Troll SK - too much pain to bother?

[silo32]

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

Exp pen is real. There is a prejudice against it. Anyone saying otherwise is ling or naive.

But so few tanks it should balance it out... but its there.

Pal, sk, ranger... all do not high unless have too. With ranger never really have to.

This is why war is so popular by comparison even tho they are the sucky group tank.

One other think that helps the tank get group is the mage pet nerf. Pets are viable tanks in exp groups especially in classes when tanks are fuck all paper thin.

Best casual pug exp group setup currently is two or three pets with the highest pet taunt on and no melee.

A healer or two.

something else that does dmg like a chanter. No melee cus then pets cant tank.

pretty much this for a long time....

[Baler]

Claiming you leveled with -60% exp modifier is something you can brag about forever to gain peoples awe.

[Grindak]

I completely ignore the XP penalty when inviting people to my groups. A tank is a tank, healer a healer, etc.

I am here to have fun, kill some stuff and hang out with nice people.

[Palemoon]

I was a troll SK at launch back in the day, on rallos zek at that. I had no clue about the xp penalty at first. But then I thought it just applied to me, until a group would not invite me because they knew it was shared.

I remember the agony of getting randomly ganked by NPCs all over the world for faction as the most painful thing. Though having to solo at times as a troll SK back then was a close second.

Do it if you want to win this game on hardcore mode.

[Lulz Sect]

recently realized i no longer held the same naïveté towards classic SK leveling i once did back in Red 1999 ClassiC launch

all it took was playing a caster (since SK suspension) for four hours and making nearly the same lvling gaiNs a SK 1.5 wknd took

BiG RiP

[Tecmos Deception]

All things being equal, a halfing warrior would be great to group with. But there's more to actual fast level gain than exp bonuses. And a halfling warrior or two still doesn't make a big difference compared to what a hybrid or two does to a group, or what 4 pet classes do to a group, etc.

[Siege]

Think of it this way: The 40% hybrid penalty is almost as bad as the 50% pet penalty that mages have to deal with, but you can't sit on your ass and let your overpowered pet kill stuff for you and then have it regen at an increases rate between pulls, and your penalty doesn't poof into thin air the second you join a group. And as a troll, that penalty goes from 40% to 60%.

You'll also have to solo in the most horrific possible way: fear kiting.

[dekova]

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

And as a troll, that penalty goes from 40% to 60%.

It's multiplicative, so total penalty for troll sk is 68%. Crazy right?

Still... love grouping with an sk.

[Siege]

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

It's multiplicative, so total penalty for troll sk is 68%. Crazy right?

Still... love grouping with an sk.

That's brutal. You could almost level a couple halflings to 50 for the same amount of XP it would take you to get a single troll SK to 50.

[kaluppo]

Tanks are in short supply so I don't see you having a problem getting a group. As long as YOU are ok with the XP penalty then you should be able to find groups easy enough. I will gladly group with an SK or Paladin.