Does Hybrid Penalty (still) apply to group?

[Virtuosos]

i leveld my paladin as my first character on live, did the same here...i dont have any alts to speak of aside from a 36 mage that i will rarely play due to being in love with my paladin so much :/

and yes, there are group issues when the leader is stupid lol. if you cant find a group that knows what they are doing (I.E 3 clerics 2 wizards and a tank group) then it makes it alot more difficult...when i was leveling up, it got so bad that i just said fuck it and start soloing. although i am a huge supporter of grouping with whoever you want, class wise should still be observed...it IS nice to have a sk and a paladin though, utility wise...but no reason to add that ranger and that other paladin lol