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Learning Curve - Character XP Overhaul

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It changes the same tables, so those mods are not compatible. But this already gives you more skillpoints than vanilla, for lords at least. A maximum of 60 instead of 40.

Given it's been 4 years since the last comment this is probably a waste of time... But in the hope it's not: is this incompatible with mods that add skillpoints per level in the since that it won't work, or just that it would be OP?

Personally I think an even better solution to the base game's XP problems would be to overhaul it so that experience gain through combat is based on the amount of enemy balance of power you wipe out instead of simply being based on the generalized outcome of the battle itself (I.E: a decisive victory, a pyrrhic victory, a valiant defeat etc). Ultimately that's the whole reason you can farm rebellions, sack the same settlement over and over and other stupid cheeses as actual XP-farming strategies. Imagine playing an RPG where you could efficiently get to max level by farming level 1 trash all game. That's kind of how WH2 works, and it makes no sense whatsoever. Any sort of common sense would say that you should get a lot of XP for defeating big and strong enemy armies but next to nothing for cleaning up trash

If something like that could be added on top of an XP-curve that slows down like in your mod then I think that'd be a big improvement for the game

Great mod, thanks! Perfect for my Kholek grind, I always lose interest in the game when I hit level 40 too fast.

Same :D

Sure, I'll look into the doability of it, then we'll talk.
Though feel free to look into it yourself, as I'll be busy playing the new dlc to death first

No worries, I just thought your question deserved a full answer. Thanks for reading and looking into it.
If you think it's doable, I'd be willing to invest some time and effort into making it a reality (if you want help).

I'll have a look at your ideas, but don't expect anything soon.
Tweaking the experience curve is certainly possible, as is nerfing the recruit ranks. You're right that they are too easy to get, I've recruited units at full triple gold chevrons.

Simply putting a hard cap on it is probably not possible though. As for giving abilities based on chevrons, that might be possible given the fact that red line Lord skills give extra stat boosts based on chevrons. I might look into that.

Wouldn't it be interesting if, for example, some units gained Unbreakable when they reach tier 9?
Or other traits, such as Strider, Encourage, etc. Formations for cavalry that's ranked up, Hawkeye for missile units, contact effects for artillery, the possibilities are endless.
I think what the veteran system needs is a more interesting way to differentiate between an elite unit that's been through many battles and fought a great variety of opponents, and freshly recruited troops right out of the gate.

3) Currently, chevrons only modify a couple of base stats, and outside of reload reduction and accuracy, those generally don't make a large difference (especially for melee units, especially on higher difficulties where the AI gets a multiplier on their combat stats and you get maluses on leadership).
The way various mods tried to compensate for this was through boosting of said gains/stats.
While these changes somewhat succeed in making veterans more valuable, it doesn't change the issue that all ranked units are the same across races and factions.