Character Advancement Bonus Restored

[ShadowCharlatan]

The Character Advancement Bonus

The Character Advancement Bonus has been restored to level 6.

This means that all PCs will now receive XP ticks every 10 minutes they spend actively online (not when deemed AFK, or inside quest areas), until they are level 6.

DM Faction Advancement

This has already been in place, but just want to make a note of it.

Faction PCs may be able to advance beyond level 6, to a (fluctuating) level of XP that depends on the number of active PCs in their faction, vs. the number of PCs in all factions.

In a later post a list will be released indicating which groups this Faction Advancement does and does not apply to. You can trust that major factions (eg. Spellguard), core minor factions (eg. Society), and some associations (eg. Watchers) will receive this. Others will not receive it, and members of temporary DM factions (eg. plot factions, peripheral minor factions, etc.) will not either.

The XP wage has been extended and increased for PCs who are in DM  factions according to the following formula. In addition to the standard  advancement bonus, PCs will receive:

XP Limit = 15000 + 30000 * Disparity Coefficient
XP per 10 minutes = 40 * Disparity Coefficient
Num := Count of PCs in your DM faction
Denom := Count of PCs in any DM faction
Disparity Coefficient = (1 - Num / Denom)^(log (1 + Denom) / log (2))

Thus a PC in a relatively less populated faction stands to obtain up to  40 xp per 10 minutes until level 10 whereas PCs in already  well-populated factions will hardly benefit at all. Players are  encouraged to plan their PCs accordingly to benefit from this new  change.

Thanks to Talir for his help.