Question about exp and drops during battle!

[Kinki]

I love the ranked battle system, gaining rank as you string the fight together, it's been fun, but i have a few questions.

1) It seems exp is only gained after a streak ends, so while carrying on a long streak increases drop rates, it also means a potential loss of exp. Is that correct?

2) Are drop rates of plants/fauna increased when in battle under a high rank?

Thanks.

EDIT: Also, I noticed that when you build up a rank and experience in battle and then leave an area be it by accident or on purpose the rank is lost as well as ALL the experience you built up during the fight... That seems like a pretty significant bug.

[lachsen]

@Kinki
Your EXP and Credits gain won't be influenced through combat ranks. The only thing that changes is that you get better drop rates.

Also: you always get your EXP immediately during combat once you defeat an enemy. You can see the EXP bar increase below your HP and also see the EXP numbers displayed next to it.

When you die during a combat rank you only use the progress you made on the most recent map for both items and EXP.

When you leave an area, your combat rank is always canceled (because they are suppose to be limited within areas), but you will not lose any Item, Credits or EXP you gained during the rank battle. There is possibly a bug where you won't get any level up screen but you in fact still leveled up, just didn't get the notification.

About plant drop rates: We actually implemented a Modifier you can have in certain items that will give you a higher plant drop rate during rank battles, but I'm not sure if that modifier is currently available anywhere.

[Kinki]

Great, thank you for the reply. Yes, the experience I was having was that during a battle rank i would gain exp per kill and watch the exp bar fill, but only until full.

For example, if I need 50 exp, i would fight and watch the purple exp bar fill. Upon ending the fight, I would get a Level Up notification (the notification doesn't occur during the fight). Looking up at the purpole bar would reveal that i even gained some exp after leveling up as it would be partially full (not empty).

I repeated the same process again, but this time died during battle instead of letting it end. I lost all exp, did not lvl up and respawned with the exp bar in its original position. The same thing would happen when exiting an area.

Thanks again. Really solid battle system, a lot of fun to play.