XP bonus/penalty for higher/lower monster levels
I really did Google this. but just kept getting guides that didn't give specifics, apologies if this is written somewhere I didn't find
I am doing a level 80 trial with a 72 level Lich, am I getting:
- The same XP as I would if I were level 80
- More XP as I would if I were level 80
- Less XP as I would if I were level 80
Simple query, and a bit of feedback, having this info in the game would be nice, a simple "Monster level 80, 5% XP reduction" or something.
Comments
As far as I can tell, being within 3 levels of the content you're engaging in leads to a sorta catchup xp topup. Being more than 3 levels under leads to diminishing returns as per my experience with various overleveling and campaign speeding strats. I'll happily await a more technical and aware response with you tho 😊
You never gain more xp, you are only penalized for being too high or too low level compared to the zone. I don't know numbers for poe2 and it isn't listed on the wiki. Looking at poe1 the "safe zone" for normal xp gain widens as you level up meaning you can have a larger difference in either direction without having any xp penalty applied.
If you gained more xp for being lower level then you could power level new players extremely quickly by bringing them into higher level zones and GGG is against that hence the penalty.