# Progress Log - explorer_survey_balance_1

Last visited: 2026-10-01T00:53:00Z

## Status
- [x] Initialized DISPATCH.md and BRIEFING.md
- [x] Inspect ORIGINAL_REQUEST.md and relevant documents
- [x] Survey codebase for existing EXP, leveling, penalties, and monster stats
- [x] Derive mathematical formulations for Piecewise Exponential EXP curve
- [x] Derive Level Gap Penalty mathematical formulation
- [x] Design Monte Carlo simulation tool architecture and empirically verify with prototype script
- [x] Survey tests/, hygiene check, and security audit tools; propose test tier decomposition (Tiers 1-4)
- [x] Write comprehensive findings to report.md (197 lines)
- [x] Write 5-component handoff report to handoff.md (133 lines)
- [x] Send completion message to parent orchestrator