i played a ranger through classic and kunark. as far as the hybrid exp penalty exclusion, the biggest problem with it was how much misinformation was rampantly spread about it.
what people heard: "hybrids have a 40% exp penalty that applies to groups"
what people thought: "every mob we kill has its experience cut in half and then divided amongst all of us"
what it actually meant: "a level 43 ranger is taking as much experience as a level 45 warrior."
the devs are my idols and i cannot thank them enough for giving me my favorite game of all time for a decade, but i really wish they would have put out an official PSA about the reality of the exp penalty that caused so much anti-social behavior from its misinterpretation.
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