monster and beasts of same level yield different exp?

mdhammond

Just noticed it seems like some creatures of same level yield different exp. for example, the Tigers in green shade lvl 25 seem to give very little experience compared to the lvl 25 hallow men across the road even though the Tigers mobs are closer togetger and a faster farm. Does this have something to do with humanoid vs beast?

UrQuan

Even if they're the same level some mobs are more easier to kill than others. Those mobs give you less XP than ones of that level that are harder to kill. You'll see this in a lot of places.

PBpsy

It is not always a matter of difficulty. It appears that many of the mobs that were part of some XP grind had their XP cut to a forth of their original value and sometimes even lower.

UrQuan

PBpsy wrote: »

It is not always a matter of difficulty. It appears that many of the mobs that were part of some XP grind had their XP cut to a forth of their original value and sometimes even lower.

That's true - mobs in delves are all worth 1/2 the XP of the exact same mob above-ground, and mobs in public dungeons are worth even less.

mdhammond

Wow seems like they would want to encourage people to do dungeons with others instead of cutting exp. no wonder it's so hard to get a group for dungeons

UrQuan

mdhammond wrote: »

Wow seems like they would want to encourage people to do dungeons with others instead of cutting exp. no wonder it's so hard to get a group for dungeons

That's the delves (the ones that there are many of in each zone) and public dungeons (the ones where there's 1 in each zone, and it has 2 quests associated with it, as well as bosses you can kill for achievements and a group boss event that gives you a skill point), though - I don't think the mob XP is reduced in group dungeons (the ones that are instanced to your group and designed for a 4-man group).

The reason why the XP is reduced in delves and public dungeons is because they have a much higher density of mobs and respawn rate, and on PC they used to be continually farmed by grinders as they were amongst the best places to earn XP and loot/gold. At one point it was almost impossible to actually have any fun in them, because hordes of players would be constantly slaughtering everything almost as soon as they spawned.

mdhammond

Ahh that makes sense then