[JrKASperov]

I don't think such a found value is a good representative of what the game would give you were you of a lower level. After all, it is still an adaptation of a 2nd ed. game. A XP value of 10000 is definitely not 3rd ed. so I guess BI wrote a code to convert 2nd XP to 3rd, hence explaining the "absurdly" lower value. Whatever the case, you need to keep in mind that you don't need as large XP values to level like in 2nd ed.

That said, I guess I agree with your complaints about the balancing stuff. In a computer game, the XP rule doesn't work that well. In a pnp game, however, a DM should use encounters that aren't too far out of the party's capabilities, avoiding the XP rule altogether. (actually, in pnp there is a table with concrete XP values per encounter level, no xp rule).

What it comes down to is that BI have implemented a pnp rule which perhaps isn't quite as fitting for a game as pnp.