I completely understand your frustration, uygi, and I've heard the "racial exp penalty doesn't apply to group" line so many times that I had to wonder if the way experience works had completely changed. A cleric once joined my group and instantly sent me a tell saying "you're welcome for sharing your exp penalty", as if I was supposed to thank him. Even after politely informing him that according to the wiki, his understanding of experience was misinformed, he repeatedly insisted that he had read the wiki and that it was my understanding that was incorrect. Un-freaking-believable. I don't hate my 68% exp penalty, I hate players who are vocal about their ignorance of exp penalties. These are the same kind of people who, 10 minutes into grouping with me, will rave about how great my class is at getting and holding aggro quickly, while throwing in another line about my exp penalty nerfing their experience. Meanwhile, they don't mind the three iksar monks that are in the group. I never see the ignorance stick waved in their direction, despite having one of the worst exp penalties in the game.
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