Level 90

[dennisalex]

How much experience do i need to get to level 90

[Grumpy]

1,934,009,687

[dennisalex]

Two billion?Is it possible?

[Awesome!]

Originally posted by dennisalex:

Is it possible?

i hit 90 yesterday. some people did it on day 2.

[davidb11]

The highest I ever got was level 87, but it's indeed possible. Keep in mind, there's a few people who've gotten to level 100 in a 3 month league. :)

[S1ade]

currently there 4 people in the current league at 100. and a bunch at 99. its possible. just very grindy.

[Bad_Spellar]

You level up much faster if you understand that the game has an experience penalty system. To maximize your XP, you have to kill monsters within 8 levels of your hero.

For example, if you are level 85, the monsters must be level 77+ (i.e. Tier 10 map) to gain 100% XP from each monster that you kill. As the monster level decreases below level 77, you will gain less and less XP from each one. If you are level 89, then monsters would have to be level 81+, which is Tier 14 maps.

In any case, you are guaranteed to hit an XP penalty at some point. If you go above level 92, maps 8 levels below your hero will no longer exist. In other cases, the high tier maps will either be too expensive or dangerous to play all the time.

Google 'Path of exile experience calculator' for more info.

[davidb11]

The thing is, monster levels in maps don't suffer from the same massive EXP penalties as before maps.
They never have.

I know they don't suffer the same currency penalties, all level 68+ enemies count as level 68 for the purpose of the currency drop penalties, so I'd imagine the EXP calculation isn't as strict as well.

If it was, the odds of anyone getting to level 100 is literally smaller than the odds of a mirror of Kaladria dropping, and Zod runes from Baal are less rare. :P

And I should point out that if the XP penalty from leveling was massive even in maps, Untainted Paradise wouldn't be giving people even a full level at 85. :) Which it can.

[dennisalex]

It sounds logical that if we kill monsters of lower and even more lower level we will get less and lesser exp from that monster(if they are 10 or 8 levels lower than us). In some other games if a monster is much lower at level than you,it just dont attack,Unless we attack it,and we take just 1 point of exp.

[davidb11]

I'm just going based on my admittedly limited experience with the game.
There is a major EXP penalty, but you don't need 10,000 Tier 15 maps to gain the last level from 99 to 100. :P

[Bad_Spellar]

According to the wiki, Untainted Paradise is level 75, but perhaps that has changed in a recent patch. If Untainted Paradise is level 75, then the penalty isn't very large at level 84/85, because you're still within around 10 levels of the monsters.

I've bought spots in that map many times during this Bestiary League, and the XP drops off noticeably as you approach 90. At level 90, my hero gained like 10% of a level (I was leveling some gems). A very small amount. When I was around level 80, I gained around 1-2 full levels. At level 65, you'll gain like 5 full hero levels.

Untainted Paradise is a great map for pushing into the mid-80s, and then it's not really worth it.

[davidb11]

Ah. OKay. I see. Sorry for the confusion. I just thought the monster level penalty was more like the currency penalty, in that it's lessened.

It would kind of make sense based on the fact that the next level requirements at level 90 become extremely large.
Since I've never run the map myself, I'm basing it on the times I've seen it be streamed or by information my friends who play this game have told me, that I probably misunderstood.

I'm still newish at this game, having only had one character hit 87. :P

[Bad_Spellar]

Originally posted by davidb11:

Ah. OKay. I see. Sorry for the confusion. I just thought the monster level penalty was more like the currency penalty, in that it's lessened.

It would kind of make sense based on the fact that the next level requirements at level 90 become extremely large.
Since I've never run the map myself, I'm basing it on the times I've seen it be streamed or by information my friends who play this game have told me, that I probably misunderstood.

I'm still newish at this game, having only had one character hit 87. :P

You're right that it is a great map. However, the XP bonus is 300-400%, so eventually the penalty will start to override it.

[dennisalex]

I believe(i maybe make a mistake) that as long as you going further into the game,going to the right direction to finish it,the monsters will always get stronger.They try to stop you from getting to your goal.So dont worry about penalties.If you go forward to the story you are going forward at level.If you go backwards or to the wrong direction you will meet weaker monsters and must make suspicious if you are going the right way

[dennisalex]

I want to make another quick question for a different topic so here it is.How do we save?When?

[Qiox]

Originally posted by dennisalex:

I want to make another quick question for a different topic so here it is.How do we save?When?

You don't manually. The game is continuously saved automatically. Even if you ALT-F4 to quickly exit the game will have your character saved up to date.