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Originally Posted by yaeger
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That wasn't left out at all. Even with a 10% bonus to exp, a typical group would still need to kill 6 mobs for every soloer mob. Take away the bonus and maybe the number is 7 mobs. Etc. Etc.
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Missed this post bro.
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Originally Posted by Reiker
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Then your math is bad. You're saying that a full group would have to kill 30+ mobs every 6 minutes to compete with a soloer. If a group was killing 30 mobs / 6 minutes, and a soloer killing 5 / 6 minutes, the full group would be receiving approximately 10% more exp than the soloer and that's not factoring things such as better zone ZEM, less downtime, etc.
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I'll clarify because now I realize your country's education system has failed you. I'll use fake numbers because they'll be easier to grasp. I'll keep them relatively low also in case you can't count that high.
Mage killing 5 mobs (10000 exp each) every 6 minutes (more on this later) = 50000 exp.
Group killing 30 mobs every 6 minutes = 55000 exp
In your scenario, the group earns 10% more exp than the soloer. Because most likely you left out the 10% exp bonus. Not sure how to keep this simpler!
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Originally Posted by Troy
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Welcome to the let's pull numbers out of nowhere game. 2-3 a minute is 12-15 every 6 minutes, at best 3x that of the soloer.
Maybe if you have no hybrids and a ZEM of 2 or greater that's possible, otherwise not a chance.
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The problem here is you guys are taking that 5 mobs / 6 minutes too seriously. Mage soloing kind of goes in peaks and valleys, and unless everyone here only plays EQ for 6 minutes at a time is meaningless. The best question here is how many mobs can a mage kill over an hour straight? Better yet, 10 hours? Sure you may be able to summon a pet, buff, start a timer, and kill 5 mobs before 6 minutes. But eventually you'll have to re-summon or heal your pet. You'll have to rebuff your pet. You'll have to run a bit to find mobs. You'll have to wait on respawns. Groups are being undersold and a mage's ability to solo is being glorified in an attempt to prove a point. I'm trying to be the voice of reason.
But that's the problem, reason on P99 is about as welcome as a stripper in a nunnery.