Chllenging class/race that has rewards

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

Well played eq1 for over 7 years from beta. NO ONE I knew worried about someone elses exp penalty ever. Not once had I heard someone worry about that. So I do not get the worrying going on here nor do I think that is accurate.

Now what we did consider is how well someone played their char. That was No. 1. And then what classes best benefits the group we had made up so far.

Also the worrying of what class is better then what class or what class isn't worth inviting to group. ALL classes have value when played well. There is no "perfect" group just great groups that have great players behind the chars. So play the class that you enjoy first and worry about what others think of your choice last.

It was accurate and it was that way. The difference is that no one knew it was the case... XP just seemed to differ and no one pinned it on the hybrids at the time. Verant/Sony revealed it to us when they normalized XP, likely in preparation for the AA system, since once they realized they had plans for alternate advancement via AAs it would have been very harsh to keep the XP penalty in the game. I do think some of the advanced players were starting to figure it out earlier than that, but by that time those players also had been level 60 for a very long time and didn't care.

If there's one thing you can learn from WoW its that people will try to reduce someone down to a number if they can... Gearscore, need I say more? Yes back in the day lacking numbers people looked at the important stuff, XP per hour thanks to a good group. That should still be the case, but if everyone has a higher level of skill now than then due to greater knowledge of how EQ actually works, they might go with the pure classes given a choice.

On this server everyone knows about the penalty from the start, and that's the problem if you've got a penalty and care about racing to 60. In reality if you stick with one character it'll go away because at 60 no one cares and those Iksar SKs you've been avoiding will become your best friend for farming those gear drops.