Question on the amount of FEP you need

[Reimad]

So yeah. The bar that says how many FEP you need to go up a level, what determines how much you need?

I heard it was your highest stat, but my str is 40 yet the amount I need to go up a lvl is 28

So.. What determines it?

[Potjeh]

Modded 40 Str, or base? It uses base stats for determining the length of the FEP bar. And by base I mean before applying the barbarism bonus (and equipment bonii, of course).

There's also the matter of FEP reduction. Every new food type you eat will shorten your bar until the next stat gain event.

[Reimad]

Nope, base.

Hm.. I usually only eat 3 different food types. When doing perception, for example I eat peapods, carrots and lamb sausages.

But can eating 3 different kinds of food really reduce the amount needed from 40 to 26-30?

[Potjeh]

Have you drank any beer or wine? They reduce the bar too.

[Reimad]

Some wine, yes.

But that would still mean that for every different kind of food you eat you need 4 points less. Is it really that much?

[Potjeh]

It's not linear, ie you can't reduce it to 0. I think it's square root of the current bar length.

So, let's say you start with 40. Sqrt is ~6.3, so after you eat the pea pod it's 33.7. Now the sqrt is ~5.8, so carrot puts you at 27.9. Sqrt ~5.3, lamb sausage gets you 22.3. Sqrt 4.7, wine puts you at 17.6.

Hmm, that sound like too much. Maybe it's 10% of the current bar length?

[sabinati]

it's some complicated formula but yes it's quite easy to get your fep bar to 50% or so at lower levels

edit: loftar explains it all viewtopic.php?f=2&t=9383