Massive experience bug *not economy breaking, but still big deal for players*

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  1. Mayfield2015

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    Brief Description:
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    When enchanting an item/book and you use let's say you have 40 lvls of exp and do a lvl 30 enchantment you will go down to lvl 10. Now this is expected to happen, but lvl 40 equals 1895 experience and a lvl 30 enchatment costs 825 experience. 1895-825 = 1070 experience which is 33.31 lvls, not 10 lvls. So when you enchante with a lvl above 30 you actually loose exp to the server by enchanting. One could solve this by separating their experience in trade signs, but this is long an tedious.
    Instructions:
    1. get more than 30 lvls of experience.
    2. enchant in an enchanting table.
    3. Watch as you loose experience to the server.
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    you loose experience orbs from your inventory that should not be lost.
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    You should go to the according level based on experience that the enchantment should have taken, not based on levels uses
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    I have screenshots, but no need to post because this is easy to replicate.
     
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    This is not a bug or a glitch, this is a core minecraft features
     
  3. Mayfield2015

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    You can side step it though if you put experience in signs and take it out in inter voles of 30 as you enchant. When you don't do this however you loose experience. Two different results from one extra step. I consider this a bug.
     
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    This is not a bug. It's how Minecraft works.

    When you get EXP, you gain levels. To enchant an item, you use the levels not the EXP. The enchantment table takes away 30 levels, not 825 EXP.

    To avoid this simply place the extra EXP in a trade sign.
     
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    Most players don't know this though, so they will generally loose xp instead of putting it in a sign as they should, and how about builders who can't make signs?
     
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    One of the perks of getting Resident is that you can make trade signs to avoid this problem.. Builders should use their xp as soon as they hit level 30, or they should sell it to shops in the market. And get Resident ASAP!
     
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    Most people do know about this, especially if they have been playing Minecraft for a few months or so.
     
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    I've been playing fro two years and I didn't...
     
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    Most people learn it the hard way, they only make the mistake once.
     
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    I made the mistake 5 times!
     
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    Well, be sure to learn from your mistakes.
     
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    If in doubt, you should check the official Minecraft wiki.