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[Sam DeathWalker]

In eq1 I have 24 toons.

I put six in the exp group, and ungroup the other 18. As the exp group will outdamge any single toon (most of the time lol), they get the exp with the other 18 toons helping to kill the mobs faster ... And they get the group bonus. AND I only group them when they have lessons up (2X exp bonus 1/2 hour every 20 hours). After the first exp group get its double exp for 1/2 hour I group another 6 toons, turn on thier lessons and get them double exp for 1/2 hour etc. lol.

Ok I'm evil ...

[Meathead]

Ok well this is what i got today while testing.

XP At Level 1 Tests:

Single XP=50 Mob Level 1 XP=62 Mob Level-2
2 Guys XP=31 Mob Level 1 XP=32 Mob Level-2
3 Guys XP=19 Mob Level 1 xP=23 Mob Level-2
4 Guys XP=16 Mob Level 1 XP=19 Mob Level-2
5 Guys XP=14 Mob Level 1 XP=17 Mob Level-2

I have not tested it any further yet but for some reason i did not get Party bonus for 5 I am thinking it could be due to the fact of the level my guys are.

Other then that would love to see more tables from Duel-Boxers like this at higher levels please! Send them in!

[Kel]

I think it will generally be faster per character to level 1 at a time (as in /played time), because of the reduction in xp gained. But in terms of all character progression it's better to group them up (and I think, the more the merrier aslong as they are all the same level).

With my warrior killing and priest ungrouped and healing I was managing 25k xp/hour (including travelling/afk time), with my warrior and warlick grouped it was 15k xp/hour (at level 30 - yes I suck at maximising xp/hour rates). but still a net gain of 5k xp.hour considering two toons are getting that rate.

To use your examples, but looking at total xp gain:

Single XP=50 Mob Level 1 XP=62 Mob Level-2
2 Guys XP=62 Mob Level 1 XP=64 Mob Level-2
3 Guys XP=57 Mob Level 1 xP=69 Mob Level-2
4 Guys XP=64 Mob Level 1 XP=76 Mob Level-2
5 Guys XP=70 Mob Level 1 XP=85 Mob Level-2

So as a whole any group configuration will gain more total xp for killing a mob compared to a single player (but will receive less xp each).

With some sort of idea on kill times, someone with better maths skills than me could probably work out which set-up works out best.

If two toons can kill 1 mob in half the time it takes a single person to kill that mob then they will be better off by 12xp each*. I imagine kill time doesn't have a linear relationship to number of group members though (so if a single player takes 10 secs to kill a mob, I don't think 2 players will take 5 secs and 5 players take 2 secs), but it would be interesting to see some theory/numbers on this. I'm sure a suitably smart person (i.e. not me) could devise some sort of formula for this.


*How I got that number:
Single toon kills mob worth 50xp in n secs
Two toon kill two mobs worth 31 xp to each of them in n secs (as they kill it twice as fast)

So in n secs single has got 50xp
duo have got 31x2=62xp each (so 12xp more than a solo player in the same time).

[Meathead]

Yea you are very true that mate and good thinking i say you are correct thanks for that table.....i guess for the short of time lost it is worth while due to the fact we get 1/2 more then what we would get as a single Thanks for that.

[Stealthy]

Well heres a trick for you all, it really takes the pain off of 1-45 grind / questfest and speeds things 10x faster than what you would usually level at.

You should be always sitting at about 30k-60k exp p/h at all times.

Requirements
level 70 Warrior / prot Pally / ice Mage (Any one of them)
http://www.mmowned.com/forums/wow-gu...er-8-days.html

Are you able to cut and paste the text from that guide? The site requires a login....

Like the SM Cath 10K tip - will have to give it a try!

Cheers,
Stealthy