Actually, no, that only happened during the XP revamp of June 11th, 2003:
http://everquest.allakhazam.com/hist...es-2003-1.html
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Originally Posted by Patch Notes
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June 11, 2003
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** Experience System Change - Grouping **
We've made some improvements to the way experience is rewarded in EverQuest.
These improvements are aimed at positively reinforcing the
act of grouping. After all, this is a Massively Multiplayer game.
Prior to this update groups gained a 2% to 20% experience bonus for
having two to six members.
As of today this bonus has increased to range from 20% to 80% for
having two to five members. When a group adds a sixth member, the 80%
bonus remains, but the experience gained is only divided by 5 before
being distributed. The sixth group member no longer causes the
experience gain to be divided by 6.
Planes of Power zones had an increased experience award above and
beyond those of most other zones. Because of these new dramatic
improvements to group experience gains, we will be reducing the zone-
specific experience bonus for Planes of Power zones a bit. As long as
character is grouped with at least one other in these zones, they will
see an improvement in experience gain over the old system. The one down
side to the new system is that there will be a small decrease in
experience for those who do not group, and only for those who do so in
Planes of Power zones.
** Experience System Change - Level 60+ **
In addition to the above changes, we have increased the range of NPC
levels that give a character experience after they reach level 60. This
will open up many of the "old world" zones to players previously
restricted to Planes of Power zones for experience gain. The range of
NPCs that will be "blue" to a level 65 character has been increased as
far as level 50, with the "light blue" range extending to level 45. The
best experience gains, however, are still for fighting things around
and above your level. This should open up areas for high level
characters in groups and solo.
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