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Originally Posted by Duik
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Also heard it was based on the total xp of the various charcters. A lvl 20 troll/shd has something like 168% more total xp than a lvl 20 human warrior. Trl/shd gets that much more xp than the hum/war. Or something like that.
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That's the mechanics of it more or less. The phrasing of the penalties and the way they work in practice is slightly mismatched.
At the end of the day a group with troll/sk only needs to be about 10% more efficient than the group with the human/war to make up for the penalty, which isn't far fetched given the on demand aggro, snares, regen and stats bonuses. Also keep in mind all casters, shamans, monks, and fatty warriors come with a (smaller) penalty as well, so the delta isn't as high.
Where the penalties really hurt is the non-tank hybrids, like ranger and bard. If the ranger is tanking the same math applies but if they are just taking a dps slot over a rogue and auto-attacking? Then you're taking a 7% hit. A poorly played bard can equally tax you. If they provide some critical function—rooting, mezzing, mana-regen—it can be worth it.
Tldr; if you need a replacement tank for your classic group, a hybrid tank is great. But try to avoid the group with 2 rangers and a bard.