Hybrid XP penalties

[Vondra]

Originally Posted by xCry0x [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Lol, it is one of these things where I wish I could have been a fly on the wall of the product meeting where the original EQ dev's were like.

"Dude, paladins, sk and ranger going to be so OP!"

"Yea man, a paladin is like a cleric + a warrior! All running around and tanking and healing, the group wont even NEED a cleric."

"Oh man, you are right, the SK will be like pew pew fear, dots, pet, life tap, smack with my big sword AND TANK!"

"Yea yea yea, and ranger will be like, dual wield doing all this damage + nukes & dots and can buff!"

"Man these guys are going to be SO op, we better put an exp penalty on them so the server isn't full of paladin, sk & rangers"

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2 Years later

"Woops, better get rid of that penalty so people actually play pal, sk and rangers"

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Another few years later
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"Wow we better add some useful aa's and discs so people actually play pal, sk and rangers"

"Yea, at least we got bards right?"

"Yea, 1 for 4 isnt bad"

"Nope, we are awesome."

The funniest one to me has always been the halfling exp bonus.

It's rumored that the halfling exp bonus was actually intended for humans, but they goofed up. I hope so.

Better than considering the alternatives.

Dev 1: "You can be a human with no benefit....or you can be a halfling and get hide, sneak, and level faster"

Dev 2: "Okay. Wait...what's the point of being a human then?"

Dev 1: "Well, your helmet looks like a bucket."

Dev 2: "Sold. I'm compiling it now."