Question about xp penalty in groups

[Quineloe]

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

The one thing I've never quite understood is, what happens if both characters group starting at level 1 and neither of them kills a single mob solo? It would stand to reason that they'd end up splitting the xp 50/50 because they both have 0 xp to start with. This would mean that the cleric would gain levels faster than the SK because their XP totals are the same, but the total xp required to level for the cleric is significantly lower than the SK. Eventually the cleric would outlevel the SK to the point where they couldn't gain xp together anymore.

They probably put some exception in there for very low levels because if they didn't, a level 2 grouping with a level 1 would get all the exp and the level 1 zero.