Penalties were put into the game for hybrids because they were meant to have certain advantages over "pure" classes.
If you think about it, they do. A Shadowknight has a ton of advantages over a warrior. Equal tanking ability in group settings, snap aggro, FD, DoTs, fear, pets, ect. Why would anyone choose a warrior over all the utility a Shadowknight has to offer? So Verant slapped an experience penalty on hybrids.
Penalties were removed because Verant/Sony wanted to make the game easier in order to keep and increase profits. By that time, money was running the game, not passion.
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