What causes experience discrepency between members of the same party in Dungeon Defenders?

Question

I have started a new hero in the Ranked mode of Dungeon Defenders, along with my brother. Both heroes have started at 0 XP, and have only been played at the same time. Yet up until level 20, I was 5k XP behind, and since then, my character has been steadily going ahead, to the point that I am now 20K XP ahead.

Since we've only compared experience every few level ups, we can't tell which match these differences occured in.

According to this question and the wiki, experience should be shared evenly among all party members, so I don't know what has caused this.

If it helps, his character is a squire, and mine is an apprentice.

Asked by Macha

Answer

There are various Awards that you can earn at the end of a map which can cause this discrepancy. Some of them are flat bonuses, like Knight and Lord, but others, like Invincible (for not taking any damage after the first wave) and Gunslinger (only using weapons and abilities after the first wave) are multipliers (1.2x for those 2 in particular, last time I knew).

For instance, as I was leveling my DPS Huntress, I was able to keep up in experience levels (and sometimes, even outlevel) my other 3 companions because I consistently received the Gunslinger award, giving me 1.2x to my score.

If your Apprentice is using only towers, whereas he is using a mix of towers and character DPS, you may be getting the Master Strategist (used only defenses to harm all enemies after the first wave), which is another 1.2x multiplier.

Answered by FAE

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