yeah the more i read their post the more i think they have 20 different exp
tables. the ''creating exp out of thin air'' is the clincher for me. but that is
where the other guy was coming from and how i read it the first time i saw
it.

At 08:03 PM 1/16/01 +0000, you wrote:

> > Can you show me an example with your above formula to show how the
> > penalty would be moved? I'm don't grasp the concept you're stating
> > with just the formula.
>
>I think I understand this now, and I believe we already have the
>answer. The previous exp penalty is not actually a penalty perse, by
>this I mean that there is no actual exp being docked per kill. Bards
>would actually physically need 1400 exp points to level, rather than
>1000. Check with the people running ShowEQ to be sure. The amount
>of EXP their character is receiving is the same regardless of class.
>The EXP Bar is just larger. Also, the way VI is introducing this
>change is extremelly and confusing if they're using one table
>and "knocking off" experience based on the classes. Plus, I don't
>see clearly how they (pre-patch) would divide the experience based
>off how much experience you have, i.e. a Bard at level 40 would have
>more than a Cleric at level 40. From your suggestion, the Bard would
>actually have the exact same amount, but it would have come from more
>kills.
>
>If this is what you mean by the exp penalty COULD have been moved,
>then I am confident that it's not. I'm pretty sure that they're
>using seperate tables for each class/race combination rather than 1
>overall table by all the other evidence available to us.
>
>
>
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