Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-25730832-20150228151030/@comment-25637142-20150303185917

I did some number crunching on two data set

First one is DustFan's sample from above which has Katori: 5400, 3690, 3690, 4059, 3690, 3321. The standard gain for non-flagship is 3690 exp

The second one is my first sample which has 6750, 3660, 4026, 3660, 4575, 3660 exp gain in ship order. The standard gain for non-flagship is 3660 exp

Examining the set furthers, I see that the lowest and highest leveled ships in DustFan's fleet gets 4059 (+10% extra exp) and 3321 (-10% exp) respectively. So there are level brackets at work here.

Now looking at my sample, I find no penalty but instead, two bonuses to Taigei (20) and Maruyu (10), respectively. So exp sharing is out, next is the scaling using Katori's level brackets. Therefore, I concluded that every ship with lower level than Katori's will get exp bonus and higher level ships get exp penalty

Now it becomes clear and it makes a lot of senses that the devs would have this implemented. All the reasons you need to level Katori and use Expedition 32! Furthermore, in the chat, Zel-melon also pointed out that Maruyu being 9 level lower than Katori (19) gets 25% exp bonus. I assume there would be a hell lot more bonus and penalty tiers accordingly.

Also, I have observed this pattern (great successes)

Katori level 19, standard exp gain: 3660 exp Katori level 24, standard exp gain: 3670 exp Katori level 30-35, standard exp gain: 3680 exp (hypothesis) Katori level 37, standard exp gain: 3690 exp

So I'd say the standard exp gain is divided in 5 level steps. The exact formula will need further data to verify.

What's next? Investigate the level brackets and figure out the bonus multipliers respectively. Investigate how the standard exp gain is calculated.