Originally Posted by
JAL_1138
The XP tables were different than they are now, too. They differed by class, and also weren't consistent patterned increases. There were bumps where certain levels took a long time to get out of even compared to later levels, and others you could breeze through. My memory's really fuzzy, but something like by the time the party Fighter went from 9th to 10th, a thief or mage starting at 1st could be caught up (if they survived)--their similarly-delaying levels happened later.