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Ok...so maybe it is just me but I am getting so frustrated I have to ask.

Is it normal for a fencer who has a weapon with the same speed and damage (roughly) as a swordsman to get lower xp?

For example: I go out with a swordsman. We both attack. We both swing hit and do lots of damage. It dies. He gets 2400+xp I get 250xp??? or if it is a harder creature he gets 4000xp to my 1000xp.

I really don't understand this. Can someone tell me why this is happening or if it is just "normal?"

Serendipity

The natural grace and beauty of a woman are her deadliest weapons.

Watch the combat tab and check out the battlespam. Check to see how much damage is being done by each person and how quickly it is being dished out. It may look the same speed on the screen, but it's probably not in the battlespam. Does his weapon have armor piercing? That could make a difference. What about specials? Is he using a lot more specials than you? That will rack up more XP really quick. Is he bleeding them? That will also make a difference. Hit em with everything you've got and you should get more XP since it's based on how much damage you inflict upon them. Also, examine the beasties and see what their weaknesses are. Many have light armor and stun damage so you might want to use a VB or stun baton depending on their weaknesses and armor.

So many things can make a difference in how much XP you get out of any particular creature when fighting along side someone else, you just need to experiment a little and see what works best on what. I stuck to 1h curved swords pretty much the entire time I was leveling for Fencer and now I wish I would have done things a little differently.

Ahh well, I ended up at the same destination anyway. It didn't matterwhether I took the short path or thelong one,I got here anyway.

it might be because the creature cons lower to you? are you roughly the same skill? and even if you are, how does consider work? is it independent or dependent upon class. i'm sorry, my ideas only raise more questions. but i'm curious as to how this works, too.

Thanks for the suggestions...sorry I didn't answer back sooner I had to go out of town for a couple days.

Anyway...I will be sure to double check but normally he and I (I normally hunt with my husband) hit very similar and yes I always spam my specials and I do a health bleed as well but not sure if my health bleed is stackable on his mind one.

Again thanks for the suggestions.

Serendipity

Health BLeed is not stackable so don't waste multiple attacks on it. I usually open with bleed, dizzy and blind then Melee attacks and que them up.

Is the xp share based on overall damage or the damage done to a specific pool ? If it is pool based and the mobs die from minddamage and most of your damage is going to either the health or action pool this could explain the xp discrepancy.

A couple of times when I have got low xp in a grouped fight I had the feeling this was happening, but don't know for sure. Anyone know for sure how the xp split works ?

-Bae

As for him pulling more XP mostly likely he is queing up specials. But one thing I have noticed is that the more skills I obtain in my Fencer class the more XP I pull off PVE. It may be just the fact that I am hitting faster or more accurately.

Gurr'endar Itook

Wannabe Fencer

hello ,

I just wanted to respond to Ziggkurr and corect him on health bleeds , they are stackable , only onec however . first use healthHit 1 folowed by health hit 2 and watch as they do seperate dammage about 350 or so with bleed 1 and about 800 with bleed 2 . just wanted to clarify

ProdigalSon

Master

hi again

lol forgot to mention that i was also a blade master

ProdigalSon

Master Doctor- BladeMaster

Bleeds do stacks!! as long as it is not from the same move, in another word, Health hit 1 and 2 stacks, macro them together!!

Ok one more question (maybe)

Ifaswordsmangets a mind bleed ona targetdoes my health bleed still even affect the the target?That is what I was wondering.

Serendipity

yeah, the different bleeds will affect the target independently of one another. a mind bleed won't conflict with a health bleed. you should be able to stack two different mind bleeds, and two different health bleeds.

let's say you're a pistoleer. now this is where i get sketchy, someone will have to tell me if i'm wrong.

a pistoleer has two bleeds, and a fencer has two. you should be able to stack four bleeds if you're both. healthshot1, healthshot2, healthhit1, healthhit2.

that's a lot of gore. that's like Saving Private Ryan in space or something....

Hiagain,

really sorry for the double post , dunno what happened there

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BladeMaster-MasterDoctor

(luv being able to wrtie that)