How is experience shared?

[kongle]

Hi, wonder about two things.

I have 6 people with me, and two people back at olegs trading post.
When i gain experience, is there a fixed total that is shared. So a 8 man crew will level up more slowly than 6 man crew, or solo?

Also I never managed to open the chest where i sleep in olegs trade house. Since I wont have lock picking i cant even try to open it. And I cant pick anyone else, only my main carachter. Is this fixable? (I will not train trickery skill, unless there is something extremely important there.)

[kongle]

Bumping this one, in case someone knows? :)

[Highdark]

If you have active shared exp on in the options everyone recieves the exact same amount of exp regardless of party size. If you have it off active party members divide it evenly meaning if you have less then 6 you get more.
Shared Exp on
Ex: Everyone(including non active) gets 10 exp for the kill or skill check.
Shared Exp off
Ex. Everyone in active party shares the 60 exp for the kill or skill check. Solo gets full 60. While a full active party would get 10(60/6).

Always use shared exp if your going to use a full party its basically free exp for those not actively in your party. If you are trying to solo or use less then 6 then turn exp sharing off for a benefit. On my second playthrough im only using 2 people so I have it turned off. I hope this helps

[atholk]

Shared XP ON = Every character whether in the party or not, gets a 1/6 share of the party xp.

Shared XP OFF = Only the characters in the party get an xp share.


The shared XP is also granted to companions you haven't met yet.

Essentially unless you're running with a party of five or less characters, and not caring if the other companions are underleveled, there's no reason to turn shared xp off.

The kingdom management aspect of the game does give you some catch up the levels of under leveled companions, but only seems to get them within one level of you, and not sure if it works for all of them.

I forget exactly what is in Oleg's chest, but it's nothing mission critical.

You will over the course of the game miss some good loot if you don't have two characters with trickery for opening chests. If you fail a trickery check, you have to wait until you level the character to try again, and you really don't have time to backtrack across the map to open chests.

[UR|Dialetheia]

Important note: if you're going to roll with a full party(shared XP or not), said party would not see 20 level by the end of the game. Plan for 17-18 at best.

[kongle]

Thanks for answering :)

[ontopoly]

Also I think regardless of your settings, only the person disabling traps gets exp from them.

[atholk]

Originally posted by Favorties:

Also I think regardless of your settings, only the person disabling traps gets exp from them.

There's a toggle for that in the options right under the shared xp on/off.

[climbingeastofwinter]

Originally posted by UR|Dialetheia:

Important note: if you're going to roll with a full party(shared XP or not), said party would not see 20 level by the end of the game. Plan for 17-18 at best.

I've heard that too - it sounds like part of the game may be knowing when to run with a smaller party (or solo) and when to turn exp sharing back on.