How exactly does the XP penalty effect the grp?

[Trevalon]

as someone who just started on P99 I made a bard but it was a tuff decision because of the hybrid penalty. I find it sad that certain classes are not played because of a flaw in game design.

I get the whole "lets make it as classic as possible" but at what point do we knowingly add design flaws just for the sake of calling something classic? That seems pretty shortsighted and backwards thinking.

Classic is great and this server is about the best thing when it comes to getting a classic EQ feel, but even Verant/Sony admitted that Penalties were a design flaw and did away with them - Why repeat mistakes for no better reason than to say you are stupid enough to repeat them? Futhermore seeing things like Item links in game and other things that were not classic and were brought in from later xpacs makes me even further question why adding a penalty that was deemed a flaw was left in where non classic but QOL things were also put in? Doesn't make alot of sense in rational thought.

Why do we study history again?