So from what I've heard in the old battledawn experience used to be useful for units because it would increase their capabilities after certain levels. Well i have some level 17 tanks and they are still the same as their 0 level experience counterparts. So does this mean that experience is worthless? Why is it still around then, and what is the point of battledawn counting it?

Hey Comradeg,

No. I experience isn't useless. It still boosts the strength of your units, but I believe it is largely dependant on the number troops you have.

For example, I noticed that at the start of an era my units would receive a relatively small amount of exp (let's say for example that 1 unit would receive 5 exp) it would level up. Which increased either it's Health or Damage (always alternating).

But later when I when I had 100+ units, one unit could receive 50+ exp and still not level up. Keep in mind that I'm talking about the same unit type here.

So therefore, I have concluded that the experience/leveling system is very dependant on the number of units you have. Which, to a certain extent, makes sense...

EDIT : apparently they had a game patch sometime ago (not sure when it went into effect). Here it is -


EDIT 2 : Here is the source I pulled that quote from.
http://www.battledawn.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=80&t=11134

EDIT 3 : I think this is my last edit to this post (aren't you glad I used the edit button instead of making a new reply every time?). Anyway, I browsed the forums a little more and I found the actual link.

They announced the update on May 1st (three days ago - from the time of this writing).
http://www.battledawn.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=169&t=11123
Also feel free to ignore all my "observations" and ramblings at the beginning of this post.

Thanks alot, yeah I just noticed that my tanks weren't level 17, but that they had 17 experience each, and yes you are correct about the whole thing with experience being harder to get as you have more units. I got 3170 experience in one battle but since i had 15 squads it came out to being very little when divided amongst all my units. Still, this is useful to know so thanks again for responding.

No problem. Glad I could help.

But yea... The update could have some real effect to the game, but it's seems to me that it's a lot harder to level your units now. >.< Though, when you get those levels it can really help a lot. I look forward to having Damage Units with 2 range, and Ranged with 4.

HAS ANYONE GOTTEN A HEAVY UNIT TO THE FINAL LEVEL!!!!

I've been trying.

I've got two at 580exp... It's a loooong time.

wow most i've got is some inf to 290 xp

Yeah I thought that it was a losing battle too, but then its about mid game in the solo mars world (around tick 2500) and I have some 450 plus experienced range tanks because I've used my army so much that practically all of my 30ish ranged squads have at least one level of experience. My armored experience tanks keep dying off, but these ranged experienced tanks are starting to become really useful since they have a damage bonus

All get experience at the same rate. Infantry spread the experience they get between more than tanks or vehicles. If you look at a unit to soldier to experience ration tanks are the easiest to try and level up. 2 tanks 6 soldier, 3 vehicles 6 soldiers, 6 infantry 6 soldiers. Take this one step further and say you get 140 expereince. The tanks rank up each having 70 xp from that battle. The vehicles each have around 47 xp not ranking up needing 10 more to rank up. And the infantry having 23 needing another 40 experience to rank up. So for a soldier to soldier ratio tanks are better if you are trying to rank units up.

I stilll think inf is best for xp cuz when 2 inf lvl up u gain 2 hp for 60xp And when a tank which takes 70xp to lvl only gains 1 hp