Why is it that Runescape has a 200mil xp max limit?

[Everyonedies]

I hear rumors that it has somthing to do with Java but why is it 200mil and not 999mil? Any programers/coders know the reason?

[Triquos]

Coz 200M not only looks cool but it's a lot of exp, 100M just doesn't seem right :P and 1B exp in 1 skill is insanity.

[Gravy]

Probably some technical limitation.

 

 

 

But yeah, 200M is a pretty sweet cap imo. What a nice number. 8)

[Obtaurian]

I think it's a perfect number.

[BloodArgon]

Nothing technical, just Jagex's choice.

 

According to Java docs, the maximum integer value is 2,147,483,648. (2.147B)

[spooferfish]

Nothing technical, just Jagex's choice.

 

According to Java docs, the maximum integer value is 2,147,483,648. (2.147B)

 

 

 

yea, it was a chosen number..200m does look nice..but i wonder if theres more to it than that..

[lcchs]

its a number the probably thought of on a whim, i mean why 99 for a skill and not 100

[Mdeoxys]

Why? you think 200m isn't enough. #-o

[Everyonedies]

Nothing technical, just Jagex's choice.

 

According to Java docs, the maximum integer value is 2,147,483,648. (2.147B)

Ok then all they cut off was 14mil and some loose change becuase Jagex calulates 1/10 xp in their formulas. And yes 200mil is alot but its just such an arbitrary number. Plus i want skills to be able to be trained beyond 99.... There are so many people maxed out already.

[jcfc]

If I remember rightly (not sure if it has anything do with it), if levels went higher you would be level 126 with 200mil xp. So, maybe it's something to do with formulae and future level caps?

[lcchs]

i used to remember a chart of what xp is needed to get to the next lvs after 99.

[Everyonedies]

can anyone find that chart for the xp til next lvl after 99?

[fat_klutz]

I think 200m brings you to level 149 or 150.

 

 

 

And isn't that 2.1billion the money cap?

[Mike_Ike111]

can anyone find that chart for the xp til next lvl after 99?

 

 

 

There is a way to do it if you use SwiftKit. If not...

 

 

 

A skill level of 126 needs 188,884,740 xp.

 

 

 

 

 

This is why I think jagex chose 200m xp. In Runescape before summoning, the number 126 was a BIG number. Jagex made it so that when they do let you go beyond level 99 you will stop at level 126.

[Makoto_the_Phoenix]

It's a combination of software limitations and Jagex's choice. They're not specifically using an Integer for this, they're using some other data type (I can't recall what it is off the top of my head). It probably has to do with the SQL/Oracle limitations, since that's where all of the user data is stored.

 

 

 

Anyway, notwithstanding that limitation, consider that the formula of a level is defined as:

 

 

 

Experience Required = floor [ (SUM(n=1) to (L-1) of floor(n + 300 * 2^(n/7)) / 4 ] [Source]

 

 

 

In effect, you probably wouldn't hold enough interest in any skill to get above 200M experience.

[Beloved]

I think 200m brings you to level 149 or 150.

 

 

 

And isn't that 2.1billion the money cap?

thats the money cap because of the previously mentioned technical limitations of java

 

 

 

can anyone find that chart for the xp til next lvl after 99?

 

There is a way to do it if you use SwiftKit. If not...

 

A skill level of 126 needs 188,884,740 xp.

 

This is why I think jagex chose 200m xp. In Runescape before summoning, the number 126 was a BIG number. Jagex made it so that when they do let you go beyond level 99 you will stop at level 126.

 

although i agree its a really nice number i dont believe thats the reason, as mentioned by everyonedies: experience is calculated at 1/10ths so that makes 2 billion numbers out of the possible 2.147billionm, they just rounded it down to a nice round number being 200m. The fact its also the exp needed for level 126 is coincidental in my opinion

[redeye26]

I hear rumors that it has somthing to do with Java but why is it 200mil and not 999mil? Any programers/coders know the reason?

999 mil is an uguly number, 200 mil is a good number. kinda like 80 attk

[NJE03]

There should be no experience limit in my opinion. Skill limits are enough, but with the exp. limits in place that means the game has an end.

[Roberthree]

Keep in mind certain things give fractions of an XP point so it might just be the Java number cap rounded down a bit.

 

 

 

Also, I like the 200m cap because otherwise the high score leader would be a dude with all 99s and a couple billion thieving/cooking/fletching xp.

[eias]

So that you get out of the room more often? :P

[nyyankees588]

It tells you when you NEED TO STOP PLAYING.

[Yomyth105]

i think its just jagex picking this number. its perfect and it seems a high enough xp for someone to achieve.

 

 

 

i think its a good number because i dont think that anybody will get all 200mil xp in a long long time.

[magmaguard3]

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lol love emotes

 

anyway if u get that much xp u have no life so : GET A LIFE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

pretty much what he said. I think getting a 99 takes a while, getting 200 mill in a skill would be like getting that same 99, 15 times. I guess people have that much time, but I will never have that kinda of free time. :ugeek:

[awesome400]

java cap is like 2^32-1 thats why its 2.147bil max

 

200mil i just an awesome # thats y its the xp cap :thumbsup: (2.147 bil xp is just ridiculous)

[ankie1992]

I think 200m is a good cap. It's clear that the top players can get 200m cook/fletch etc. without too much worry and that cap fores them to move to a different skill keeping things interesting. Well thats how I see it.

 

 

 

On a side note, what happens when someone gets 2.14b total exp?