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Originally Posted by SCB
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Check that calc above. Grouped with an equal-level ranger and troll shadow knight (for worst penalties) cost me (high elf enchanter) 2.5% more xp than grouping with an equal-level pair of human rogues when I filled out the rest of the group with cleric/warrior/rogue.
Hybrids make a negligible difference on the group xp in real terms.
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It's less about a hybrid costing more xp, and more about the group comp. Why would I want a shadowknight or paladin who does almost no dps, when my monk or warrior is mitigating damage just as well, and holding agro adequately, while ALSO putting out good dps.
Again, one of those classes is fine as a tank, but it's hard to justify adding a second one. DPS stacks, so all the classes that actually do dps stack with each other just fine to some extent (not dots)
You think I would want to duo with a paladin or shadow knight on my shaman when I could duo with a monk? It's worse in every single way -except- I can slow slightly sooner.
You may have been getting only 2.5% less xp per kill with the sk and ranger, but you would be killing
dramatically faster with two rogues, or a ranger and rogue, or two rangers instead. I hate to sound like a namby pamby min/max weirdo because I love hybrids, but knights are deeply imbalanced imo.