Remove the Party Experience Bonus!

[Rataxes]

Encouraging groups is good

The party bonus encourages people not to think. No, that is not good.

Playing with other people is fun.

Yeah sure it can be, in which case you don't need the XP bonus as an incentive to party up. Exping parties, which is the by far most common type on Bnet, are no fun at all mostly.

BTW the preLOD goodness you discribe is a figment of your imagination.

The day D2 was released and the day LoD was, released mark the beginning and end of one of my top three gaming experiences ever. My memory is quite clear on that, I assure you that it is not a figment of my imagination.

Looking at that last paragraph, you shouldnt be playing games like this - you are WAY to emotionally invested.

No I'm quite emotionally detatched, I've never smashed as much as a pencil over extreme frustration in a game, any game. Just because I, unlike the "I play D2 to find shiny gold objects"-people, previously found somewhat deeper pleasures, such as the atmosphere, the or interaction with other people in a competitive environment, in this game, it doesn't mean it has anything to do with becoming emotionally involved in a game.

And you said "newbies"? Um this is a three year old game "newbies" are not a real vocal force here. (Im sure you didnt mean low lvl characters, because we all know they did nerf exp for low lvl leachers).

So just because the Lurker Lounge doesn't have any newbies, that means that Battle.net also lacks newbies? Or am I reading this sentence wrong? I must be, that'd be quite a logical disconnect on your part otherwise. Battle.net is flooded with people who are completely clueless about this game and likely have never seen any other area than the five towns, the corner of the cow level, and Mephistos durance.

And lastly, "eh" why besmirch Canadians by throwing that on the end of your drival?4

Mind clarifying this bit?