Experience

Experience

Experience is primarily accrued by defeating enemies and completing missions.

Experience Requirements Table

This table indicates the experience requirements for each level in both City of Heroes and City of Villains.

Level	Incremental	Cumulative	Level	Incremental	Cumulative
1	n/a	0	26	85,200	446,119
2	106	106	27	108,000	554,119
3	337	443	28	135,000	689,119
4	582	1,025	29	166,650	855,769
5	800	1,825	30	203,400	1,059,169
6	1,237	3,062	31	254,000	1,313,169
7	1,575	4,637	32	314,600	1,627,769
8	1,950	6,587	33	386,400	2,014,169
9	2,680	9,267	34	470,600	2,484,769
10	3,125	12,392	35	571,200	3,055,969
11	3,600	15,992	36	701,500	3,757,469
12	4,995	20,987	37	854,700	4,612,169
13	6,405	27,392	38	1,036,600	5,648,769
14	7,400	34,792	39	1,250,200	6,898,969
15	9,093	43,885	40	1,502,550	8,401,519
16	11,184	55,069	41	1,692,900	10,094,419
17	13,000	68,069	42	1,907,550	12,001,969
18	15,950	84,019	43	2,150,550	14,152,519
19	19,200	103,219	44	2,421,900	16,574,419
20	23,400	126,619	45	2,729,700	19,304,119
21	28,000	154,619	46	3,078,000	22,382,119
22	36,000	190,619	47	3,470,850	25,852,969
23	45,000	235,619	48	3,912,300	29,765,269
24	56,000	291,619	49	4,410,450	34,175,719
25	69,300	360,919	50	4,973,400	39,149,119

Source: http://faqs.ign.com/articles/539/539615p1.html

Experience Rewards Table

These are the base experience reward values for each rank and level of critter, as well as missions. Some of the more difficult critters have a bonus modifier that increases the amount of XP rewarded.

Level	Minions	Lieutenant	Boss
1	10	33	100**
2	10	33	100**
3	10	33	100**
4	10	33	110**
5	11	36	110
6	12	40	120**
7	14	46	140**
8	15	50	150
9	16	53	160**
10	17	56	170**
11	20	66	200
12	25	83	250**
13	30	100	300**
14	37	123	370
15	43	143	430
16	44	146	440
17	46	153	460
18	47	156	470
19	48*	160	480*
20	50	166	500
21	51	170	510
22	52	173	520
23	60	200	600
24	69	230	690
25	96	320	960
26	110	356	1100
27	127	423	1270
28	146	486	1460
29	169	563	1690
30	210	700	2100
31	240	800	2400
32	274	913	2740
33	312	1040	3120
34	353	1176	3530
35	429	1430	4290
36	484	1613	4840
37	546	1820	5460
38	658	2193	6580
39	792	2376	7128
40	892	2527	7582
41	943	2514	7544
42	1063	2657	7972
43	1198	2795	8386
44	1351	2927	8782**
45	1524*	3048*	9144**
46	1719	3438	10314**
47	1938	3876	11628
48	2185*	4370*	13111*
49	2464*	4929*	14784*
50	2866*	5732*	17196**

Source: COH Forums Post[1]

Experience Distribution and Team Bonuses

Overview

The experience that a character gets while on a team is affected by the team's size, by his level relative to the enemies, and by his level relative to his teammates. Larger teams get a higher XP multiplier, but the rewards also get split more ways. Lower-level characters get more XP from each critter (since the critters are comparably tougher), but the game also gives greater-than-average shares of XP to the higher-level characters in the team (since they are presumed to be doing most of the work).

Mission completion experience is affected only by the character's level relative to the mission's. The full amount is awarded to each team member individually, with no split or weighting.

Detailed Breakdown

First, determine if any team members are too low to get or affect XP. The game completely ignores all members whose combat levels are too far below the highest member's level. Ignored members not only get no experience whatsoever, but experience is generated and distributed among the rest as if the ignored characters weren't even there.

The exact maximum level spread is subject to debate. According to one source, it is always 5 levels. According to another, the maximum spread might be anywhere from 5 to 9 levels, depending on the team's highest member, with the strictest range for very low- and very high-level teams and the loosest one for teams where the highest member is around level 25.

Second, determine the team's average combat level and total weight. These figures will come in handy later, and they only need to be calculated once.

2.a. Calculate the team's average combat level, dropping fractions.

2.b. Look up the weights of all team members by comparing their combat levels to the team's average in the following table. Add all members' weights together to get the team's total weight.

Char Lvl Relative    to Team Avg.	Weight		Char Lvl Relative    to Team Avg.	Weight
-5 and below	0		+3	1.15
-4	0.45		+4	1.25
-3	0.68		+5	1.5
-2	0.85		+6	3
-1	0.95		+7	6
0	1		+8	9
+1	1.05		+9	12
+2	1.1		+10	18

Third, for each character in the team:

3.a. Look up the standard XP reward that that character would get if he were soloing at his actual level and he defeated an equal-level version of the enemy in question.

3.b. Adjust the reward based on the enemy's actual level relative to the character's current combat level:

Critter's Relative Level	XP Multiplier
-5 or lower	0
-4	0.2
-3	0.4
-2	0.6
-1	0.8
0	1
+1	1.2
+2	1.4
+3	1.65
+4	1.9
+5 or higher	2

3.c. Increase the reward based on team size:

Team Size	XP Multiplier
1	1
2	1.25
3	1.5
4	1.8
5	2
6	2.1
7	2.2
8	2.5

3.d. Multiply the reward by the ratio of that one character's weight to the team's total weight. (Use the table back in step 2.b. again.)

Note: According to the PlayNC Knowledge Database, "a player who is more than two fighting levels less than the team average will not receive XP." It is not known for sure if this is currently accurate or exactly how it is implemented.

Sources:

• "Re: Who gets the XP?" by FatherXmas (No longer available)

• "Re: XP division on teams" by iakona (No longer available)

• "Red Tomax's City of Data (2nd edition) : XP Division on teams"

• "Experience Distribution in Groups"