Exp penalty

[aaa]

So I recently just discovered that all the exp penalties have been shifted about....

...and I unknowingly rolled one of the highest exp penalty combos >_<

What was the cause for the changes?

[KRins]

The fact that they were pretty inaccurate regarding the power of classes and races. There's no way a half-elf is stronger than a human, but the human used to not have an xp penalty.

[aaa]

Drow Blademaster being the highest is probably pretty inaccurate too though.

[egreir]

I agree. The exp penalties aren't exactly any better.

No exp pen was supposed to be one of the "perks" to a human.

[KRins]

Why? Blademasters have an answer for nearly every class. Drow are pretty commonly accepted as one of, if not, the strongest race. Being evil allows access to slightly better gear. It makes a lot of sense to me. Just because X race and Y class aren't the strongest together doesn't make X and Y not crazy strong.

[egreir]

Just seemed like "fixing" something that wasn't broken. Might make it better in a couple ways from Column A, but worse in a couple ways from Column B.

[Celerity]

Since exp pens don't consider combo strength, rather treats it as just race strength + class strength, it is as good as it can get without making exp pens for every single available combination. Much better than it was before.

Another discussion on the topic: http://forum.theforsakenlands.org/showthread.php?t=23650