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In terms of xp gain, is playing as killer easier?

So I'm aware that survivors are generally considered "stronger" than killers (for winning a match), but what about the amount of xp you gain per match? 

Afaik, you gain xp for doing different things, i.e. contributing towards the emblems. But when I play survivor and have a rather easy game (I play solo btw and mostly in lower-mid ranks), most of the time you do not gain all emblems (e.g. not very much benevolence point because the killer doesn't hook many survivors.) 

Whereas as killer, I seem to have an easier time gaining points in DIFFERENT categories and leveling up faster, even though I do not always sacrifice everyone. 

What are your experiences with the leveling system and how do you actually level up the fastest? 

Comments

  • Orion
    Orion Member Posts: 21,675

    Experience per trial is slightly higher for Killer because the Killer is the only person who must stay until the end every single time, no matter what. However, experience per minute (the measurement that actually matters) should be more or less equal.

  • Dreamnomad
    Dreamnomad Member Posts: 3,931

    @Orion said:
    Experience per trial is slightly higher for Killer because the Killer is the only person who must stay until the end every single time, no matter what. However, experience per minute (the measurement that actually matters) should be more or less equal.

    This is completely false. Killers earn more bloodpoints by every way measurable. It's not even close either. BBQ is the key. It is like a free survivor pudding every match. With BBQ and no offering you should almost always get 50,000 or more bloodpoints per game as killer. If you have a survivor pudding with BBQ it's in the 70-90k range.

    Some people like to spread this myth that survivors gain roughly equal bloodpoints since their lobbies are faster and their games are shorter. It just isn't true. I've done tests and in my games killer got almost double the bloodpoints in a given period of time.

  • Orion
    Orion Member Posts: 21,675

    @Dreamnomad said:

    @Orion said:
    Experience per trial is slightly higher for Killer because the Killer is the only person who must stay until the end every single time, no matter what. However, experience per minute (the measurement that actually matters) should be more or less equal.

    This is completely false. Killers earn more bloodpoints by every way measurable. It's not even close either. BBQ is the key. It is like a free survivor pudding every match. With BBQ and no offering you should almost always get 50,000 or more bloodpoints per game as killer. If you have a survivor pudding with BBQ it's in the 70-90k range.

    Some people like to spread this myth that survivors gain roughly equal bloodpoints since their lobbies are faster and their games are shorter. It just isn't true. I've done tests and in my games killer got almost double the bloodpoints in a given period of time.

    I was making a baseline comparison. The myth is spread by people like you, who throw in massive BP bonuses for one side and compare that instead.

  • Dreamnomad
    Dreamnomad Member Posts: 3,931

    @Orion said:

    I was making a baseline comparison. The myth is spread by people like you, who throw in massive BP bonuses for one side and compare that instead.

    Nope. I used BBQ with killer and WGLF with survivor then used offerings of equal value. On paper the bloodpoint gain should be approximately equal. I didn't sandbag or do anything to taint the results. I played my best with both and the results were very clear.

  • Milo
    Milo Member Posts: 7,383

    Oh we talkin' about BP?
    I thought this was Player Level exp. OKAY THEM I'M GONE!

  • MrZapp
    MrZapp Member Posts: 102

    I thought it was level as well \0/

  • HellDescent
    HellDescent Member Posts: 4,883

    As killer you usually get more xp then any survivor since you are in the game the longest. Emblem bonus is barely noticeable.

  • redsopine1
    redsopine1 Member Posts: 1,437
    Guys read the top it says xp not bp people assumed it was bp and jumped on the unbalanced bp amount but xp is more killer sided as you earn more embelms
  • ModernFable
    ModernFable Member Posts: 836
    Survivor and Killer earn about the same experience.

    However since the Survivor games are shorter, they’re better for the XP per minute.

    There is a first game of the day bonus for Killer and Survivor. So to maximize XP, you’d probably have to play at least one Killer game, and then straight Survivor.
  • Boss
    Boss Member Posts: 13,616
    edited November 2018

    Just stay in the match as long as possible.

  • Khalednazari
    Khalednazari Member Posts: 1,433
    Survivor and Killer earn about the same experience.

    However since the Survivor games are shorter, they’re better for the XP per minute.

    There is a first game of the day bonus for Killer and Survivor. So to maximize XP, you’d probably have to play at least one Killer game, and then straight Survivor.
    This is the correct answer to OP's question. 
  • Dreamnomad
    Dreamnomad Member Posts: 3,931

    @redsopine1 said:
    Guys read the top it says xp not bp people assumed it was bp and jumped on the unbalanced bp amount but xp is more killer sided as you earn more embelms

    Well, characters earn levels with bloodpoints. In that sense, bloodpoints are exp. But if he is referring to player level to earn iridescent shards then yes, it doesn't really matter which you play. It's based almost entirely on how long you are in the game. You'll gain player levels approximately equally fast as killer or survivor.

  • redsopine1
    redsopine1 Member Posts: 1,437
    But theres a bonus to it from getting emblems which a killer gets more of then survivor