Some thoughts about levelling up and Fun Facts:After reaching 86, I noticed theat the average XP per run had started to drop drastically. According to my calculations, I think - practically - the max possible level for me will be 93, but more likely 91 or 92.
The following XP penalties were applied before Expansion:
Quote (A Guide to Classic (1.06b))
In Classic experience depends a lot on your level and the monster's level, in the following way:
• Characters Under Level 25: If there is only a small level difference between the monster and yourself (5 levels or less), you receive 100% of that monster's experience points. If the monster is between 6-10 levels above or below you, you will receive between 100% and 5% experience points, receiving fewer experience points as the difference increases. If the level difference is large (10 levels or more), you will only receive 5% of experience points for that monster.
• Characters Level 25-74: For any monster above your level, you get EXP*(Player Level / Monster Level). For monsters between 6-10 levels below you, you receive between 100% and 5% experience. If the monster is more than 10 levels below your level, you receive 5% of the monster's experience points.
• Characters Above Level 75: For any monster above your level, you get EXP*(Player Level / Monster Level). For monsters between 6-10 levels below you, you receive between 100% and 5% experience. If the monster is more than 10 levels below your level, you receive 5% of the monster's experience points.
After experience is calculated, the following penalties will apply:
When you pass level 75 you get 1/2 the experience.
When you pass level 80 you get 1/3 of the experience.
When you pass level 85 you get 1/4 the experience.
When you pass level 90 you get 1/5 the experience.
Taking into account that all monsters in CS (Fingermages, OKs and Venom Lords) are mlvl80, after reaching 90 I will only receive
1% XP for killing them: 5% according to the level difference, which shall be divided by 5 according to the penalty after 90. This is ~160 XP per monster. By the way: the highest level monsters in classic are the Urdars (82). Diablo is lvl90. Of course uniques and minions still receive +3 lvl, while champions receive +2, so after reaching 90, most of the XP will come from the sealbosses and from that 1-2 random unique/champion pack on my way. Uniques give you 5 times XP, but only the uniques not their minions.
Killing Diablo will not be an option, because it is very time-consuming (it would be easy with a static sorc ;>).
So... we will see, how far I can go.
This post was edited by -joey- on Feb 13 2017 07:31am