To clarify if using percentages to increase them compounding mostly occurs otherwise it needs a set nonvariable increasing amount. Eg if starting at lvl 1 and going to level 2 required 100xp than 84 to 85 would require only 8400xp
No, 10% more than the last usually means 100 for level 1, 110 for level 2, 120 for level 3, 130 for level 4. This is not exponential growth and is represented by a line on a graph, not a curve.
Now if they said 10% more compounded, that would be 100 for level 1, 110 for level 2, 121 for level 3 and so on, and would indeed be an exponential gain.
However, that's not what they said, so I stand by my correction of their using of the term exponential when it was not actually exponential.
No, 10% more than the last usually means 100 for level 1, 110 for level 2, 120 for level 3, 130 for level 4. This is not exponential growth and is represented by a line on a graph, not a curve.
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No. No, you fail. At math and at English.
10% more than the last does not mean that at all.
10% more than the last means that 10% is referencing the previous level.
So. Let's say going from level 1 to level 2 takes 100 XP.
Now, going from level 2 to level 3 takes 10% more XP than the last level. The last level took 100 XP, so this one takes 10% more, or 110 XP.
Go from level 3 to 4 takes 10% more than THE LAST LEVEL. Which was going from 2 to 3. Which was 110. So going from level 3 to 4 takes 121 XP.
No, 10% more than the last usually means 100 for level 1, 110 for level 2, 120 for level 3, 130 for level 4. This is not exponential growth and is represented by a line on a graph, not a curve.
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No. No, you fail. At math and at English.
10% more than the last does not mean that at all.
10% more than the last means that 10% is referencing the previous level.
So. Let's say going from level 1 to level 2 takes 100 XP.
Now, going from level 2 to level 3 takes 10% more XP than the last level. The last level took 100 XP, so this one takes 10% more, or 110 XP.
Go from level 3 to 4 takes 10% more than THE LAST LEVEL. Which was going from 2 to 3. Which was 110. So going from level 3 to 4 takes 121 XP.
10% more than the last is a phrase for how much of an increase there is, not a reset of what 100% is. It means each level increases by the same amount of needed xp, and could be done with addition instead of multiplication. That is why the term compounded exists.
If it seems differently to you, then I'm sorry, but that's not what the common usage is, nor the technical one.
EDIT: you're right. He did show math that was exponential. I was simply going off of what he described with his words, and 10% more than the last is not exponential unless it says compounded too.
To be really mathematically feasible, the compounding must also be given as a rate. Like interest in a bank could be compounded monthly, quarterly, or annually depending on the type of account you have.
Luckily we can simplify the terminology on this topic since the rate is every level. But, speaking about terminology here, without the term compounded or some word like resetting, one should assume that the 100% remains static.
Just adding "than the last" to "10% more" doesn't change it's meaning. It's just telling us what it's 10% more than, not what represents 100%.
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So CG might see it and maybe take it into consideration to be added to the game. Just a thought.
lol gl!
No, 10% more than the last usually means 100 for level 1, 110 for level 2, 120 for level 3, 130 for level 4. This is not exponential growth and is represented by a line on a graph, not a curve.
Now if they said 10% more compounded, that would be 100 for level 1, 110 for level 2, 121 for level 3 and so on, and would indeed be an exponential gain.
However, that's not what they said, so I stand by my correction of their using of the term exponential when it was not actually exponential.
No. No, you fail. At math and at English.
10% more than the last does not mean that at all.
10% more than the last means that 10% is referencing the previous level.
So. Let's say going from level 1 to level 2 takes 100 XP.
Now, going from level 2 to level 3 takes 10% more XP than the last level. The last level took 100 XP, so this one takes 10% more, or 110 XP.
Go from level 3 to 4 takes 10% more than THE LAST LEVEL. Which was going from 2 to 3. Which was 110. So going from level 3 to 4 takes 121 XP.
Andy even gave a table clarifying what they were talking about: https://forums.galaxy-of-heroes.starwars.ea.com/discussion/comment/1580050/#Comment_1580050
It's exponential growth.
10% more than the last is a phrase for how much of an increase there is, not a reset of what 100% is. It means each level increases by the same amount of needed xp, and could be done with addition instead of multiplication. That is why the term compounded exists.
If it seems differently to you, then I'm sorry, but that's not what the common usage is, nor the technical one.
EDIT: you're right. He did show math that was exponential. I was simply going off of what he described with his words, and 10% more than the last is not exponential unless it says compounded too.
Luckily we can simplify the terminology on this topic since the rate is every level. But, speaking about terminology here, without the term compounded or some word like resetting, one should assume that the 100% remains static.
Just adding "than the last" to "10% more" doesn't change it's meaning. It's just telling us what it's 10% more than, not what represents 100%.