Does Hybrid Penalty (still) apply to group?

[yaeger]

Because it's all fooked up and makes no sense, that's why it's always brought up over and over again by the community.

This..

Penalties, in any form, should not be shared with the group. Players know that no one class is immensely more powerful/valuable than another, and as such it is not fair to ask them to share a burden. If classes with penalties were really more powerful or valuable than the other classes, then it might be right, but that isn't the case. Furthermore, sharing of penalties causes people to reject potential group members on the basis of them "sucking" too much experience.