Xp penalties are kind of a layover from Dungeons and Dragons, which heavily influenced classic EQ. Also, the races/classes with penalties tend to be more powerful (in terms of doing things without assistance) then the non-bonus'd counterparts.
I don't quite understand why Asslings get an xp bonus, their stats are sufficient/better than most other races for the classes they can be and they have sneak/hide as racial abilities which are really useful (especially Sneak if you wanna do quests for places your faction sucks at). My guess is just the fact that they're Asslings and people who play Asslings have a naturally low IQ.
I'm joking, slightly. My hatred for druids & Asslings stems from the fact that every retarded druid i ever ran into in live was a Assling. And there were a lot of them.
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