked retry to start the run.
On the first run I believe I got four levels at once, I'm not sure what triggered this to happen. I know that the screen had "Level 0" and at least "11/3". I don't know how high the number got.
After I got the levels I don't know if I got another level before dying. I started another run using "Retry" and once the number passed "4/3" I went to get another screenshot. I did a terrible job remember which button to screenshot with in Steam, but I got something shortly before being killed. "Level: 0" and "7/3" with blue bar filled. On this run, I did not get any levels before dying. I died immediately after the screenshot (An enemy was right on top of me as I got this screenshot).
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3359828181

After dying I clicked retry, and this time it was fine. I leveled immediately. Playing now I do not see the problem.

I can't tell you what caused the 4 levels to trigger the first time. It wasn't obvious. I will say that during the run where I leveled 4 at once I was also kiting (running away_ a ton. Because I couldn't get to level 1 I was pretty ineffectual. Maybe that kept me from picking up something which would have ended this sooner.

Either way, it was not a persistent problem.

[99percentnerdy]

Hmm. I know the devs are very active on Steam, so they will surely see this and have more to ask. They're very responsive and involved with both Steam discussions and the Discord.