For my all my ripping of Verant and their high minded arrogence, they
deserve praise for this. They saw they made a mistake (class based xp
penalty) and (finally) fixed it. Plain and simple. Their solution is nearly
identical to the one I proposed to my friends (the ones that play EQ), so
obviously I like it. hmmm... (Elfson checks his living room for bugs)

The added xp for dungeon is nice, will benefit my group greatly as we make
it a point to explore all those under used dungeons and in fact our next two
targets are Nurga and Kaesora, heh... However it will do little to get
people there. The reason Lake, Oasis, Front Mts, South Karana, Dreadland,
Karnors are all crowded is because, well..., they are crowded. Huh? What I
mean is people go there because its where they know they will be able to
find a pick up group. If people decided that Swamp of No Hope was the place
to be, it would overcrowded and Lake would sit empty. I assume Lake became
the hotbed it is because its convient location for all races (especially
good since they represent most the games population). I dont expect to see
people hanging out in the entrance room of Najena shouting "22 warrior
looking to join Trazden camp". However for the people with the organization
and friends to do it, these changes will be a nice plus...

The grouping bonus is nice, but I dont know if it will do much to change the
percent of players who group vs solo. It cant hurt though. And again I
group all the time so I am happy...