Editing Talk:Learning (section)

== Investigation into HotA v1.7.2 Learning buff ==
This definitely needs more investigation/discussion. I have a (fairly complicated) spreadsheet that I am happy to share to help vet my logic/aid in the discussion. --[[User:Legate|Legate]] ([[User talk:Legate|talk]]) 16:51, 21 February 2025 (UTC)
My takeaways so far:
# While a 75% boost to earned experience sound nice, it is largely rendered inconsequential by the fact that the xp needed to gain a level increases by ~20% per level.
# For a non-Kinkeria hero: It doesn't really matter when you get learning. You will eventually be ~3 levels ahead of a non learning hero regardless.
#* Heroes that start with Basic Learning may get to +3 levels over a generic hero a few levels later, but will end with roughly the same level advantage.
# The main change from the old version to the new is that the new version provides an immediate as opposed to delayed power spike. With the old version, heroes get to the +3 level advantage around level 12-13, while now, they can reach that threshold as early as level 5.
# The tradeoff is basically trading a secondary skill slot for 1) +3 cumulative primary stats, 2) improving the hero's specialty by 3 levels, 3) allowing earlier entry to the Library of Enlightenment.
#* For any hero that would not normally max out their secondary skills over the course of the game (e.g. less than hero level 19), Learning should (almost) always be taken having (almost) no drawbacks.
# Kinkeria will be ~3 levels ahead around level 7, ~5 levels ahead around level 14, then will get an additional +1 level ahead around every 18 levels or so.
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