Game Mechanics: Group exp HAS TO BE BUGGED

[guineapig]

Well it was a full group of 6 and dungeon exp bonus.

There are a ton of factors to consider when trying to calculate the exp you should be getting.

So if you did not have a full group,
were not in a zone with an EXP bonus,
only fighting blue cons (THIS PART IS HUGE AT LOW LEVELS),
had a hybrid

or any combination of the above, It would negatively effect your exp.

[Calamitous Oeuvre]

Hey Chic, whats your bards name? Just curious. Want to know who/what bards are helping with the bard bug issues right now.

[guineapig]

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

Hey Chic, whats your bards name? Just curious. Want to know who/what bards are helping with the bard bug issues right now.

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[Nedala]

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

Well it was a full group of 6 and dungeon exp bonus.

There are a ton of factors to consider when trying to calculate the exp you should be getting.

So if you did not have a full group,
were not in a zone with an EXP bonus,
only fighting blue cons (THIS PART IS HUGE AT LOW LEVELS),
had a hybrid

or any combination of the above, It would negatively effect your exp.

Like described: it was a full group, we had also a bard as hybrid, we fought reds,yellow,whites and blues. it was a zone with exp bonus(crushbone)

[utenan]

I don't know what to think anymore about group exp. Any windows groups I get is generally bad exp, full group, lot of red con people, a few hybrids, not good exp. I also trio'd royals/window with a monk and bard, and I gained half a hell level, and half of a regular level in 3 hours (amazingly fast). Had the hybrid penalties in both groups, one had the full group bonus, one had half the people. Both groups had someone at least 5 evels higher than me. So right now I really wanna duo, because I think soloing is about the same exp, for me anyways, as a windows group.

I did quit playing my ranger though, who is level 9, because at the time (a while before the shared penalty patch) my 30ish shaman was leveling faster than he was : p I would even have my brother, who is a druid, PL him and it was incredibly slow

[Lanvaren]

Group EXP is almost certainly bugged.

Just testing in duos, EQUAL LEVEL TOONS and DIFFERENT LEVEL TOONS gain EXP at DIFFERENT RATES.

While leveling an alt w/ my brother with a Druid/Mage combo, my Brother (the Mage) was out-leveling me... these were EQUAL-LEVEL toons, and we were both contributing to damage on all mobs.

While leveling w/ a friend on my main - Bard (Me) and an SK (lower-level) the SK was gaining EXP roughly 40% faster than I was. The SK was 9 lvls lower than me, but IIRC, higher level players are supposed to leech additional experience - players are supposed to now gain EXP at the same rate, regardless of penalties/etc.


Additionally, while soloing spectres, I was consistently getting 2% per quad, almost exactly on the dot. When DUOING with a Cleric, the rate dropped BELOW 1% per quad, and seemed to be about 2% per three quads. After picking up a third and fourth member to the group, the EXP became abysmal - 1% per 6+ quads. I was at the specs for about 12 hrs in total. All of the group members had a lesser EXP penalty than me, and were lower level.


I will continue to do testing and attempt to confirm the posted.