Quote Originally Posted by Claviusnex View Post
NM chain is still the most efficient XP builder in Pagos but SE has even managed to make it wasted time. The larger number of kills needed to spawn NM's and increasing the timer interval means you don't get as many opportunities to kill them for the better XP.

I've been to Pagos twice and am not sure I will go back. In fact I'm not sure I will stick around for 4.4 with the way 4.36 has turned out. I've emptied my house and unless SE makes an unlikely change in direction will let it demo and cancel my sub.
My guess is that they were trying to discourage it... but the issue with that, is that they didn’t make the alternative worthwhile in any possible way. Chaining mobs still gives crap experience, and there’s zero reason to do them save for Challenge Logs. Though, the Light step they have incorporated has forced you to grind the mobs to get light; NMs give light as well, but I’m not sure if they’re RNG light like mobs can be (I’ve read reports of people getting light for a mob, the next three giving zero light, then getting light again for one or two, ad nauseam).

Either way, I am not satisfied. I want the relics, because they would make nice glamour. But, I also don’t know if it would even be worth it. And, sadly, I don’t have high hopes that future installments will be any different.