Power-leveling is absolutely BROKEN

[Issac]

SE will over do it, then you can all moan its taking to long to level again..

Look its over cooked fair enough..
Not Everyone likes killing mobs over and over again without some actual content..
Let them get on with it till the patch you do what you enjoy..

All they need to do is put a penalty on for a player X ranks above claiming to say from 5% at 9 ranks above to 90% penalty at 20/5ranks above?
An make it so players ahve to do an action against a mob to get Exp. (one mob not all in the chain)

It wont stop power levelling in some ways, but it will def stop the afk to a large degree, and still let people help each other out. (and PL slower but still affective for those who hate mob grinding tedium)

Make it so the PLVL being in the party significantly cuts EXP to a point where it's not worth it.
If helping outside the party, remove the chain/link bonus.

It would still be possible to help your friend, but it would take more effort than starting an actual party but less effort than soloing. I think that is a happy compromise.

Edit;
Scratch that. Just ditch the link/exp bonus when someone is >9 (or >5) ranks higher than you. It would still achieve the above goal.

[Esk]

Make it so the PLVL being in the party significantly cuts EXP to a point where it's not worth it.
If helping outside the party, remove the chain/link bonus.

It would still be possible to help your friend, but it would take more effort than starting an actual party but less effort than soloing. I think that is a happy compromise.

Edit;
Scratch that. Just ditch the link/exp bonus when someone is >9 (or >5) ranks higher than you. It would still achieve the above goal.

Migrating penalty works better, A Fix'd level forces people to work within a set limit,
> Oh i was playing last night and im 10levels up now.. so i can play with so-an-so
> Oh bugger i lv'd up last night, Exp will be cut till you lv as well.