The class XP penalties and the "punish the group" method of implementation became fairly widely known not too long after Kunark release, due to testing published online at 3rd party sites. I remember quite clearly the rapid decline in availability of pickup groups for my paladin and ranger characters at the time. People were quite irrational about it, gimping their groups to kill half as fast ("cleric oom, med break") rather than include a paladin or sk tank.
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