2009-12-18, 05:50 AM
DualReaver Wrote:[COLOR="Green"]I do not have Stance. I am a Paladin. I hit one monster at a time, and a Wraith getting in my way messes with my location and might push me into Bigfoot.
It's not really 50%, I'll admit I overexaggerated on that part. On 4x EXP, I get roughly 9% from BF. On 4x with HS and 1 leecher, I get 11%ish. That's a lot of EXP for me, as well as the fact that the Priest buffed me with a 2x Family Buff, since I was out on mine. I didn't charge him either, since I'm after exp.
I consider his efforts to be worth the EXP he gets.[/COLOR]
Yay! I wrote this lengthy reply and then my web browser hiccuped and the whole thing went kaput. Ah well, basically I understand how wraith can be troublesome and I've even traded BF leech for 2x buffs/HS before. But I still think they get a disproportionate amount of exp for just buffing me.
However, I also don't see the point in people arguing for or against leech, as unfair advantages are in all aspects of life; and leech isn't the worst one in Maple Story. What really confuses me is that people have been fighting for more balanced mechanics in the game, yet the first major step Nexon takes in making the game more fair and there's a sudden uproar of whiny people.
I'm still convinced that the only con in the exp formula change is what KaidaTan mentioned. In a party of 2 attackers and a HS mule where neither of the attackers is a mage class, they end up getting less exp overall than they would from the old system.