Quote Originally Posted by Cabalabob View Post
Thinking about it, why not just let us gain exp while in a party regardless of level? It’s not like this is ffxi where when you claim a mob no one else can touch it. It’s stupid that a level 18 outside my party can help kill a monster and I get exp, but if they’re in my party I don’t. Without the competitive element to monster claiming it just seems arbitrary.
If you're not in parties together, you only get a partial xp credit, depending on damage dealt (as far as I can tell). And I don't think it would be good if a level 20 could give full xp to a level 1 for murdering a ton of lower level mobs.

Self promoting a related thread to this one here:
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...epeat-death%29