More XP for Harder Kills - ESPless

The What

Simple ESPless mod that modifies XP gained from kills based on level difference between player and targets. Configurable via INI or MCM (if you install MCM Extender).

There is a setting in Stewie's tweaks, but its formula is a linear function of level difference. So I made this mod instead to have a more flexible modification on XP.

Optional (toggle on by default).

The calculation is done using a sigmoid/logistic function with level difference as variable. How it's defined and the curve with default parameters are shown in picture below. Its 3 parameters b, k, mu (the greek letter) can be configured by INI. Use a math tool to plot the function and find what parameters are best for your playthrough.

x is level difference between player and target. Only target > player case is considered in this mod. b is base XP reward, which is the limit of the function as x goes to infinity. k controls how steep the curve is. And mu controls where the steepest point lies. In the default case, player start to have significant additional XP when targets are higher by around 10 levels, then the reward approaches the limit at around 20 levels difference. In the limit case with player level 1 and target level 50, player gets a total of 100 XP additional reward.

2. Penalty

Optional (toggle off by default).

Penalty calculation is similar to reward, but is multiplicative instead of additive. It uses a reversed sigmoid function as shown in below picture (with default parameters). The multiplier ranges from 1 to a min value m you like. k and mu have same meaning as in reward.

Requirements

MCM Extender if you want easy in-game configuration.

Install requirements and mod itself using a mod manager then you're good to go.

Recommendation

Recommend to use a mod like UnLeveled Lists - ESPLess, to make high level targets more common.

Future Update?

This mod just arise from a simple idea. The feature and implementation are, I believe, lightweight too.

I may add more parameters if there are reasonable suggestions. But maybe I'll just keep everything as simple as possible.

Credits

LowbeeBob for pointing out a simple mistake that I should use "ln" instead of "gr" in script runner. And in general being patient to help debug scripts from my random mods.