SarahTheM1 Posted January 30, 2020 Posted January 30, 2020 Evidently there's a lot of anecdotal reports floating around about how DFB XP was SECRETLY NERFED!!! in the most recent patch. My guess is that the patch messed up the interaction between XP boosters and DFB's built-in bonus XP effect, as has happened in the past, but regardless it's something to look into.
DR_Mechano Posted January 30, 2020 Posted January 30, 2020 Easy way to tell would be to run a fresh character through it. Having run it enough DFB was enough, with boosters, to take your character from 1 to 8 in a single run. If it doesn't reach that then yush, there might be a bug.
PhoenixForce Posted January 30, 2020 Posted January 30, 2020 After 4 runs, you were lvl 16... now you're 13... 1
DR_Mechano Posted January 31, 2020 Posted January 31, 2020 I can confirm that Pre-patch a fresh level 1 would get to level 8 without a booster. Now they get to level 7. So something has definitely happened with the DFB XP gain.
Brutal Justice Posted February 1, 2020 Posted February 1, 2020 Also confirmed. I don’t run boosters so it’s not booster related. A fresh lvl 1 would always lvl on the first group. Takes almost 2 groups now. A fresh lvl one would also hit lvl 6 before the hydra. Now you finish the DFB at lvl 5 Guardian survivor
DR_Mechano Posted February 1, 2020 Posted February 1, 2020 Ah handy to know that it isn't just the booster that's off it's definitely the DFB itself.
VileTerror Posted February 1, 2020 Posted February 1, 2020 Did anyone happen to record a playthrough of Death From Below where we could see the amount of Experience rewarded from each individual enemy defeated? If not; how willing are the Homecoming Devs to put a rolled-back version on the Test Server to see if we can research it further?
Grouchybeast Posted February 2, 2020 Posted February 2, 2020 (edited) 12 hours ago, VileTerror said: Did anyone happen to record a playthrough of Death From Below where we could see the amount of Experience rewarded from each individual enemy defeated? If not; how willing are the Homecoming Devs to put a rolled-back version on the Test Server to see if we can research it further? XP is also recorded in chatlogs, which should be an easier way to do it than writing it down from recordings. I haven't run DFB since the changes, but I'll find an old run through and have a look. I don't suppose you know of a tool for getting info out of chat files? I know someone who wrote one back on live for parsing drops, but I don't know if he still has it or how easy it would be to tweak. ETA: He still has the tool and it already tallies XP, but I don't have an old log for a DFB with a brand-new character and no XP boost running to test with it. Edited February 2, 2020 by Grouchybeast Reunion player, ex-Defiant. AE SFMA: Zombie Ninja Pirates! (#18051) Regeneratio delenda est!
AboveTheChemist Posted February 2, 2020 Posted February 2, 2020 (edited) I ran a few DFBs in early Jan (twice with a team of six, twice with a team of eight), but in both I was using XP boosts. I am happy to parse those logs for the exp gains if that would be of help. Edited February 2, 2020 by AboveTheChemist Popmenus > Badge List | Optimal Paths | Conversion Possibilities | Emotes Wiki Pages > Costume Color Schemes | Set Bonus Comparison Tables Maps > Vidiotmaps | Optimal Paths | Halloween GM Maps | Winter Gift Maps | Offline Map Viewer Sounds > Banshee Sonic Attack Datasets > Recipe Salvage Components | Badge Name & Settitle ID | Exploration Badge & History Plaque Coordinates
dtj714 Posted April 21, 2020 Posted April 21, 2020 Last night two runs with 2x booster yielded lvl 9 - something definitely up.
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