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[darkedone02]

Since Dwarf Companion has not updated to the latest version, is it possible to change the experience rates to make my dwarf goes legendary by just doing one action? is there another way to modify the exp similar to what Dwarf Companion can do?

[Doomshifter]

The only speed-change you can make to experience rates is adding [SLOW_LEARNER] to make experience gain half as fast. Apart from that, no. There isn't any way I know of.

[NecroRebel]

You can't, AFAIK, make instant-expert people, but you might be able to make quick-expert people. My thought is this: make a "weapon" with the following tags:

[DAMAGE:0:BLUDGEON]
[RANGED:CROSSBOW:DUCK]
[SKILL:theoneyouwanttolevelfast]

You'll have to regen, but when you do, you just draft the desired fast-legend and at least 1 other dwarf, forbid all of your crossbows, set the desired fast-legend to use crossbows, and then let him spar. In theory, since this odd weapon is a crossbow the dwarf will use it, and since there's no valid ammo for it he'll spar. The weapon uses the desired skill for attacks, so that's what is developed during sparring, and since the weapon does no damage, there's no risk of death and the dwarf will only break to eat, drink, and sleep. Should let you get any skill to Legendary within a couple of seasons without any problems, and since they don't actually gain a military skill they don't have any problem with becoming undeactivatable.

[varkarrus]

One problem with that: Unless you make it reaction only, allied dwarf merchant guards will be wielding them.

[deoxy]

The only speed-change you can make to experience rates is adding [SLOW_LEARNER] to make experience gain half as fast. Apart from that, no. There isn't any way I know of.

You know, I just might do this.  Sure, it would make certain skills RIDICULOUSLY painful to gain (thread extraction, engraving, architect), but some of the others are just silly right now (wrestling, mining, clerk, administrator).

Some way to mod how much XP (and maybe even of what type) certain actions give would be pretty nice.

[Lancensis]

The only speed-change you can make to experience rates is adding [SLOW_LEARNER] to make experience gain half as fast. Apart from that, no. There isn't any way I know of.

You know, I just might do this.  Sure, it would make certain skills RIDICULOUSLY painful to gain (thread extraction, engraving, architect), but some of the others are just silly right now (wrestling, mining, clerk, administrator).

Some way to mod how much XP (and maybe even of what type) certain actions give would be pretty nice.

Word is, the DIFFICULTY tag on a creature can increase the experience gained from smacking it about, but I've never noticed appreciable gains. I think it may just be wiki-tomfoolery, but testing might yield some answers

[Deon]

I've never experienced any more XP gains from wresting a DIFFICULTY:2 creature than from a wolf.

Can you confirm this?

Because as far as I know, "DIFFICULTY" only determines how deep is the creature in a cave/abandoned fortress spawned.

[Lancensis]

Word is, the DIFFICULTY tag on a creature can increase the experience gained from smacking it about, but I've never noticed appreciable gains. I think it may just be wiki-tomfoolery, but testing might yield some answers

It probably doesn't work, but I thought I'd mention it just in case.