EXP Parties since patch, ftl.

[Coglin]

i dissagree.
without AOE abilities the general flow of battle with linked mobs is considerably slower. its also a lot more tedious without any crowd control spells.
it kinda sucks that partying is so reminiscent of FFXI stationary partying (which i couldnt f*cken STAND)
the mobs dont have to die as quickly as other MMOs, but having a decent amount of AOE damage is really fun for me.

I deleted my post, because I agree that its probably not an extremely large XP benefite in a regular group grind, but I feel its faster none the less, AoE or not. Even with the XP bonus for completing leves. at level 35 you get 2500ish ona leve completion. At 35ish on Young raptors, with chaim bonus your around 700 (I know I was 750-775, but to be safe we will go with 700). So in the time it takes to go back and log more leves I will easly kill many many more then the 4 it takes to make up that small gap.Not to tmention, in a decent party the flo of pulling and killing, is always going to be more consistant then a leve any day and anyway.

Now on second thought after looking at the 8 leves I did today and the XP I gained, compared to the XP I gained in the few parties I was in shortly after doing a regular grind, I have to say your mistaken. The XP is certainly better in group grinds then leves, hands down.