Race / Class XP penalties

[baalzy]

THAT would make a lot more sense. Human have mediocre stats and no other abilities. The only reason to go with a human is to have the choice of starting in Qeynos.


Also, in live, not having infra/ultra vision combined with lack of maps was a HUGE deal for lowbies. Made it really hard for them to function at night.

[Wip3ou7]

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

The rumor goes that Humans were supposed to get the XP bonus, but due to a simple number error (like humans being a "1" in the database, and halflings being an "11") the halflings got the bonus.

Agreed that it doesn't make sense to still be this way.

I agree. Humans should have the biggest XP bonus.

[webrunner5]

This might be better to figure out. http://wiki.project1999.org/index.ph...e_Class_Matrix

[Elrood]

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

I'm joking, slightly. My hatred for druids & Asslings stems from the fact that every retarded druid i ever ran into in live was a Assling. And there were a lot of them.

I remember this very clearly from my live days (99-01). If there was one race/class combo that was reviled and mocked, it was the Halfing Druid. Didn't we used to call them Dr00ds?

And I really don't think you can put too much stock into race/class XP mods and how strong/weak they are. Hybrids get the worst penalties of all, and, well, the hybrids pretty much suck in the scope of things. If Paladins and Rangers were OP, then it would make sense. Meanwhile Monks, Shamans, Druids, Necromancers, etc, don't have to deal with that shit.

They probably just gave Halflings the huge bonus because they figured who the fuck would want to play one.

[Kagatob]

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

I remember this very clearly from my live days (99-01). If there was one race/class combo that was reviled and mocked, it was the Halfing Druid. Didn't we used to call them Dr00ds?

I agree and it seems to (for the most part) be the case here on P99 as well, I've only yet run into one dickish wood-elf Druid and the other day a Half-Elf druid was generous enough to make the EC > DL > KC > SF > OT run to stop the rain in OT for everyone for a mere 3 opal donation.

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

And I really don't think you can put too much stock into race/class XP mods and how strong/weak they are. Hybrids get the worst penalties of all, and, well, the hybrids pretty much suck in the scope of things. If Paladins and Rangers were OP, then it would make sense. Meanwhile Monks, Shamans, Druids, Necromancers, etc, don't have to deal with that shit.

Monks get a 20% xp penalty and Necros get a 10% penalty.

[Arterian]

If I recall correctly, the idea was that certain classes are more powerful and thus should be penalized for their enhanced abilities and overall greater power.

Very quickly Verant/Sony realized that for EQ to succeed there can't be any class that has a clear advantage in strength, they all need to be relatively w/in balance of each other. That is why they existed in the first place, and subsequently removed in Velious.