I agree the managers of Verant love to confuse and confound. But I don't
know if it is by design. Maybe even they don't know how the XP
works. Anyone one of us who have been exposed to large enterprise software
can tell you that it can take a life of its own in a very short time.
I don't believe anything they say about the game. I go by direct experience.
And of course the ultimate XP will be better when grouping. But doesn't
this take one big FAT assumption - that there will be plenty of mobs to
fight with all that additional time you gain by grouping?
Imagine fighting Vhalen at the well in SK - solo is the only way to
go. You will sit on your butt six minutes between spawns no matter what
you do.
At 09:10 AM 12/29/99 -0800, you wrote:
>From: Mark Rafn <dagon@...>
>
>On Wed, 29 Dec 1999, Sh'evil D'Lloth - EA wrote:
>
> > http://eq.castersrealm.com/
>
>Specifically,
>http://eq.castersrealm.com/viewarticle.asp?Article=571
>http://eq.castersrealm.com/viewarticle.asp?Article=566
>
> > Quote from Gordon or Brad, "You get 100xp from a mob,
> > it's up to you to enhance your exp."
>
>I love these guys. Anything they can do to obfuscate a topic and retain
>the "mystery of the game" they'll gladly undertake. How does one
>"enhance" 100xp? Does the 1% number they've given for pet xp in a group
>mean 1% of each fight or 2% of the time the pet will do enough damage to
>take half? Does it matter if my pet is 3 levels lower than me?
>
> > (Shevil: Pet takes much more exp when soloing 'Unless'
> > the caster gets the killing blow when solo.)
>
>This is clearly not correct. The killing blow is irrelevant.
>http://x34.deja.com/getdoc.xp?AN=554690996 for actual in-game tests that
>show this.
>
>[snip Gordon's example of warriors splitting damage and reducing downtime]
>
>Yup. It's definitely clear that you should be in a larger group if it
>will speed up your hunting or if you'll take bigger foes. Grouping is good
>for xp. That's not news.
>
> > 1:
> > Pet attacks Travis.
> > I use very few spells to kill Travis.
> > He does not cause any or much damage to me.
> > Killing blow by me or pet.
> > Equals: Little to no exp registered.
> > 2:
> > Pet attacks Travis.
> > I use many spells to kill Travis.
> > He causes 50% or more damage to me.
> > Killing blow by the pet.
> > Equals: Ok exp 1/16th to 1/8th of a bub.
> > 3:
> > Pet attacks Travis
> > I use many spells to kill Travis.
> > He causes 50% or more damage to me.
> > Killing blow by me.
> > Equals: 1/4th to 1/3 a bub of EXP.
>
>Interesting. The difference between 1 and 2 can be explained by whether
>your pet does over half the damage. The difference between 2 and 3 is
>either the killing blow or the damage taken (or something we haven't
>considered yet).
>
>I'm definitely going to have to do some experiments and see if I can
>confirm or disprove the "taking damage increases exp" theory. Others,
>please do the same.
>
>Thanks for posting your experiences. I hope eventually we'll actually
>know how the XP system works.
>--
>Mark Rafn dagon@... <http://www.dagon.net/> !G
>
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Dave Karpman
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