Damn, people make way too big a deal out of the exp penalty. My main is a Bard and I didn't even notice the penalties were in place until 40, which was my first bitch of a hell level (30 and 35 were cake). I've also had no trouble at all finding groups, and many of the groups I've been in have had a SK or Pally tanking as well, due to the low number of warriors (since they're pretty bad at holding aggro right now, relative to the hybrid tanks). In all of those groups, the pace has been such that exp flies even with the penalties stacked up, so nobody gives a damn.
IMO, if these people who are making such a big deal out of the penalties would just let it go for a second and play the game, I can almost guarantee you'd barely notice the penalty. You might even have fun, and in the end that's why we're all here isn't it?
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