Ok, so I decided to take a look at my personal experience (ha) as a strictly player on a nWoD Game. On Eldritch, I have had an approved vampire PC since August 11. At this moment he has 42 XP, or 210 beats.
10 xp (50 beats) came at character creation. Since then, here is the breakdown of his gains:
- ST Rewards - 3.6 (18 beats)
- PRP Participation - .6 XP (3 beats)
- Aspirations 2.2 XP (11 beats)
- Conditions .8 XP (4 beats)
- Breaking points .2 XP (1 beat)
- Miscelaneous Rewards - .2 XP (1 beat)
*Auto XP Gain - 24.4 XP (122 beats)
So from this you can see that, for me at least, who has run I believe 7 scenes and played in 2, I have made the vast majority of my XP from simple time. Yes I realize my Conditon XP is low, and I do have 5 unresolved conditons at present, but even then that is just another 1 XP.
Now, what the fuck can we learn from this?