Doubt about party experience.

Well, yesterday I run some maps with a friend of mine. He's 77, I was 71 at that moment.

We were just blasting our way through lv 68-70 maps as fast as we could, but I noticed my XP gains were pretty slow. In fact, after he left, I run Docks to get my toon to 72, and the XP gain was a lot faster (despite that area being 62).

I've been reading the Wiki and with 20 levels apart, one would get like 86% of the XP. So...
At wich level should I run with him? Even if we go, say, 77-75 I'm getting less XP?

Many thanks, cheers.

because of his level, you had a MASSIVE exp penalty since his lvl was so much higher than the maps. if you were doing 77's you would have been gettting 82% but you werent, the maps you were doing wier atleast 7 lvls lower than his level

So, I should either get to 77 before partying with him or running maps closer to his level right?

Yep. It's based on the higher level, not the lower one.

Great, many thanks guys.

higher lvl higher ep penality formula is like
"The multiplier for experience while in a party is a player's "share", evaluated by (Level+10)^2.71, divided by the total of all players "shares"." from poe gamepedia

that means 193420+ 235759 = 429180 ep total,

you get 193420/429180 = 0,45 ~ 45% but your are doing way lower maps so the total exp can be much lower, but i dont know if the sharing is influenced by his ep penaltiy on lvl difference, but if it is you get much lower ep on doing low lv maps :D

Level 77s do not get any exp penalty doing 70 maps, minor penalty at 68/69.

the level difference between you and him probably caused the issue, he got the lion's share of the experience.

But thats one thing about PoE what sucks, Partyplay is not rewarding, you dont get benefits from grouping, IIR/IIQ only counts for killing blow. Ep is shared and better geared/players suffer from it. EP sharing System punishs you for beeing on lower level.

Only reason to group up is map sharing for expensive maps. But everything else sucks at Partying except leeching but than other players suffer :D

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Keks22 wrote:

But thats one thing about PoE what sucks, Partyplay is not rewarding, you dont get benefits from grouping, IIR/IIQ only counts for killing blow. Ep is shared and better geared/players suffer from it. EP sharing System punishs you for beeing on lower level.

Only reason to group up is map sharing for expensive maps. But everything else sucks at Partying except leeching but than other players suffer :D

That's why you find friends within your level band so everyone gets 100% exp.

Maps are expensive. It makes a lot of sense to run in a group. It also makes everyone's survivability much higher.

As for IIR and IIQ that's why you get an MF culler.

Party play is good.

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Keks22 wrote:

Only reason to group up is map sharing for expensive maps. But everything else sucks at Partying except leeching but than other players suffer :D

The synergy between auras and curses is pretty darn swell.