Hmm. No the hell levels were in the 40s. IIRC they were 44, 46 and 48. I am going to check the wayback machine and see if I can find a reference. I do remember Verant stating that they weren't intentional but occurred because of the their algorithm for exp cost for level gain.

EDIT: Hmm didn't find anything solid on web.archive.org. However, using that website to look at everlore.com (my old favorite eq info site) was a fun trip down memory lane.
https://web.archive.org/web/20001109093 ... re.com:80/

I'm fairly certain that hell levels started at 35.

As far as I remember they definitely started in the 30s, though I can't remember which specific levels, pre-50, were Hell Levels. And then every level in the 50s was a Hell Level, with something like 54 and 59 being worse than the others (well, 59 definitely was, I just feel like there was another as well).

Pretty sure 30 was a Hell level.

Hell levels were 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 54, 59

I'm pretty sure 49 was also a "hell level".

I thought every level in the 50s was a sort of "hell level", but some were more "hell-levelly" than others, with 54 being pretty bad and 59 being the absolute worst. But it's been a while...

Yeah, that sounds about right. I remember how long it took people to hit 60 after Kunark first came out. I made a new character, a Monk. And after getting my wizard to 54, I leveled the monk (Iksar) up to 47 before people hit 60, and I wasn't playing every waking moment. I had school during the day, followed by a few hours of work.

This

Seconded.

But all the levels past 50 needed relatively more exp, didn't they? It's just that 54 and 59 were the worst.

To my knowledge, each level between 50 and 60 was a hell level. 54 and 59 were double hell levels.

Yeah, I remember it as being something like that, though 59 was even more of a hell level than any other level prior to it - I'm pretty sure I remember hearing somewhere that to get from 59-60 you needed the same amount/more exp than you needed to get from 1-59. But that made it so much better when you actually, finally hit 60 and could feel like you'd really achieved something. Unfortunately by the time I managed this I think the level cap had only recently been increased to 65, but still...

NEED a TESTER? I'd enjoy being part of a EXP group. Or solo. I can run a CLR with heals landing 5-10%. Or MAG spam pet. Let me know.

@Harakiri I'm very much interested in getting in on this round! I tried to pm you but cannot for some reason. Hit me up please!

Are people still auditor testing? I've followed this project for years and completely forgot my account information (I made it back in 2008 or 09, who knows what ridiculous nonsense I made my user/password) so I just made a new account. I hope this is still being somewhat actively developed, p99 is fun but I got into it too late and now I'm the only non-twink in any KC group... still a ton of fun but I'm ready to start over.

Heya, welcome to the forum . Things are still progressing, albeit slowly. There is a Discord server you can join which is fairly quiet but has a decent population. Come and say hi .