Tripple XP is a joke

[Ironstone]

Ok so the title might get some scrutiny but here's my xplaination as to why tripple xp is a joke. Rested XP is not awarded if your getting your so called tripple xp first and foremost. Second, if i kill a mob (both chars mage , lock lvl 21) lvl 22 on my own not grouped with my mage I get around 150ish xp per kill. rested around 300. grouped with my recruit a friend mage I get the tripple xp and total xp gained from killing the same mob is around a 150ish. Wheres the group XP when looking closer it says you killed w/e xp gained 150 (100 XP from recruit a friend). So you get the same XP as if you were on your own without the rested bonus. Quest turn in grants tripple which is nice but i normally play as rested and i think you end up losing xp in the long run when looking at rested xp from mob kills over quest turn ins.

[mlwhitt]

Not a joke to most of us. When grouped you should be killing nearly twice as fast. People are complaining enough about 300% XP, can you imagine if it did stack with Rest at 500%?

Honestly it is just right if you ask me. Same as having 1.5x rest XP even if you level none stop. Then to top it off by the time you get to 60 you will have most likely 1 1/2 bars of rested XP from the get go.

[Dominian]

Think of us who bought the accounts 2 weeks before the RAF buff and stop complaining!

[zanthor]

I started 7 days ago, I've got 4 shamans @ 40th without any help from my 70...(no help with xp, but gold for skills/gear). I'm not twinked, I geared up once @ 20th and once again last night when I hit 40th... I haven't had to do crappy quests, or stuff I don't want to, I just cherry pick the fun and easy quests and level about 1x per hour.

[shockula]

I am loving the triple xp so far. I have 3 characters that are in their 50s now. 2 that are leveling together with a third getting levels granted. I boosted my toons up until level 45 though, that may be why my experience has been a bit different.

[Lyonheart]

I started 7 days ago, I've got 4 shamans @ 40th without any help from my 70...(no help with xp, but gold for skills/gear). I'm not twinked, I geared up once @ 20th and once again last night when I hit 40th... I haven't had to do crappy quests, or stuff I don't want to, I just cherry pick the fun and easy quests and level about 1x per hour.

Yes .. not having to do collection quests rule. I have done a few easier CQs but mostly just zoom through kill quests. I was 41 when I logged my new team in yesterday. I ran all over the place getting the FPs from Theramor>.tan>.feralis and I was 45 when i logged out a few hours later. Its super fast when you focus on quests. ( yes i boosted from 20-40 in sm ) But its still super fast when questing.

[Stabface]

Ok so the title might get some scrutiny but here's my xplaination as to why tripple xp is a joke. Rested XP is not awarded if your getting your so called tripple xp first and foremost. Second, if i kill a mob (both chars mage , lock lvl 21) lvl 22 on my own not grouped with my mage I get around 150ish xp per kill. rested around 300. grouped with my recruit a friend mage I get the tripple xp and total xp gained from killing the same mob is around a 150ish. Wheres the group XP when looking closer it says you killed w/e xp gained 150 (100 XP from recruit a friend). So you get the same XP as if you were on your own without the rested bonus. Quest turn in grants tripple which is nice but i normally play as rested and i think you end up losing xp in the long run when looking at rested xp from mob kills over quest turn ins.

I'll explain how XP works.
Killing an even con monster grants level*5 + 45 XP in the old world, or level*5 + 235 in Outlands. Rest bonus doubles that XP, and Recruit a Friend triples it, however these 2 do not stack. In a group, XP is divided, however there is a group bonus for 3 (x1.166) 4 (x1.3) and 5 (x1.4) person groups. The math becomes much more complex when mob and player levels are not the same, so I'll leave it at this for now.

Solo L22 killing an even con mob: 22*5+45 = 155 XP base, 310 XP rested.
Two grouped L22's killing an even con mob: (22*5+45) / 2 = 77.5 XP base, 155 rested, 232 XP recruit-a-friend.
Five groupled L22's killing an even con mob: (22*5+45) * 1.4 / 5 = 43.4 XP base, 86.8 rested, 130.2 recruit-a-friend.

So yes the XP per kill per character does go down, but not only are you earning this XP across multiple characters in parallel, a group of 2 should more than make up for it on a per-character basis simply by killing things faster.

Furthermore, the recruit-a-friend bonus does not expire until L60, whereas rest XP often runs out very quickly.

[Sarduci]

Quest XP x 3? Uh, I think that's the real point people miss sometimes. Kill 15 boars, get 30,000xp. Kill some random named mob, get 45,000xp.

[Stabface]

Correct, Sarduci. Rest XP does not affect quests but RAF bonus does... that's the real money if you're not boosting.

[TheBigBB]

And the fact that you can keep any rest XP you gain. You'll have full rest by 60 on all characters. If you go to each zone and do all the kill quests available, you'll level at an INSANE rate. Triple experience never has to be earned by logging out, either. It's not a joke at all. The biggest joke is skipping so many zones and quests because they went grey before you even got there.

OP, please think a little harder before you post such things!