Really was exp a penalty in XI?

I never thought about exp loss in XI unless we were talking 40k+ in the space of an event... only after that amount was I in danger of a delevel. And the first thing I would do is go and get that buffer back.

You do what you do to get the job done. I have happily shed 20k exp zombie-ing a NM with only RR1 after a wipe while waiting for members to job change / arrive etc without a seconds hesitation. The only penalty for me is when a God / Jailer / ZNM depops, or a timeout in BCNM / Limbus / Dyna / etc as nobody was in a position where they can safely RR.

Exp loss barely even registers in comparison in those situations.

If it did not bother you in XI it won't bother you here. so you don't care either way?