05-09-2003, 01:49 PM
Leechers aint all bad. It is quite possible be 100% beneficial when you leech, its also fully possible to be a major pain in the **** :)
As far as the xp goes, leechers can under the current rules boost your xp. A simple example is a lvl 10 leecher with a lvl 90 killer. 2 people in a game doubles the life of all monsters, and gives 2/3 more xp. If the lvl 10 is in the same named area (ie cow lvl) as the 90 and they are both in a party, the xp is also boosted by a bit (50% i belive) so the final xp for a monster will then be :
100 * 1 + (2/3) + 0.5 = 210%, of this xp the lvl 90 will get 90% while the lvl 10 will get 10%. The total xp for the lvl 90 is then 210*0.9 = 189%. Against this number you have to faktor in kill speed and survivability. Killing a single double hit point monster is easier than killing 2 single hit point monsters.
As soon as there are more players than 2 the calulations get complicated, but the principle stays the same. The xp is boosted as loong as the kill speed dont go to low. 7 lvl 1 chars and 1 lvl 90 char would probably suffer a bit, but a mixed party with 4 fast killers and 4 leechers will do very well, and much better than the 4 fast killers alone. They would probably also stand quite nice upp to a pure 8 fast killers party, since a party like that often kills so fast that finding the monsters becomes an issue :) (for example lightning fury is most effective against a huge crowd, and with 8 lf zons in a map the crowd would get so spread out between the zon's that killing speed would suffer.
The bad about leechers are the fact that they grab items and often make a pester out of themself. In my guild we often do cowruns with "dedicated leechers"™ and its quite fun and good xp, and of course its much more fun when the leechers actually behave themselfs :)
As far as the xp goes, leechers can under the current rules boost your xp. A simple example is a lvl 10 leecher with a lvl 90 killer. 2 people in a game doubles the life of all monsters, and gives 2/3 more xp. If the lvl 10 is in the same named area (ie cow lvl) as the 90 and they are both in a party, the xp is also boosted by a bit (50% i belive) so the final xp for a monster will then be :
100 * 1 + (2/3) + 0.5 = 210%, of this xp the lvl 90 will get 90% while the lvl 10 will get 10%. The total xp for the lvl 90 is then 210*0.9 = 189%. Against this number you have to faktor in kill speed and survivability. Killing a single double hit point monster is easier than killing 2 single hit point monsters.
As soon as there are more players than 2 the calulations get complicated, but the principle stays the same. The xp is boosted as loong as the kill speed dont go to low. 7 lvl 1 chars and 1 lvl 90 char would probably suffer a bit, but a mixed party with 4 fast killers and 4 leechers will do very well, and much better than the 4 fast killers alone. They would probably also stand quite nice upp to a pure 8 fast killers party, since a party like that often kills so fast that finding the monsters becomes an issue :) (for example lightning fury is most effective against a huge crowd, and with 8 lf zons in a map the crowd would get so spread out between the zon's that killing speed would suffer.
The bad about leechers are the fact that they grab items and often make a pester out of themself. In my guild we often do cowruns with "dedicated leechers"™ and its quite fun and good xp, and of course its much more fun when the leechers actually behave themselfs :)