can someone explain to me the new party exp thing?

i.e. what is the rate of exp now for partying, and how has it 'killed' leech?

The old experience formula distributed exp by two factors: How much damage you did and what level you were. So does the new one.
Old one multiplied the ratio of damage and level by .4 and .6 (not sure which is wjich).
New one multiplies them by .2 and .8, making damage done a larger factor in the exp splitting.

inb4Russt & his corrections

The old experience formula distributed exp by two factors: How much damage you did and what level you were. So does the new one.
Old one multiplied the ratio of damage and level by .4 and .6 (not sure which is wjich).
New one multiplies them by .2 and .8, making damage done a larger factor in the exp splitting.

inb4Russt & his corrections

so given just that, how has it affected priests training in a party?

so given just that, how has it affected priests training in a party?

If they don't deal damage to the monsters they would now be getting about half of what they got before.

The old experience formula distributed exp by two factors: How much damage you did and what level you were. So does the new one.
Old one multiplied the ratio of damage and level by .4 and .6 (not sure which is wjich).
New one multiplies them by .2 and .8, making damage done a larger factor in the exp splitting.

inb4Russt & his corrections

Actually it's the old split that was 20% damage, 80% level relation. Now it's 40/60. Even the damage part was still relatively new, it used to be that the 20% was based entirely upon the person who did the most damage/received the last hit.

If they don't deal damage to the monsters they would now be getting about half of what they got before.

so being used as a HS mule for leeching has been rendered obsolete, right?
and @Cyanne:
so now, if i am interpreting this right, you receive more exp if you deal more damage, and less if youre a lower level than someone else in your party, or more for the latter?

Actually it's the old split that was 20% damage, 80% level relation. Now it's 40/60. Even the damage part was still relatively new, it used to be that the 20% was based entirely upon the person who did the most damage/received the last hit.

Oops. :|
I know you leech exactly half of the experience now that you would have on the old formula, rest is semantics. D: (Except for rare cases when rounding pineapples your pomegranate up)

So now it's...
0.4*your level / sum of levels on the map + .6 * damage you did / mob's HP = Exp you get (before Party bonus), while it use to be .8 and .2 respectively...?

so being used as a HS mule for leeching has been rendered obsolete, right?
and @Cyanne:
so now, if i am interpreting this right, you receive more exp if you deal more damage, and less if youre a lower level than someone else in your party, or more for the latter?

60% exp is split proportionally to damage
40% exp is split proportionally to level

Old figures were 20 and 80, so level-based exp-gain (which involves no work, or to call leeching) got cut in half, from 80 to 40, therefore what a leecher/priest gains gets cut in half as well, from 40 to 20.

ahh; thanks for the help guys.

now, back to debating which class to make. thanks again all.