In my opinion the pvp range for tl5 players is ridiculous, considering a 174 can be attacked by a 219 (who has leveled with 5x the amount of skill increases since 201). Taking into account the skill increases, it's really 174 vs 295. This is an incredibly large pvp range and makes for tl5 battles (tower or otherwise) to have the ability to be decided by someone tl7 in a grossly unfair and unbalanced way.
The lowest level that can pvp a level 200 is a level 159; only a 41 level difference. The difference in skill between a 174 and a 219 is equivalent to 121 levels. The scaling is monstrously exponential, and would only make sense if 201+'s leveled with the same skill raises as a pre-201 does.
I propose that the tl7 pvp ranges be much smaller, to reflect the massive increase in skills and perks that post-200's have over everyone lower.
I created a spreadsheet. You can view it here.
Questions/comments/constructive feedback invited <3
"lol stop whining cuz you got pwned at towers on your tl5 by my tl7" isn't constructive.
EDIT: To further clarify, as the spreadsheet is somewhat confusing...
The way FC made the pvp ranges for 201+ is the same way they did it for every other level: the gap between players is the same for 4 levels, then the gap increases by 1 and stays that way for another 4 levels, and so on. IE: The gap between players will be X for, say, levels 150-153. The gap for levels 154-157 will be X+1, and 158-161 will be X+2, and so on.
However, since you can raise your skills 5x more per level after level 200, the gap between players becomes extreme, since a 201 is equivalent to a level 205, and a 210 is equivalent to a level 250, and a 220 equivalent to a level 300.
My proposed change to the PvP ranges is to keep the same formula, but to apply it as if the 210 player really WAS level 250, for the sake of consistency.
The way I came to the ranges I did was change all shadowlevels to what level they were equivalent to, and applied FC's range formula, and rounded down wherever possible. You can see the end result in the spreadsheet.
Again, please refrain from making insulting/worthless comments like Snoop has given us a beautiful example of.
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