Calculating crafting level question

[Aleczan]

(XP-250)/50

What is the result of this formula? How far is it (the recipe) above me?

[Derkatron]

What is the result of this formula? How far is it (the recipe) above me?

Yes, its the number of levels above yours.

For example, say you are level 30, and make an Ornate Steel Thingamabob. You had a starting quality of 10 and ended with a quality of 40, and you get 515xp.

First, you'd get rid of the quality bonus. You had 30 points of increased quality, so you need to divide the xp total by 1.03 (as in Tymora's post, [QUALITYGAINED*.001]+1, or as I posted, a tenth of a percent per point of quality), getting 500.

Then you'd apply the second formula since it's over 250, (XP-250)/50, because each level over yours adds 50 xp.

This gives you 5, which means the actual level of Ornate Steel Thingamabobs is 35.