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  • 06-02-2003 1:10 AM

    • Athos
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    Which is best? Solo or Group post 60?

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    Just wondering if other bards could tell me what they think. Is solo better post 60, or should we start finding a group?
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  • 06-02-2003 2:27 PM In reply to

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    Re: Which is best? Solo or Group post 60?

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    Well if the new experience system goes live.. probably groups. [url]http://www.mobhunter.com/article.jsp?articleid=1085500319[/url]
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  • 06-05-2003 10:41 AM In reply to

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    Re: Which is best? Solo or Group post 60?

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    You should do both. A good bard is versatile and exploring and refining your talents as a group bard will be valuable. The solo xp though is superior up until they make the xp change that is, I have a feeling it won't be as profitable for us after that point.
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  • 06-05-2003 1:37 PM In reply to

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    Re: Which is best? Solo or Group post 60?

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    I think it's really stupid what they are doing with the EXP. I think you should get MORE exp if you solo because, well, you can, and if you make a class that can solo, and you play your class well and CAN solo, then you should be able to take advantage of that and be able to get more exp if that makes any sense at all. :?:
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  • 06-05-2003 6:11 PM In reply to

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    Re: Which is best? Solo or Group post 60?

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    There is no talk about a reduction in solo experence. Only increasing group exp. So.. go solo if you want, nothing changes there.
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  • 06-05-2003 6:58 PM In reply to

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    Re: Which is best? Solo or Group post 60?

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    Actually, on our guild boards an article was copied and pasted that said they were going to reduce the amount of exp gained in the planes, offset by the grouping bonus increases, so effectively soloing in the planes would be made significantly less worthwhile. I could be wrong on this and hope I am, but that is what I recollect. Sinfonian
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  • 06-06-2003 7:47 AM In reply to

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    Re: Which is best? Solo or Group post 60?

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    Here you go Sin.
    3) Group experience bonus increasing dramatically. We've been testing this on the Test server for a few weeks, and some final tuning may be needed before it is released. The goal is to dramatically improve the experience gained by groups. The old group experience bonus ranged from 2% to 20% for a 6 person group. The new bonus will range from 20% to 80%. In addition, the 6th person added to a group will not count when experience is divided. This means that in a group of 5 the total experience is divided by 5 then distributed to each member. A group of 6 will also only have the total experience divided by 5 before it is distributed to each member.[b] Due to this large increase in group experience, we will be reducing the experience modifier given in Planes of Power zones.[b/] Those zones had a dramatic experience bonus. These zone-specific experience changes are more than offset by the increased group bonus.
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  • 06-06-2003 7:48 AM In reply to

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    Re: Which is best? Solo or Group post 60?

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    blah mistype the bold... [b]Due to this large increase in group experience, we will be reducing the experience modifier given in Planes of Power zones[/b]
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  • 06-06-2003 12:20 PM In reply to

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    Re: Which is best? Solo or Group post 60?

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    That's a reduction to the entire zone(s), not a reduction to exp gained while Solo. This is not a specific attempt to reduce exp for solo-ers.
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  • 06-08-2003 3:45 PM In reply to

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    Re: Which is best? Solo or Group post 60?

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    So.. roughly speaking, at the momment if you are in a group of 6 you get 120% (of the mob experience) split between you for killing that mob, which is 20% each. So you need to kill 5 to gain the equivalent of solo experience. With the new system, for killing the same mob in a group of 5 or 6 you will get 180% (of mob experience) divided by 5, so 36% each. Now you only need to kill 3 of this mob to gain the equivalent solo experience, ..and you can have 5 or 6 in your group as it doesn't effect the experience you gain. Does that sound right to all of you? no more full group bonus.. if it ever existed in the first place :) Had to read the message a few times.. so not sure if I deciphered it correctly..
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  • 06-09-2003 2:30 PM In reply to

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    Re: Which is best? Solo or Group post 60?

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    If it's not an attempt to reduce exp for soloers, where do people at that level solo that ISN'T a plane? Sure it's just my opinion, but I count this as a nerf to soloers. Sinfonian
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  • 06-10-2003 3:57 AM In reply to

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    Re: Which is best? Solo or Group post 60?

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    I thought they'd addressed that problem too.. didn't they reduce the level at which stuff turns lightblue to a 60+ player? From what I heard, 65's will see everything down to 50 as blue and everything down to 45 as light blue.. Which of course opens up alot of the older zones to soloing possibilities for 60+ players.. at least, that's the way I interpret it.
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  • 06-10-2003 8:28 AM In reply to

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    Re: Which is best? Solo or Group post 60?

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    Yeah pretty soon the planes will have a normal XP table. So the old world and new worlds will have the same xp. However at least killing in boring old world camps like chardok will yield better group xp heh.
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  • 06-14-2003 1:20 PM In reply to

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    Re: Which is best? Solo or Group post 60?

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    But, if you think about it, this really does prove that there is a XP bonus for a full group. 6 people will kill a mob faster than 5, and the XP gained will be the same. So, not really outright saying there is a bonus for filling a group out, if you read between the lines, this is what it is saying.
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  • 06-15-2003 7:22 AM In reply to

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    Re: Which is best? Solo or Group post 60?

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    Not sure if anyone else has bothered, but I went ahead and did a swarm or two in PoD just to see how much worse the xp is now. Well, everything they've said is true- Soloing in the planes is balls now. At 61 pre-patch at 0% aaxp, I was getting about 1% for every two to three tsetsian flies (which isn't terrible...), but now its taking at least 5 flies to get the same xp. So, I'm with Sinf here- until I can find someplace I can solo that has an xp bonus and is worthwhile, I'm gonna call this patch Soloers' Nerf. ~Myrm
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