Classic SOE Overnerf

[Arriva]

Great, now people can't group or raid.

Classic iz the best evah.

[mimixownzall]

How about fixing the friggin group bugs first before screwing over the hybrids from being able to get groups =(

[utenan]

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

How about fixing the friggin group bugs first before screwing over the hybrids from being able to get groups =(

You couldn't sound more like an ingrate : )

[Extunarian]

The current XP penalty of an Ogre Warrior is -6.5%:
1.0 (normal XP) * .85 (-15% ogre racial) * 1.1 (+10% warrior bonus) = 93.5%.

Since you previously had the halfling +5% bonus you were experiencing a 15.5% bonus:
1.0 * 1.05 (halfling racial applied to ogres) * 1.1 (warrior bonus) = 115.5%

Which unfortunately for you would come out a 22% decrease in XP rate:
115.5-93.5 = 22%

Please correct me if I'm wrong.

[Kreigore]

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

1.0 (normal XP) * .85 (-15%) * 1.1 (+10%) = 93.5%.

The XP penalty of an Ogre Warrior is -6.5%.

Since you previously had the halfling +5% bonus it was:
1.0 (normal) * 1.05 * 1.1 = 115.5%

115.5-93.5 = 22% decrease in XP rate for Ogre Warriors after the fix.

Interesting, I never knew that's how experience was calculated...

[Ihealyou]

Why is every change on this server a conspiracy? Maybe xp got changed now because the devs just finished implementing it. Maybe that sword doesn't proc because it requires a large amount of time and effort for a relatively small payoff. The devs didn't create the xp formula that the server was using before. They have to work off of the existing EQEmu code, which has a lot of bugs, and which has almost no classic features.

[Aeolwind]

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

Why is every change on this server a conspiracy? Maybe xp got changed now because the devs just finished implementing it. Maybe that sword doesn't proc because it requires a large amount of time and effort for a relatively small payoff. The devs didn't create the xp formula that the server was using before. They have to work off of the existing EQEmu code, which has a lot of bugs, and which has almost no classic features.

This ^^.

In beta, we had limited source development ( /hug Ladoth).
We also didn't know something was wrong initially. (4 months?)
When we did find out something was wrong we didn't know what. (2 months?)
Then it was found and fixed, just like any other bug.

[Gorgetrapper]

Then please make it so pet classes lose exp if they don't do atleast 50% of the damage more than their pets either soloing or grouping.

[Alawen Everywhere]

Thank you Bumamgar, Haynar, Aeolwind and everyone else who contributed to the fixes and the explanations here. I'm sure you're pretty jaded by now to all the whining whenever something doesn't go someone's way, but some of us are genuinely grateful for the time and effort you contribute to this great project whether that effort makes things more or less convenient for players. Part of the appeal of classic EverQuest was the difficulty and I believe many of us appreciate your efforts to recreate that difficult.

Thank you!

[Extunarian]

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