EXP IS SO SLOW! - Page 10

Ripcord · #1 07-01-2010, 12:07 PM

Guess its back to soloing light blues and greens cuz no one will want a ranger, I will still get from 40 to 50 before kunark but its gonna be a close call!

Dantes · #2 07-01-2010, 12:20 PM

Some folks made decisions on what class/race to play based on exp penalties. My decision was related in part to that, I was dissuaded from going Troll or Ogre because of the penalty. If that penalty doesn't exist or is broken -- then anybody who picked a race or class based on what we know about those penalties from classic was wrong.

Braelyn · #3 07-01-2010, 01:16 PM

I play a paladin and my friend plays a shadow knight [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Gubb · #4 07-01-2010, 01:43 PM

If you're bitching about a change that brings p99 more in line with classic eq, then I think you've missed the point.

Say, would you like a chocolate covered pretzel?

Maurk · #5 07-01-2010, 01:49 PM

well I for one am pretty damn sure this is not classic EXP..
I mean I dont have old archived videos n pics from classic
but I did level a Paladin to level 50,
and did so in a similar duo with a druid.
It was in no way as slow as it is now.

then again who the fack am I?
sigh... i love eq too much to ragequit.. guess ill just solo.. beg my bro for buffs while he kites.. so much for our dynamic duo super kiting fun... :[[

and yes I would like a chocolate pretzel...

Stickyfingers · #6 07-01-2010, 02:14 PM

Solo exp is slower than it was before. I made a new Necro, and was soloing Whites and Yellows yesterday, getting probably about 20% of the exp I would have before, so like an 80% drop.

Dantes · #7 07-01-2010, 02:36 PM

Fuck that noise, I'll group with 5 rangers. Anybody who wouldn't group with somebody because of an experience penalty is a dick.

**Aeolwind** · #8 07-01-2010, 02:52 PM

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Fuck that noise, I'll group with 5 rangers. Anybody who wouldn't group with somebody because of an experience penalty is a dick.

I like you.

Yoite · #9 07-01-2010, 04:45 PM

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Fuck that noise, I'll group with 5 rangers. Anybody who wouldn't group with somebody because of an experience penalty is a dick.

this is so true, i dont know why yall even gripe so much about all the crazy shit yall do when we are emulating a 11 year old game for the fun of it b/c we loved it.

i dont care how fast i lvl, or if i die from a bug, where else am i gonna play classic EQ?

Combo · #10 07-02-2010, 02:19 PM

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

Fuck that noise, I'll group with 5 rangers. Anybody who wouldn't group with somebody because of an experience penalty is a dick.

Please do this and make a stop-motion video of the XP bar. Guarenteed 5,000 hits on YouTube with that mofo.

Anyway, the cat's already out of the bag on the server about the fix. I figured it'd hurt my SK the worst -- but SKs can still get groups as they're the only class that can hold aggro to any degree prior to dual SSoY procs.

What it's really hurt is my Rogue. I can't solo on him short of begging for a full suite of Cleric/Druid AC buffs + a damage shield + chloro. That means I have to group, and inevitably every group has at least one (often more) hybrids in it. And the XP is pathetic.

So yeah, I'm absolutely /who-ing everyone in the group when I join it and leaving if there's a superfluous hybrid (Bard, Ranger, Monk at this level) present.

At the low level (pre-20), the classes that are getting driven away from even logging on are the non-hybrid non-soloers -- Rogues, Clerics, and Warriors. I haven't seen one of those in a group since the change was made.