On Fri, Jan 03, 2003 at 06:54:26PM -0500, khsweb@idaho.tds.net wrote: > Just looking for something simple, increments as you go would be great. > If you want an example, the thing i had in mind was this: [...] Feeding the data you give into gnuplot, it's almost linear. No point in having a *very slight* curve if you're looking for a simple equation, so I'd suggest: floor(5.875*(n-2)+3)*1000 ...which gives you a scale like this: 2 3000 3 8000 4 14000 5 20000 6 26000 7 32000 8 38000 9 44000 10 50000 ...and isn't too far from your suggested dataset. Or, as suggested in another post, a parabolic sequence might work for you as well: ceil(0.49*n*n+1)*1000 ...which gives you a scale like this: 2 3000 3 6000 4 9000 5 14000 6 19000 7 26000 8 33000 9 41000 10 50000 ...where only level 4 experience differs from your original dataset, and then only by one unit. Of course, keep in mind that a shallow curve like this will result in the climb from level 29 to level 30 requiring a mere 28000 experience. This works if you implement some system were by higher levels make it tougher to gain experience. Otherwise, I would suggest a steeper curve, which could be accomplished in a number of ways (just borrow an 8th grader's algebra textbook some time). -- { IRL(Jeremy_Stanley); PGP(9E8DFF2E4F5995F8FEADDC5829ABF7441FB84657); SMTP(fungi@yuggoth.org); IRC(fungi@irc.yuggoth.org#ccl); ICQ(114362511); AIM(dreadazathoth); YAHOO(crawlingchaoslabs); FINGER(fungi@yuggoth.org); MUD(Nergel@srmud.net:2325); WWW(http://fungi.yuggoth.org/); } -- +---------------------------------------------------------------+ | FAQ: http://qsilver.queensu.ca/~fletchra/Circle/list-faq.html | | Archives: http://post.queensu.ca/listserv/wwwarch/circle.html | | Newbie List: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/circle-newbies/ | +---------------------------------------------------------------+
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