Significant decrease in XP?

[Rade]

<DIV><SPAN> <P><SPAN>I played all day yesterday and the XP was phenomenal (it was better than it has ever been). I logged in this evening and the XP gain slowly crept by. Before the update on the 26th, 25 Dragoon Sentries would  give me about one bubble of xp (it was  30% better after the update), but after playing this evening, 25 kills only garnered half a bubble (i.e. we're talking 1% worth of xp per kill). The game felt slow; In all honesty, it felt like everything was playing in slow motion.</SPAN></P> <P><SPAN>I am a lvl 25 'zerker who has been killing the same yellow / white solos for the past 3 days; do you think this is a bug? There was a couple of other people soloing the same creatures tinight, and when I asked them about the noticeable decrease in XP, they both confirmed having the same issue on their end. </SPAN></P> <P><SPAN>Btw: Did anyone else notice the recent removal of the XP patch notes from the 26th? It was present yesterday when the Launcher loaded, but today there is no mention of it at all (like it was wiped from existance)</SPAN></SPAN></P></DIV><p>Message Edited by Radeus on <span class=date_text>01-29-2005</span> <span class=time_text>07:35 PM</span>

[kille]

<DIV>I did some soloing in EL today and I didn't notice any change in exp.  Perhaps "vitality" is factoring into your exp?  I would elaborate, but I'm afraid I don't completely understand how it works myself...</DIV>

[apme]

this sounds like a case of your vitality pool getting low.will make more sense to you once the vitality gauge goes live i would assume.<p>Message Edited by apmetc on <span class=date_text>01-30-2005</span> <span class=time_text>12:55 AM</span>

[cas]

<DIV>ya but the vitality thing has always been in place... so you would have noticed this before...</DIV>

[VonStein]

<DIV>I noticed this too.... things seemed slow agian...</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I was soloing an 18 Warrior... to 19 today... killing things I've killed and documented XP for at those same levels.. pre XP patch and saw no difference...</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I will log on tomorow when my vitality has at least partially refilled, and see if its any better....</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Should proove an interesting test....</DIV>

[JBo]

<DIV>I think there is something definitely messed up over the weekend (01/29/2005 - 01/30/2005).</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I didn't exp much over the week (exploring, doing quests, etc.), so vitality shouldn't be a problem.</DIV> <DIV>Usually I do full exp every night for 4 hours during weekdays. And over the weekend, I can get one level for each day (full 12 hours grouped exp).</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>During this weekend (01/29/2005 - 01/30/2005), I fought group of goblins and clays in Runnyeye and got about:</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>1) 60% on saturday (01/29/2005 ) for 12 hours.</DIV> <DIV> <DIV>2) 30% on sunday (01/30/2005 ) for 12 hours.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Overall, it's about 1 level over 24 hours of grouped play.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>This is at least 1 times slower than before.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Personally, I have never seen any game where you can gain only 1 level for 24 hours of continuous playing.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I think SOE has gone mad with some powerplayers, so the nerf bat has been swinging on us average players now.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>This is just becoming ridiculous.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>33 Berserker, Nektulos</DIV></DIV> <P>Message Edited by JBoot on <SPAN class=date_text>01-31-2005</SPAN> <SPAN class=time_text>09:30 AM</SPAN></P><p>Message Edited by JBoot on <span class=date_text>01-31-2005</span> <span class=time_text>09:31 AM</span>

[Diabol]

<DIV>It seemed fine for me, I went through like 30-40% of 33 in < 3 hrs sunday night.  I was in Nek castle most of the time.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV>

[cas]

<DIV>just fine for me this weekend dinged 22 and 23 this weekend... me and my roomate templar prolly about 10 hours total..  btw was 60%into 21 when i started so about 140% total xp...  we duo yellow group mobs all day long..</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>wish we would have been told about vitality from the start so we could have noticed these patterns from day one....</DIV>