I'm not trying to start a rumor, just hoping to get some official word. There doesn't seem to me to be any increase in XP at all. But I didn't do any study on the numbers either... However an individual who is rather informed about this game told a bunch of us that the "hotfix" they applied last night also unintentionally rolled back NPC xp to prior to 1.2 as well.
Not to start anything either, but I'd be shocked of these higher VR NPCs had any damage reduction as well.
Is there any confirmation as to what the current state of VR NPC xp is?
"There is no moisture in your angry stares." - Laughs-at-All
"I don't know why I bother guarding you horrible people." - Orama Sadas
"Scales here is about to have a really bad day..." - Valeric
"Just tell me what you're doing here before I turn your heart into a tomato..." - Sereyne
"Break those rocks! Dig those ditches! Why??? Because I want you to!!!" - Ifriz the Unraveller
"There are worse masters than I. Far worse." - Molag Bal
"I humiliated the Daedra in Mehrunes Spite." - You, when turning in a specific Undaunted Daily.
"I'm not finding you very pleasant!" - Adla the Brewer
"Old Ri'hirr likes his birds slow and stupid!" - Old Ri'hirr
"When things get dirty... Oh, I get so flustered." - Meredil the Archivist
"Too many Argonians about these days..." - Davon's Watch Guard (though I think this one has been removed from game)