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Gaining EXP and Levels; Updated: 11/6
Topic Started: Nov 6 2009, 08:23 PM (157 Views)
♥Cupix [Shad]♥ Nov 6 2009, 08:23 PM Post #1
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 Gaining EXP and Levels

Here on Alternia we have devised a simple and standardized system for gaining experience points and levels. While in the Pokémon games some Pokémon require more experience to level than others, this is not the case with our system. Rather, the experience necessary to gain one level is equal to your Pokémon's current level. For instance, if you have a Pokémon on level 4, in order for that Pokémon to grow to level 5 it must earn 4 experience points.

Before we get into any major detail, here are a few things that you should know about the experience system:

  • Experience is commonly abbreviated to EXP or :exp .
  • If you’re roleplaying AS a Pokémon (instead of a trainer) then you will receive twice the normal amount of experience for any given battle.
  • The basic formula for calculating experience for a battle victory is       10(x/y)       where x is equal to your opponent’s Pokémon’s level and y is equal to your Pokémon’s level.
  • The basic formula for calculating experience for a battle loss is similar:       5(x/y).
  • If a Pokémon gains a level after a battle, any experience not used to reach that level then goes towards the next level.
Now we'll put it into practice.


One-on-One Battles
A One-on-One battle is any battle fought with only one Pokémon on each side at a time. To calculate experience in these battles, the basic formula is used. Below is an example in which a level 5 Pidgey defeats a level 3 Rattata (for the purpose of these examples, we'll assume that neither Pokémon had any experience to begin with):
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Pidgey has won the battle!
10(3/5) = 6       Pidgey gained 6 :exp . Pidgey grew from level 5 to level 6! Pidgey has 1 :exp left over and needs 5 more :exp to reach level 7.

Rattata has lost the battle!
5(5/3) = 8.4       Rattata gained 8.4 :exp . Rattata grew from level 3 to level 5! Rattata has 1.4 :exp left over and needs 3.6 more :exp to reach level 6.
As you can see, Pidgey gained 6 experience for its victory. This caused the Pidgey to gain a level; at level 5, it only needed 5 experience to gain one level. Furthermore, the extra experience goes toward its next level, bringing it closer to level 7. You may also notice that despite losing, Rattata still gained some experience.

Let's look at what would have happened had Rattata won.
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Rattata has won the battle!
10(5/3) = 16.7       Rattata gained 16.7 :exp . Rattata grew from level 3 to level 6! Rattata has 4.7 :exp left over and needs 1.3 more :exp to reach level 7.

Pidgey has lost the battle!
5(3/4) = 3      Pidgey gained 3 :exp . Pidgey has 3 :exp left over and needs 2 more :exp to reach level 6.
From this example you can see how much the amount of experience rewarded differs depending on the levels of the Pokémon battling. This time Pidgey didn't grow in level as it only gained 3 experience and needed 5 to level up.


Many-on-One Battles
Many-on-One battles work a little bit differently to One-on-One battles in that there is more than one Pokémon on one side, while there is still only one Pokémon on the other side. This means that the experience needs to be adjusted to factor in one side being outnumbered. To do this, the experience granted to the team of Pokémon is divided by the number of Pokémon on that team, and the experience granted to the lone Pokémon is calculated using the sum of the entire team's levels in place of x. The example below helps to explain it better, with a battle between a level 6 Cleffa against a team of level 5 Pidgey and level 4 Pichu:
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Pidgey and Pichu have won the battle!
10(6/5)/2 = 6       Pidgey gained 6 :exp .
10(6/4)/2 = 7.5       Pichu gained 7.5 :exp .

Cleffa has lost the battle!
5((5+4)/6) = 7.5       Cleffa gained 7.5 :exp .
And again, with the tide of battle turning this time:
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Cleffa has won the battle!
10((5+4)/6) = 15       Cleffa gained 15 :exp .

Pidgey and Pichu have lost the battle!
5(6/5)/2 = 3       Pidgey gained 3 :exp .
5(6/4)/2 = 3.8       Pichu gained 3.8 :exp .
As you can see, the formulas are still quite simple to get your head around, and the differences between winning and losing battles work exactly the same way, simply substituting 10 for 5 at the start of each equation.


Many-on-Many Battles
If you understood Many-on-One battles, then this should be a cakewalk for you. Many-on-Many battles use exactly the same principles as Many-on-One, except that both additional rules are applied to each team. For this next example the battle will be between the Pidgey(5) & Pichu(4) team used in the last battle, and a Rattata(3), Houndour(4) & Wurmple(2) team. Let's see how it pans out:
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Pidgey and Pichu have won the battle!
10((3+4+2)/5)/2 = 9       Pidgey gained 9 :exp .
10((3+4+2)/4)/2 = 11.3       Pichu gained 11.3 :exp .

Rattata, Houndour and Wurmple have lost the battle!
5((5+4)/3)/3 = 5       Rattata gained 5 :exp .
5((5+4)/4)/3 = 3.8       Houndour gained 3.8 :exp .
5((5+4)/2)/3 = 7.5       Wurmple gained 7.5 :exp .
And we'll turn it around again, just in case you're struggling:
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Rattata, Houndour and Wurmple have won the battle!
10((5+4)/3)/3 = 10       Rattata gained 10 :exp .
10((5+4)/4)/3 = 7.5       Houndour gained 7.5 :exp .
10((5+4)/2)/3 = 15       Wurmple gained 15 :exp .

Pidgey and Pichu have lost the battle!
5((3+4+2)/5)/2 = 4.5       Pidgey gained 4.5 :exp .
5((3+4+2)/4)/2 = 5.6       Pichu gained 5.6 :exp .
Using this system, the experience gets shared amongst all the Pokémon involved in the battle. The more Pokémon on a side, the less experience the Pokémon on that side receive when the battle's over.


Pokémon Higher than Level 10
Once a Pokémon reaches level 10, everything changes just a little bit, but for the most part, the formulas stay the same. The only thing that you need to worry about is that when a Pokémon higher than level 10 battles, the basic formula for experience gained becomes       Lv(x/y)       instead of       10(x/y),       where Lv is equal to the Pokémon's level. Let's have a look at an example of this in a battle between a level 16 Doduo and a level 14 Chimchar:
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Doduo has won the battle!
16(14/16) = 14       Doduo gained 14 :exp .

Chimchar has lost the battle!
7(16/14) = 8       Chimchar gained 8 :exp .
In this example, the multipliers were 16 and 8 (half of 16) respectively, as the winning Doduo's level was 16. Let's take a look at the experience if Chimchar had won:
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Chimchar has won the battle!
14(16/14) = 16       Chimchar gained 16 :exp .

Doduo has won the battle!
8(14/16) = 7       Doduo gained 7 :exp .
As you can see, beyond level 10, the experience gained when losing a battle is still exactly half of that gained when winning a battle, which makes everything very easy to remember.


Special Cases
What you've learned so far is the basis of the experience system, but there are also a few special cases that need to be pointed out:

  • Sometimes a Ref will divide a large battle up into several smaller battles that are being fought separately. The experience works exactly the same, except that each smaller battle is considered to be totally independent from the others to avoid large and confusing calculations at the end of the entire battle.
  • If a Pokémon leaves a battle for any reason (running away, being called back by the trainer, or being captured) then experience is ONLY awarded to the opponent if the Pokémon that left had less than 25% (one quarter) of it's total HP remaining, and even then the winner will only receive HALF of the normal amount of experience. If the Pokémon leaves the battle with more than 25% of it's total HP remaining, the opponent will not receive any experience.
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