What hybrid will you roll when Velious is released?

[mnemonikos82]

With the hybrid Xp penalty going away in Velious, I'm curious how many people will be rolling alts or new mains (I think this may help people decide what to roll if they know where the overcrowding will be).

[Yumyums Inmahtumtums]

Paladin because they're awesome.

[1203jjt]

I already have a sk, but I might play him more. My main is a bard...I haven't let the penalty keep me from playing what I wanted.

[Detoxx]

Ranger, Snare >> Panic Animal: GG

[KwwBall]

It's going away for real? Confirmation?

I wanted to hit 60 on my paladin before it went away... well, woohoo for faster leveling I guess!

[Daldaen]

I don't recall how it was handled back in the day, but players should randomly be given the levels they earned IMO.

If a hybrid is 40% more exp. And at level 20 a player has 100,000 experience points but a hybrid with 100,000 is only 16, they should get bumped up from 16-20 on their next kill once the penalty is removed. That would be neat.

[NextGenesis88]

Well you better roll it ahead of time because you want to be 30-35 come Velious! My Troll SK is about to ding 30 and even with a 68% xp penalty it wasn't that bad... I'm telling ya a good group and you are just fine. EQ is just slow as shit no matter what you do from troll sk to 50% bonus XP. If you enjoy your character you don't notice the penalty nearly as much in my experience.

[baalzy]

Originally Posted by Daldaen [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I don't recall how it was handled back in the day, but players should randomly be given the levels they earned IMO.

If a hybrid is 40% more exp. And at level 20 a player has 100,000 experience points but a hybrid with 100,000 is only 16, they should get bumped up from 16-20 on their next kill once the penalty is removed. That would be neat.

They handled it by applying an individual bonus equal to the penalty for the class when xp is distributed and then adjusting the group xp-distribution method to hand out xp based on level, not total experience gained.

The main reason being they didn't want level 40's shooting up to level 53 and having gimp skills (tho with the number of powerlevelers I doubt that'd actually be a concern for most people here).

Whether or not the devs implement it this way or not I don't know. They could just as easily remove a % of total experience from the character that would have been attributed to the penalty and then move to a table appropriate for their race to achieve the same goal.

The hybrid penalty should be removed roughly 45 days after Velious launches.

[fadetree]

I will be waking my 52 ranger back up.

[SamwiseRed]

ranger, halfling type if and when its available.