Class XP Penalties
 

I know it has been discussed before, but one point that I never see brought up is this.

Yes, class and racial xp penalties are classic, and so is sharing them with the group. However, the playerbase knowing about it while in effect is not. Nobody was ever shunned from a group in classic because nobody knew the mechanic existed. And once it was removed, obviously it was fine then too.

I'm just curious on the thought of removing the mechanic in P99. It seems like many classes have an unnecessarily hard time getting groups, just in the name of a mechanic that nobody ever knew existed during this era of EQ. Re-living it without the knowledge isn't an option, so why relive it at all?

Just curious as other's thoughts.

Thanks.

Actually I'm pretty sure people knew about racial exp penalties, but I agree that I never got the comments about being an exp-hogging hybrid.

Class experience penalties will be removed in Velious. The worst exp penalty will be at 20% for the master race and Trolls, 15% for Ogres and 5% for Barbarians.

It was known that the race/class penalties existed. It was not known that this penalty was shared with the group.

Buddy and I rolled ranger and bard on live early 2000. We thought everyone got the same xp rate as us for least a year I bet. Good times. :)

lol, my fiancee and I made D&D type toons, we only played on certain days and only played with each other. well, when we had gotten to about level 9, she started yelling at me because I was playing without her.... I was level 11, she was level 9. I was a magician, she was a ranger :) itwas awesome

I never had an issue with it on live, played my ranger all the way up and 90% in groups, not pugs but friends/guildies always insisting I join their groups. I have a ranger here, but past lvl18 I've mainly soloed (by choice), and have only gone into a dungeon /w or w/o a group for a no-drop item etc. I still don't read that bit on the wiki game mechanics page, but people seem to insist it's there... somewhere, about gimping the group or whatever. But if you are out in the wild, you're better off with a ranger, and probably better exp than being with some other class five or ten levels above you... especially when I'm spanking all the best mobs in the zone before you even realize :D

Remember though pals it's not going to happen on Velious launch night, its patched in further along the timeline.

wasn't class xp penalty listed in the manual?

Self, not group. And the wiki states con to the highest lvl group member, mentioning no respect to race or class, just the con.