HELP Please!

[Webbiekinz]

I passed the strength class today with one pet, and my other pet was on level 9 with 15 more classes left.

After passing the class my second pet still has 6 more classes left at level 9... I thought it would take it to completion too (or close to it)... why did it only take 9 classes off?

[likmfurry]

Hi there,

The reduction gets applied based on the level your pet is currently on.

When the very first pet graduates Level 10 of any class, the amount of classes reduced is equal to the current level:

Level 1: 5 - (1) class = 4
Level 2: 10 - (2) classes = 8
Level 3: 15 - (3) classes = 12
Level 4: 20 - (4) classes = 16
Level 5: 25 - (5) classes = 20
Level 6: 30 - (6) classes = 24
Level 7: 35 - (7) classes = 28
Level 8: 40 - ( 8 ) classes = 32
Level 9: 45 - (9) classes = 36
Level 10: 50 - (10) classes = 40

So you see, your pet was in level 9 and the number of classes reduced was 9 (15 classes - 9 = 6).
When your second pet goes into level 10, he will only have 40 classes instead of 50.

The 2nd pet that graduates reduces the classes even further, based on how many classes were left:

Level 1: 4 - (1) class = 3
Level 2: 8 - (2) classes = 6
Level 3: 12 - (3) classes = 9
Level 4: 16 - (4) classes = 12
Level 5: 20 - (5) classes = 15
Level 6: 24 - (6) classes = 18
Level 7: 28 - (7) classes = 21
Level 8: 32 - ( 8 ) classes = 24
Level 9: 36 - (9) classes = 27
Level 10: 40 - (10) classes = 30

Once your 3rd pet graduates, this number is reduced further (again, it's based on what level it is and how many classes it was already reduced to):

Level 1: 3 - (1) class = 2
Level 2: 6 - (2) classes = 4
Level 3: 9 - (3) classes = 6
Level 4: 12 - (4) classes = 8
Level 5: 15 - (5) classes = 10
Level 6: 18 - (6) classes = 12
Level 7: 21 - (7) classes = 14
Level 8: 24 - ( 8 ) classes = 16
Level 9: 27 - (9) classes = 18
Level 10: 30 - (10) classes = 20

And finally, when your 4th pet graduates that class, the maximum reduction is applied (the number of classes per level will simply be whatever level it is):

Level 1: 2 - (1) class = 1
Level 2: 4 - (2) classes = 2
Level 3: 6 - (3) classes = 3
Level 4: 8 - (4) classes = 4
Level 5: 10 - (5) classes = 5
Level 6: 12 - (6) classes = 6
Level 7: 14 - (7) classes = 7
Level 8: 16 - ( 8 ) classes = 8
Level 9: 18 - (9) classes = 9
Level 10: 20 - (10) classes = 10

Not bad considering Level 10 used to be 50 classes... almost 2 months, down to just over a week.

Hope this helps!

[JuniperBerry]

The deduction per level for each of the 1st 4 pets that graduates a course is the same as the number of the level. The number of courses for each level starts out as a multiple of 5, then goes down as each pet graduates (which is why it only applies for the 1st 4, when the 5th pet goes through you're down to the bare minimum, ie 1 for level 1, 2 for level 2, etc.)

If your pet had been at, for example, 3 classes left then it would have brought your pet down to 1 class left in level 9. Then when you did that 1 class to pass the level, the remaining classes from that 9 class deduction in level 9 would have been credited to level 10. There's a lovely and confusing science to getting the credit to work in a pet's favor. I made charts at one point (no, really).

Congrats on your pet finishing the class!

eta: Or what lkmfurry so beautifully illustrated.

[Webbiekinz]

Thanks! I was hoping it would take off the percentage from ALL the previous levels I had passed too. It would then be cheaper to put one pet through at a time - take a lot longer, but cheaper because then all the second pets classes would be reduced by 20% not just the last two levels.