At 2/26/05 08:54 PM, phileeguy wrote:
Level 7 is 300 exp, which would work out nicely as that is 30 deposits, and 30 deposits is about as much one can do per month.
Technically it's 27-30, considering the bonus XP that can be obtained at sign-up.
Just guessing at this point, but I believe the level 3 cut-off was an inverse of this thought process. Level 9 is 400 XP. Given that there are typically 30 days in a month, that's 30 deposits. Subtracting leaves 100XP behind, meaning that, at the least, they've started the month at base for level 3. In this way, by the end of the month, there's only going to be a handful of people (90+XP who deposit after the run, or 80+XP depositing after the run and all 90+XP people in a 31 day month) who will appear as NEW while they are level 9. Even then, they'll be NEW with a max of ~420XP.
At 2/26/05 10:49 PM, authenticsimpson wrote:
Maybe not 7 but at least 5. 5 Is reasonable. Or at least start at 4 next week.
I still think 9 is the best point at which to start the tracking.
For starters, at present, it cuts it down to ~31k people being listed from ~76k. This may or may not actually resolve any remaining bandwidth usage issues on SKs side, but, more importantly, will severely reduce the impact of his twice weekly NG data request floods. According to gfox' last set of comments on it, the issue is not one of bandwidth, but request hits to the DB. Whether it's gateway or bandwidth, the fact remains that halving the largest list will greatly decrease the time it takes for the runs and any affects it has on NG.
On the BP side, I'll like the SG+, as that's entirely under the control of the user. Someone could go from an unlisted brand new account created the day after the full run to Staff Sergeant (SFC is extremely difficult, but still possible) in a month.
Most people start really caring about their XP when they hit level 9 and notice that it's no longer 50XP/level. An old user on a new account may care sooner, but even if they hit level 9 the day after a full run, they'll still end up on the XP list the next month before they are much more than a third of the way to 10. IMO even a 390+XP level 8 isn't going to be overly concerned about being left off the XP list for four weeks, and the amount of real effect it has is essentially nil.