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[Wenai]

Excellent. With all of the hybrid talk, I was thinking of making something exactly like this. What I wanted to check, was in extreme scenarios... Exactly how bad is it?

Scenario is lowly Halfling Cleric who just scribed Complete Heal being invited to hunt Efreeti in Sol B with some higher level adventurers! Just think of the exp and GEBs! (Approximated creature level at 45)

Party
44 Troll Shadowknight
44 Dwarf Paladin
44 Half-elf Ranger
44 Human Bard
44 Half-elf Bard
39 Halfling Cleric - 340 kills to go from 39 to 40.

Party
44 Halfling Warrior
44 Halfling Rogue
44 Halfling Druid
44 Erudite Enchanter
44 Barbarian Shaman
39 Halfling Cleric - 234 kills to go from 39 to 40.

That is a difference of 106 kills. How many creatures are in that area? Like 10-12? That could potentially be a difference of 10 spawn cycles, at like 22 mins per cycle. That is 220 mins with is almost 4 hours. Meaning it would take you 4 hours longer, just to go from 39-40. That is pretty significant honestly.

But how much difference does just a single hybrid make? If we swap out that Halfling Druid, for a Human Bard. The party will look like:

Party
44 Halfling Warrior
44 Halfling Rogue
44 Human Bard
44 Erudite Enchanter
44 Barbarian Shaman
39 Halfling Cleric - 253 kills to go from 39 to 40.

That is only a difference of 19 kills, which is pretty insignificant honestly.

Now the all hybrid party is pretty extreme example. The hybrid's requiring more experience per level, plus all of them being 5 levels higher really compounds the problem. I think at the end of the day you just want to avoid taking on hybrids (or anyone really) that is many levels above you. And taking on a hybrid who are a few levels below your group won't significantly impact your group's experience.

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