Maybe it's not so damaging after all:
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That article is basically junk. There are too many errors in it for
me to believe any of the parts that are supposed to be news. The
xp requirement formula is correct, but I would not trust anything
beyond that.
First of all, the conclusion that a Troll SK does not slow down a
group is bunk. A Troll SK has something like a 70% experience
penalty. So, sharing xp with a Troll SK of your level is like
sharing xp with 1.7 High Elf Clerics. It will slow down the whole
group.
Also, the ShowEQ people have figured out xp penalties on death.
Apparently you lose a percentage of the total experience required
for the previous level. That is why you lose so much when you die
in a level after a hell level. Also, the experience loss is the
same for everyone, so Warriors will seem to lose more than hybrids
because they are losing a larger fraction.
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Morgan
(crossposting all posts to rec.games.computer.everquest)
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https://groups.google.com/d/msg/alt....0/GzxZm0ioRA8J
He's right, there are some obvious errors in that Lum post.
Anyways I'm now off topic for this thread. Need to find the original posts on the ShowEQ boards. Would rather see those than read hearsay all day long.