Levels, grouping, and the 1.5 xp rule

[talian21]

Hi, I found a group in Kurn's with my 11 necro, and according to /lfg tool, I can group with levels 6-16 (default that shows up, 1.5 rule). However, when I actually did add a level 16 to the group, I stopped getting xp. (took awhile for me to notice it, so I had a *long* text box of kills with no xp to show it for sure) Just wanted to report what looked like a bug, thanks.



-Silisk, ikky necro

[Humerox]

11 x 1.5 = 16.5, if lowest to highest is rounded up, it would allow 17....
16 X .667 = 10.672, if highest to lowest is rounded down it would only allow 10

11 to 16 is on that - meh iffy - cusp.

[Pringles]

If the mobs go green to anyone in the party, the entire party gets no exp. A few mobs wouldnt yield exp in kurns at 16

[Extunarian]

11 x 1.5 = 16.5, if lowest to highest is rounded up, it would allow 17....
16 X .667 = 10.672, if highest to lowest is rounded down it would only allow 10

11 to 16 is on that - meh iffy - cusp.

It is 1.5 times level or +5, whichever is greater, so 16 would be fine by both rules.


Were you actually not seeing 'you gain party experience' or did you just feel that you were no longer seeing your bar move?

With a 16 in your party everything probably turned light blue (so 1/2 xp automatically), plus the level 16 guy and anyone else over your level would be taking a significantly larger chunk of the XP gained.

[talian21]

no, I scrolled back the length of my chat buffer, we had over a dozen fights since the 16 joined, no xp message, the xp bar not moving is just what made me scroll back in main window. The only non-bug explanation that I can think of is that he dinged and no one noticed, and he didn't say anything (kind of unlikely). Not criticizing, just tryin to do my part to improve a nice server. :)



Silisk, ikky necro

[fullmetalcoxman]

Like pringles said, it probably wasn't the level difference. If the mobs were green to him then no xp for any of you.