Chain page help (explanations?)

Thorgrim · Post by **Thorgrim** » Fri Mar 28, 2003 2:33 am

OK guys. A few days ago (weeks?) Trekman asked what XP Req. to Push meant, and nobody could give him an answer.

I want to know what hte numbers mean. What does xp req. to push mean? and what is the cap? what do these mean? And why is it, (for example) I am at 180% right now (cause I hunted all day Wednesday) of course, but the numbers at the end of the list aren't that impressive compared to some guys with only a 110% pass mark. etc. (or lower pass)

No biggie if nobody can clarify it, but I hope soeone knows what they mean. I really like the new board set up, but I'd like to have a clear explanation of what the terms mean related to game time, and actual play time.

Thanks in Advance,

Thorgrim

DL · Post by DL » Fri Mar 28, 2003 2:51 am

I'd like to know what each column means.

The old one made sense to me...this one doesn't.

My xp cap makes NO sense to me.

Where is my actual passup?

I've hunted for hours and hours....and in 1 day made over 150m but my xp cap only moved by less than 1 m.....did I only pass up 1m to my patron from the 150m I made?

Also...If cap is 6m...I'm totally confused about where this cap is coming from and what it means?

I too wanna know what push means.

I guess Ranger is the guy to ask since he is creating this....right?

Dave_Mustaine · Post by **Dave_Mustaine** » Fri Mar 28, 2003 3:03 am

Yes he would be the guy to ask. Although it's distinctly possible that even they dont know

seeing as they had to do this real quicklike.

I believe Oof's origional answer was something along the lines of, 'if you see "success" next to your name, you're doing fine'

Oof · Post by **Oof** » Fri Mar 28, 2003 3:48 am

Yes, that was pretty close to my original answer, and that is the shortest version I can give, "If you see Success by your name, you're doing fine."

I will try to explain the columns as best I understand them. Ranger is the best person to ask, and I'm sure he will provide an explanation when he has a chance to take a breath or two. Right now, he is still working on some things for the database, (I'm assuming balancing some RL things in there somewhere), and of course, needing some AC time to kill things.

Here we go.

Name: If you have to ask, don't.

Level: See explanation for Name:

Status: Either Success or Failed. Success=Made Quota, Failed=Didn't make quota.

%Passed: The percentage of XP passed up to your patron, based on the amount of XP passed to you from your chain vassal.

#Days: The number of days in the reporting period being displayed by the database.

Start Date: Your character's oldest update time that is being used in the quota calculations.

End Date: Your character's newest update time that is being used in teh quota calculations.

XP Cap: The amount of XP you are required to push to your patron in order to make quota. This is not the total XP you will pass up. It is based on the assumption that you keep your leadership and willpower buffed at all times, and that you pass up the maximum automatic XP passthrough of 93.75%. The required quota is still 100% XP passup from your chain vassal, with a hard upper cap of 6 million XP per week. That is, if the XP you receive from the chain is less than roughly 100 million per week, you will fall into the "pass up 100% of the quota you got" catagory (you have to pass through the automatic 93.75%, plus another 6.25% of XP earned by hunting). When the XP you get each week from the chain approaches roughly 100 million per week, your weekly XP earned from hunting caps at 6 million per week (that's roughly 24 million XP hunted for each week) The number there changes each day as the database updates. Each day is about 875K XP in order to add up to 6 million per week.

XP deficient: Zero is good. This column shows how much you are behind on quota. If you see 0, you are making quota. If you see a number in there, that is how much you are behind on quota.

XP Req. to Push: I *think* this column is the raw number of (total) XP you need to show as having passed up to your chain patron in order to pass quota. This number includes both the assumed automatic pass through of 93.75% AND the amount of XP your need to earn by hunting. I *think* this is not a weekly XP number, I believe it is the total amount of XP ever you will have passed to you patron. Keep in mind this number resets at just over 4 billion. To be honest, I am making a semi-educated guess here, based on looking at the chain page. I can't get ingame right now, or I could check my XP Req. to Push column against Oof's numbers.

I believe what I have stated above is mostly accurate. When Ranger gets a chance, I hope he will correct any inacurate statements I have made above.

I still go by my first advice mostly, "If you see Success by your name, you're doing fine." My second advise is "Look for a 0 in your XP deficient column" Zero is good, now go hunt.