[Madmartigan]

Wow - this change sure provoked a lot of reactions!

I have to say I really like the change and am pretty much on the same lines as JohnRambo on this one.

You should get rewarded more for tougher fights and less for easy ones you know you'll win, it's then up to you to choose whether you want to risk it for more exp or take the certain victory for a little less.

Plus it's not all about level either - there are quite a few lvl 40s I can beat and who would surely get good experience from a tough lower level player (since the math is based on how much damage you take from your opponent, not levels or stats), so I don't think it's unfair for the higher levels either.

And for those of you all the way up the food chain, if you think of levels as a measure of your experience in being a bad boy/girl (this is a role play game after all) , it makes sense that it will be more difficult for you to gain a lot of experience from beating up the same old people who are no match for you. You just have to get what you can and wait for someone else to get stronger and be able to challenge you... Or fight it out amongst each other in the meanwhile.

I'm sure this will be tweaked with time since people are bound to find loopholes in the system (like unequipping), but I think it's a very welcome development overall!