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

class modifiers apply to group exp.

The wiki says, under the heading Well, how do we slice the pie? How big will each slice be?, "The classes of these characters makes no difference at all. The only thing that determined how big each slice of the pie would be was the net total xp that each of them had earned since character creation."

This means that more experience goes to higher levels, right? So if you want maximum experience for a mob, you should theoretically either be the highest level in that group OR you should be grouping only with white cons, right?

Originally Posted by drktmplr12 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Race and class have nothing to do with the calculation. Instead race and class determines what level someone will be based on an amount of earned exp. Now we include the group bonus. If the kill normally yields 100xp.. the group bonus gets applied to that then the xp is split.

Okay so the only thing that applies to group deficit is hybrid penalty or class penalty? I'm not understanding here. If a kill normally yields 100xp, would the only penalty check across the entire group be to check for -40% and then it would calculate the individual modifier, ranging anywhere from -68% of that newly edited number to +15.5% of that newly edited number?

So it could be anywhere from:
+0% = 100xp
-40% = 60xp
-68% = 32xp
-40%, then 68% of that number = 21.76xp?

Or is the higher/lower number of the -40% vs -68% number taken, either resulting in 60xp/32xp?

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

2) When a monster is killed it awards experience based on it's level and location. The amount awarded isn't effected by the number of people in a group, their races, their classes or their levels. The only exception is when someone is too high and no experience is given.

What about on the wiki under the heading, How Experience Works, in the Game Mechanics page where it says "However, through the magic of the group bonus, for each person in the group beyond the first, the pie gets a little bit bigger (2% bigger in fact) before we pull out the knife to divide the slices."? Is this incorrect?

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

Working from there, we can calculate what level other characters with the same experience total would be (fractional levels matter!):
A Level 30.00 High Elf Enchanter
A Level 32.51 Halfling Rogue
A Level 26.01 Troll ShadowKnight
A Level 30.97 Human Cleric
A Level 30.18 Troll Warrior

So it's based on actual invisible number of experience points, not the visible level? If it works this way, why is the stereotype of "hybrids shit up group exp rates" a thing?

Editing to make sure that it's clear I'm not interested in the minmax idea of "I can't have a full group because it cuts out on my experience", before that argument even gets started. I'm simply interested in knowledge for knowledge's sake.