Questions about how experience is gained

[DGDobrev]

Hmmm, a mighty, mighty fail. I read a post were a guy said he finished the fight against the spider at turn 90 and got 77k XP for it on normal, so I assumed that summoned creatures count.

Well, they don't. Just fought the spider, summoned stacks went over 10k units (!!!), but the Black Knights' stood tall and managed to kill them. This is the first time I saw the Attack value go over 1000 (frenzy for the win!), but that was all there was to the fight. The end result was 11k XP with Ancient Knowledge scroll on. There is no way in hell this battle can provide 77k XP in one go.

EDIT: Oh, well... This can only be utilized for posterity. Damage inflicted in this battle went up to 3.5 mil. Now that was carnage.

[KrazyDocK]

One last comment to the original poster:
While the comparison of your own army to the enemy army does not affect XP gained for your hero, it DOES affect XP gained for your pet dragon.

KD

[Petwin]

Am I to understand that extending a fight to allow for more killing of summoned creatures does NOT give Amelie more xp, but WILL give the pet dragon more xp?

[KrazyDocK]

Originally Posted by Petwin

Am I to understand that extending a fight to allow for more killing of summoned creatures does NOT give Amelie more xp, but WILL give the pet dragon more xp?

Well, not really. Usually extending a fight means leaving the enemy with a single small stack. Therefore the ratio of the enemy's current leadership over Amelie's current leadership will be very close to zero. And that's how much extra XP the dragon will get with each skill used at that point... almost zero.

KD

[MaroonMaurader]

If you're using something like a single-troll stack, stronger towers and heroes that summon might give you a noticeable gain in dragon xp if you leave them around for a while.

As far as hero experience from summons, I just finished some simple testing by loading up old saves.

I fought Samman twice; once he used demon portal to summon 11 executioners, the other time to summon 11 executioners, 13 demons, and 24 demonesses. Both fights gave 22,204 experience.
I fought K'Tahu twice (cheating in advance to bump my leadership up to 120k to speed things up and make results easier to control); once he summoned 16 tirex and 207 hayterants. The second time he summoned 17 tirex, 674 gorguls, 74 brontors, and 241 gorguanas. Both fights gave 41,401 experience.
I fought the Pendant of Hypnosis twice. Once the gremlin towers summoned no units. The second time the gremlin towers summoned 9 beholders and 19 inquisitors. Both fights gave 520 experience.
I fought the Druidic staff twice. Once no units were summoned. The second time the druids summoned 100 bears, although the friendly griffin towers still summoned nothing. Both fights gave 2,176 experience.

[loreangelicus]

This is very sad... so ancient knowledge scrolls are still the only way to hit level 60+.

[DGDobrev]

Yes. It appears that summoned units do not provide any XP at all.