Official Staff Explanation on how Green Hybrid/Race Penalty XP will function, please?

[hillgiantchamp]

Is there bonus exp for having a full 6 person group? I feel like that was a thing but I never see it mentioned.

[Vizax_Xaziv]

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

Is there bonus exp for having a full 6 person group? I feel like that was a thing but I never see it mentioned.

Absolutely SHOULD be a full-group bonus. But, knowing the devs here, they'll neglect to implement it! (because it makes the game "easier")

[El-Hefe]

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

Absolutely SHOULD be a full-group bonus. But, knowing the devs here, they'll neglect to implement it! (because it makes the game "easier")

When has that ever been their reasoning?

[zaneosak]

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

Is there bonus exp for having a full 6 person group? I feel like that was a thing but I never see it mentioned.

Yes there is a group bonus. It looks like this:

2 players - 2% Bonus to Mobs XP Bounty
3 players - 6% Bonus to Mobs XP Bounty
4 players - 10% Bonus to Mobs XP Bounty
5 players - 14% Bonus to Mobs XP Bounty
6 players - 20% Bonus to Mobs XP Bounty

It should be noted that it might be 1,3,5,7,10 for P99 Classic I am not sure. The 2-6-10-14-20 values were changed pretty shortly after the release of EQ (<6 months I believe) so I am not sure if that is something the P99 staff would wait until 6 months to change or not but my understanding was the 2-6-10-14-20 limit are at least what it was changed to sometime in mid-1999, I can't recall the reference. could find it later if you're interested.

[zaneosak]

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

Yes there is a group bonus. It looks like this:

2 players - 2% Bonus to Mobs XP Bounty
3 players - 6% Bonus to Mobs XP Bounty
4 players - 10% Bonus to Mobs XP Bounty
5 players - 14% Bonus to Mobs XP Bounty
6 players - 20% Bonus to Mobs XP Bounty

It should be noted that it might be 1,3,5,7,10 for P99 Classic I am not sure. The 2-6-10-14-20 values were changed pretty shortly after the release of EQ (<6 months I believe) so I am not sure if that is something the P99 staff would wait until 6 months to change or not but my understanding was the 2-6-10-14-20 limit are at least what it was changed to sometime in mid-1999, I can't recall the reference. could find it later if you're interested.

This was a mistake -- I meant to say it might be "2, 4, 6, 8, 10"% bonus on P99 Classic.**

[Verityn]

I think the biggest factor overall in determining group exp rates is the number of available mobs.

[BlackBellamy]

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

I think the biggest factor overall in determining group exp rates is the number of available mobs.

No no, it's timing. That guy, the hybrid racist, I think he's onto something. You log on, you stretch, look around, check the inventory. You go for a nice walk, a zone or two, check out a merchant, see if something is up, visit a camp, work on a trade skill, it's a nice day. But then it's business time! So you announce a group forming, and all these people come streaming in to your wide open camp and you're like a machine, it's pure non-hybrid teamwork, the mobs are falling over in shock, you're measuring your exp gain in parsecs, you feel something wonderful is happening.

You gotta relax hard and grind hard, amirite?

[zaneosak]

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

I think the biggest factor overall in determining group exp rates is the number of available mobs.

This is quite true. I added a number of mobs per hour box in that sheet for my own person calculations and thinking about camps especially in dungeons, you are limited to a finite amount of spawns in your camp and a set spawn time - many times , especially in classic when zones are hyper populated...... you will find alot of camps. Frenized Ghoul for example in LGuk is like what...... 4 mobs in Frenzy room, 5 total down by sentinel , 4 in the camp spot and 2-6 roamers hallway mobs back towards Safehall.

So maybe 20 mobs? In a zone with a massive re-spawn timer of 28 minutes. You're left with like 40-45 mobs an hour max. Most people did not think about this back in the day because your shit gear required you to need that downtime to meditate anyways.

[Trollhide]

So how does pet experience work on green? Mage must do >50% dmg or pet takes 50% xp?

[magusfire24]

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

So how does pet experience work on green? Mage must do >50% dmg or pet takes 50% xp?

Yes Gotta do 51% damage for full XP