How bad is it leveling with the hybrid exp penalty?

[Tethler]

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

48 and slowly climbing. Would rather group than root/rot stuff [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Fear kiting, my man! Ranger snare/pulling saves the necro mana and keeps the pulls steady. It's not bad a at all.

[Baler]

A real example...
Halfling Druid level 1, took 5-6 kills to hit level 2
Half-Elf Bard level 1, took 20 kills to hit level 2

And it only gets worse from there.

[Danth]

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

A real example...
Halfling Druid level 1, took 5-6 kills to hit level 2
Half-Elf Bard level 1, took 20 kills to hit level 2

And it only gets worse from there.

How interesting. This might warrant some additional trial. If you fought entirely level 1 opponents a 140% bard level rate should not triple-quadruple the kills required compared to a 95% experience rate halfling druid. It should be around half again as many for the bard. Did the druid sneak a few level 2 opponents in? Were you in the same zone? differing zone experience modifiers (what are they, now?) could toss a wrench in the works, too.

Danth

[Danth]

Followup: I took a little while to do some trials with level 1 experience rates. No newbie notes were turned in. All kills were against even /con level 1 monsters on P1999-Green.

halfing druid (95%), misty thicket: 10 kills to achieve level 2
high elf cleric (100%), greater fardark: 10 kills to achieve level 2
half elf bard (140%), north qeynos: 17 kills to achieve level 2
dwarf paladin (140%), butcherclock: 17 kills to achieve level 2

I suspect that the slightly greater amount of kills required to advance the hybrids (I expected about 15-16) is probably due to rounding/overflow since each kill at level 1 awards a proportionally great deal of experience. However if someone wants to do a similar solo experience rate test using higher-level characters against a consistent-level adversary you're more than welcome to do so.

Danth

[Vertiggo]

Just play on blue and avoid the issue all together