Ranger or Warrior

[Kender]

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

I swear i read that the -40% exp penalty doesn't apply to groups on p99. They left the penalty for hybrids and for races, but did not make it apply to groups.

yes the correct answer to this is not a yes or no...

the 40% penalty is shared by the group. splitting 40% penalty over 6 players doesn't hurt that much thereby making it almost not apply

what hurts is when you have 3+ hybrids with 40-68% penalties. it adds up

[bman8810]

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

I swear i read that the -40% exp penalty doesn't apply to groups on p99. They left the penalty for hybrids and for races, but did not make it apply to groups.

Sadly, you read wrong.

[Zeyk]

Playing a warrior, lvl 52 currently, I can say that they are 100% awful to play untwinked. Thankfully I have a core group of friends that I play with that are willing to put up with me waiting for a proc to solidify agro.

I played a ranger from March 16th 1999 to when I quit to go play EQ2 Beta. Thankfully I had a solid guild and group of people that knew what I could do. Also helped that none of them knew about the XP penalty before-hand.

With experience from both I can tell you that I've never had to make the ranger /role or /anon to avoid the constant stream of group invites like I have on my Warrior here. LOL.

[maverixdamighty]

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

yes the correct answer to this is not a yes or no...

the 40% penalty is shared by the group. splitting 40% penalty over 6 players doesn't hurt that much thereby making it almost not apply

what hurts is when you have 3+ hybrids with 40-68% penalties. it adds up

Here is my rule of thumb when grouping with hybrids, if you have/want to include a hybrid in your group make sure they are several levels lower than you and you won't notice the exp difference as much. For instance i'm a 57 war and if I wanted to get a hybrid to tank so I could zerk for dps I'd probably find a 54 hybrid. We would have roughly the same experience so I wouldn't notice the exp hit as much. If I invited a 58 hybrid he would have a much higher total exp accumulated amount then me and I would notice a difference in exp. I love hybrids, I have a 60 paladin and appreciate the class' versatility, but you have to decide if adding a hybrid brings enough value to the group to warrant the exp they garner.

[Messianic]

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

And my axe.

I'm honored that this thread was necro'd because of my poor LotR reference

[druidWTT]

Unless you just really want to be a ranger, pick another class.