Solo XP nerf and no patch note?

[Kingm]

<div></div><div></div><p>I was just in Antonica and everyone is spamming that their XP bar is barely moving when soloing.I took a 5 day break after LU14 came out and I am pretty sure these people are not imagining things.</p> <p>Can someone please confirm or tell me that there has been no change? </p> <p> </p> <div></div><p>Message Edited by Kingman on <span class=date_text>10-14-2005</span> <span class=time_text>11:45 PM</span>

[Magu]

No it wasn't nerfed, they had solo/duo XP where they wanted it, they merely boosted 3-6 group bonuses. <div></div>

[Kingm]

Odd. Ok, as long as it was not nerfed. <div></div>

[mazzy]

if they boosted it for groups of 3-6 then i would assume if solo xp is barely moving then yes they nerfed it, to get you to group!

[PigLick]

Most likely a "phantom nerf." It's a phenomenon of all MMOGs, as far as I can tell. At least every game I've played since I started EQ back in the mists of time past. With every patch, some group of people will claim until their dying breath that something has been nerfed, even sometimes despite direct evidence to the contrary. Perception is a fascinating thing. PigLick <div></div>

[Magu]

<span><blockquote><hr>mazzy wrote:if they boosted it for groups of 3-6 then i would assume if solo xp is barely moving then yes they nerfed it, to get you to group! <div></div><hr></blockquote>No, they're not trying to force you to group. They simply had issues where a group was getting LESS experience then each of them could solo, which is NOT what they wanted. So they boosted group XP to bring it up to the same level. They're not trying to slow us down even more.</span><div></div>

[Rijacki]

Solo XP was most definately not nerfed but it is based on targets.  When soloing whites and yellows in Feerrott (my wizard hit 36 last night jsut before I went beddy-bye), my XP was flying by.  When soloing blues and greens elsewhere, it looked stalled.  The same was true for my alchemy (only the most I ever get it white there.. but it seemed stalled on green and better on blue and white, but not super fast gains 50+). If you solo green only... it won't seem to move at all.  If you look only at the gains of each mob, it might also look stalled or skimpy if you think you should be getting huge leaps. <div></div>

[Devilsbane]

<DIV>Aye, but quest experience was doubled. That is what matters most, since Ive disabled combat experience long ago. Good Hunting! </DIV>

[initoci]

I have a 33 zerker on lavastorm, he has bonus xp and i still think its moves way to slow.<BR>it takes me almost 3 days per lvl, when at 20 it only took a few hours.

[Amise]

And that's just as it should be.   If every level took an hour or two the game wouldn't last long. <div></div>

[chadesh]

<P>heh not sure about the rest of you, but I've been killing mobs 2 to 3 levels above me and my EXP bar doesn't move very much. Unless the made it so my pet eats my exp. which is rather stupid. specially since my pet doesnt level unless I do. Also how many people can see thier vitality? I can't and haven't be able to for a long time on any of my characters. makes me wonder if the either got rid of it or reduced it somehow.</P> <DIV>I've been 29 for almost a month now and with killing mobs 2 to 3 levels higher then me I should of level by now, but I haven't and I'm still at 80%. I wish they would give the accual EXP numbers instead of this % crap and how much EXP a certain con mob gives.</DIV> <DIV>I just want to level could careless about much else. not much else in a hack and slash type of game.</DIV><p>Message Edited by chadesh on <span class=date_text>10-30-2005</span> <span class=time_text>07:45 PM</span>

[Sacha]

<DIV>Chadesh, forgive me if you already knew this, but with a pet class you do have to do at least one point of damage yourself to get xp for a kill. I made 29-30 in a couple hours very casual play killing turtles in EL.  But occasionally I would turn round to talk to my daughter, or answer the phone and realise that my poor pet was on the verge of death and I had missed out on xp :smileyvery-happy:</DIV>

[chadesh]

heh my pet never gets in the orange before the mob is dead

[brow27]

but do you do any actual damage yourself?  If you don't hit the mob (i'm not talking your pet, I mean YOU), then you won't get any exp for the kill. <div></div>