Couple of Notes:
1) 70% of the fun in EQ happens GETTING to level 60 so if you have a group that is a lot of fun, who cares about the penalty?
2) I wear plate.
3) Racial penalties are not shared.
4) Rangers can old agro, and if you have enough slow/dps, it don't matter if you tank worse than a chanter w/o rune 5. (group last night with two backstabbing chanter pets can attest to this)
As a ranger, who has brought the 40% penalty to every group I've been in, I've enjoyed leveling. That exhaltation you get from completing a level? Imagine a level that is 40% harder and thus, 40% more exciting when you finally do it and that is just by the numbers -- disregarding the fact that it is 40% more challenging to get a group.
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