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Originally Posted by Toony
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Define "hurts".
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Funny you ask. I had started writing in how things hurt groups and hurts players but deleted it..
It hurts groups by virtue of slowing down their XP increases. Some (such as myself) don't care about this aspect as we are here to have fun hanging out with people, killing stuff and getting items / plat to improve our characters. The XP just happens. It is still a "hurt" to the group as XP gain is a very important aspect of the game. Some people put a lot of focus on their XP gain which we should not begrudge as it is an aspect of the game which makes them happy.
The hurt to players are the ones with the racial / class penalties. Some of this is not applicable to all players.
- Groups refuse to group with high XP penalty players. (hurt to all). Many would say that you are better off but it sucks if you spend over an hour LFG or trying to put together a group with no success.
- Groups, if given the choice, will pick other non/lower XP penalty classes to fill slots. This is the classic Warrior and SK both are LFG. The group will pick the warrior. Same applies to racial penalties and this is even higher when the racial and class penalties are present in one player.
- Some players feel badly about bringing their XP penalty to a group. Some players will prefer to shelf their character and start an alt. or try their hand at soloing instead. I really feel badly for these players and I am sure that they would be great to group with.