I believe Zamiel's article on TAKP wiki is accurate for group exp bonuses: So adding a 3rd member to a duo decreases the experience per toon significantly, but adding a 4th member to a trio actually increases the experience per toon per kill. Adding a 5th member to a group of 4 is very nearly free, but the 6th toon significantly slows down the experience (unless they increase the kill rate quite a bit).
So looking at that where we have a lot of players that do trios. It looks like you might as well group with another trio or add a 4th player preferably. The kill rate would sky rocket with another trio and it's only 3% less per mob than a single trio.
on ak i remember logging in toons far away from the rest of the party where people got the additional bonus and split the exp. it is not happening here.
Correct, they have chosen not to implement the out of reach experience. Not certain why they did, but obviously it wasn't an intended game mechanic in the first place.
we have a rule set to be like that and it's currently disabled. One of the developer is against enabling it while the other don't mind it. We can revisit that.
Exactly... So really our experience mechanics here have been incorrect to Al`kabor the entire time, and now are being set right? Sounds less like a bonus and more like a bug fix.
It stays same for 1-3 members. But at 4-6, my guess on current setup is: 4 - 160%/4 = 40% 5 - 180%/5 = 36% 6 - 216%/6 = 36% Standard LoY exp splits. But thats my guess.
Don't get me wrong, it's great that this is going in, but I think the term "bonus" is being used incorrectly here.
Merry Christmas! Just kidding, I'm glad it's getting fixed. Even though I haven't been able to find a group in about 3 weeks working my way through the 30's. Was hoping an actual bonus xp weekend would attract new or returning players.
It was a beneficial bug on AK (we know it wasn't intended, because it contradicts an old AK patch message). The devs here on TAKP have gone in both directions on this sort of thing in the past.
Hm. I think there are two issues under discussion here: (1) whether TAKP has the same group exp bonuses as AK, and (2) whether toons out of exp range should count toward group exp bonuses. My understanding is that the answer to #2 is 'no', even though AK had that particular bug, and will remain 'no'. The answer to #1 was 'no', but is about to become 'yes'. Is that right, devs?
the group exp bonuses were discuss at various time before but we never really considered it about putting it on the server. We finally decided to vote on it a few month back and it was voted in but I postpone it until today. (sorry it took this long) lol The oor xp bug was voted no by most of us and continued to be voted down.
pras good decision. now a single player (trio) will want to hunt for another trio or even a solo boxer wayyyy more than before.