Question about xp penalty in groups

[Dumesh Uhl'Belk]

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

just curious... how far advanced velius is the xp penalty removed?

On live it was about 1 month into velious... and it only removed class based penalties, not racial penalties.

[Dirtnap]

I can't explain the math behind what I am saying, because it SHOULDN'T be that way. It doesn't change the fact that this is how it works.

Taking a couple levels 1 characters wouldn't show this, because they would have the same total exp gained. The problem comes up when you have someone with a much larger total exp gain, like with a troll SK paired with a halfling warrior.

The SK takes the majority of the split, and will see higher % gains on his exp bar than the warrior will.

Go give it a try, team up with someone and check your exp totals. Kill 10 mobs and then see if you both went up the same %.

You will see that you wont go up the same % even though the math says you should.

[Dumesh Uhl'Belk]

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

I can't explain the math behind what I am saying, because it SHOULDN'T be that way. It doesn't change the fact that this is how it works...

Go give it a try, team up with someone and check your exp totals. Kill 10 mobs and then see if you both went up the same %.

You will see that you wont go up the same % even though the math says you should.

Well, to be fair, I should have disclaimed that I was describing how xp worked on live. Way back when, I was contacted by server staff and shared my research and info with them. I have not ever systematically tried to verify the mechanics on P99.

[Danth]

Originally Posted by Dumesh Uhl'Belk [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

On live it was about 1 month into velious... and it only removed class based penalties, not racial penalties.

Note that the racial penalties are also made self-only at the same time, so groups shouldn't care about them.

Danth