Red 200+ pop

[Telron]

The previous bonus was like 300% before nerf 1-50. This one is ONLY 290% if you have a full group. No reason to freak the eff out. lol PLAY THE GAME!

[Derubael]

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

The previous bonus was like 300% before nerf 1-50. This one is ONLY 290% if you have a full group. No reason to freak the eff out. lol PLAY THE GAME!

400% at level 1, 200% at 50+ with the old bonus.

Keep in mind, with the new 290% bonus, its split between 6 people. Example:

Mob gives 1000 xp. 6 people in group, 2.9 modifier. That's 3900/6 = 650, or a little over a 1/3 of what you'd get solo (which, with a .5 modifier, would be 1500).

With the old bonus that same mob would give 3000xp solo at level 50+. Or 5000 at level 1. I think we found a nice middle ground, and it's really encouraging people to group. We played with these numbers a lot, and the original plan was .2 per group member, but ultimately settled on .4 because of the way it was split between group members.

[Telron]

I saw 2 groups in most popular xp zones tonight. Shit was classic. Pras the GROUP bonus. Will be tapped into the matrix for as long as this lasts

[lite]

I personally can not wait to see groups of mid 30's, low 40's doing Kobolds in Sol B ... something that would have been possible before the pvp level and FFA zone restrictions. STOKED !

Absolutely 0 groups doing kobolds in Sol B since i've been here.

[Smedy]

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

400% at level 1, 200% at 50+ with the old bonus.

Keep in mind, with the new 290% bonus, its split between 6 people. Example:

Mob gives 1000 xp. 6 people in group, 2.9 modifier. That's 3900/6 = 650, or a little over a 1/3 of what you'd get solo (which, with a .5 modifier, would be 1500).

With the old bonus that same mob would give 3000xp solo at level 50+. Or 5000 at level 1. I think we found a nice middle ground, and it's really encouraging people to group. We played with these numbers a lot, and the original plan was .2 per group member, but ultimately settled on .4 because of the way it was split between group members.

Thanks for explanation, sounds like a good system.

[raptorak]

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

400% at level 1, 200% at 50+ with the old bonus.

Keep in mind, with the new 290% bonus, its split between 6 people. Example:

Mob gives 1000 xp. 6 people in group, 2.9 modifier. That's 3900/6 = 650, or a little over a 1/3 of what you'd get solo (which, with a .5 modifier, would be 1500).

With the old bonus that same mob would give 3000xp solo at level 50+. Or 5000 at level 1. I think we found a nice middle ground, and it's really encouraging people to group. We played with these numbers a lot, and the original plan was .2 per group member, but ultimately settled on .4 because of the way it was split between group members.

I actually think the 0.2 per group member you had originally is slightly better because some of us not playing in the US timezones have to solo a lot and it means that when we meet up with our friends they are miles ahead of us! That, and also I hear "DING DING DING" over and over in guild chat lol.

Exp is a bit insane atm but after a month or 2 of terribad exp it's not too bad [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Circa.]

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on the first day of changes.


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It's what happens when you become blue as fuck

[Kergan]

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

400% at level 1, 200% at 50+ with the old bonus.

Keep in mind, with the new 290% bonus, its split between 6 people. Example:

Mob gives 1000 xp. 6 people in group, 2.9 modifier. That's 3900/6 = 650, or a little over a 1/3 of what you'd get solo (which, with a .5 modifier, would be 1500).

With the old bonus that same mob would give 3000xp solo at level 50+. Or 5000 at level 1. I think we found a nice middle ground, and it's really encouraging people to group. We played with these numbers a lot, and the original plan was .2 per group member, but ultimately settled on .4 because of the way it was split between group members.

Isn't the max penalty you can get as an iksar/troll SK for example around 40%? So the .4 is nice in the sense that nobody will ever subtract exp per kill from another group member. I mean, I guess they won't get the max bonus but lack of addition isn't really subtraction.

Was there any thought given to removing hybrid penalties as part of this change? The whole concept is flawed, hybrids were originally supposed to be more in the vein of old school D&D multiclassing which made your character more powerful. They abandoned that very early in beta but it took until Velious to remove the penalty for some reason. We know it's coming anyway maybe just nuke it now so new players can just pick whatever they want without that consideration?

Not like its a big deal if it stays in, exp is still fast enough in a group that you don't notice it that much but I did notice a bit of hybrid bias happening last night like it does on blue.

[Kergan]

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

It's what happens when you become blue as fuck

No exp bonus on blue, red only. So in a sense leveling up with a bonus is red as fuck.

[Genedin]

I know it's been said, but currently at 130+ members at 10AM on a Monday. Last monday was at 38 I believe.