Duration of Shared Grp XP Penalties

[Arclanz]

you try to beat a dead horse but miss...

Was group xp like this on live? Just pathetic experience compared to uber xp (and loot) solo? I played a tank and then cleric from 1999 to 2001 so I don't know.

I've solod the vast majority of time and would rather group. Last night in guk soloing dark blues and a group asks me to join them. Prior to doing so, I was getting nearly one blue or a little less per kill. Also, no deaths in two days. I'd easily gain one level each day I played if not more. Nice loots too.

After joining the group, and killing blues, white, and yellows; the xp was 1/8th what I got solo on dark blues. But the sk in the group is raving about how great the xp is. Not that it's relevant, but we also wiped twice so I actually lost one yellow bubble of xp even considering all the frogs the group killed.

No offense to the group! They were nice and skilled players.

Also, the drop rate on mesh is just rediculous. In 30 minutes we saw two full sets of mesh drop. I killed a lot of frogs in 1999 and very rarely saw mesh drop.