Experience

Overview
"You have X,XXX,XXX points. You'll need X,XXX,XXX more points to reach level XX. Build ships and send out your fleet to plunder enemy resources."

- In-game Description

Information

 * There are two different kinds of experience in the game.
 * Experience points gained by you which increases your overall level and experience points gained by your ships which increases their rank.
 * Your Level is determined by your the total number of experience points (XP) you have gained while playing Battle Pirates.
 * Your current experience points are shown when you hover over the orange bar at the lop left corner. Next to it in the skull, your current level is shown.
 * It is worth noting that after level 60 there is NO advantage to gaining levels in the game.
 * Increasing your level past level 49 opens you up to attacks from higher level players as anyone L50 or higher WILL attack you. Bases in the 50's are often consider ally point & resource farms by strong players (those say of level 65+)
 * also is increased the levels of salvages you need to hit for alliance points and reputation points.

There are different methods of increasing your experience:

Actions That Increase Your Level XP
~ *On completion of the action

131-140:
Italicized: Calculated points.

31-40:
The amount of experience to level up increases by 50% for each level. Going from level 19 to 20 or 29 to 30 needs an additional 50% of all experience gained until that level.

Additional Facts
-There are approximately 200 levels in the game.

-You can perform a level-up glitch, simply by refitting and canceling a ship in the shipyard. Do this simultaneously and watch your experience bar increase.