Huh? I think Malarious is right for once. Covens and mindlinks did need to be strictly better than squads, but not necessarily in the exp-gain department.

Now to see whether it actually matters or if he's right but that the advantage is so minor it's irrelevant.

"We are Orlachmar's Beast!" "Hoooo!"

Fishers. With just me: 693. With Sidd: 1392. GG.

Whoa, that's weird, since Ashteru and I tried several different creatures and none of them gave any difference in xp (both normal and demi) with just the two of us in a squad.

Kephera worker. Alone: 250. With Sidd: 503.

Is that each, or total?

What sucks the most is now 3/4 orgs have an additional xp bonus thanks to constructs.


... except Celest . Why does the Angelfont have to suck so hard.

Come2Mag?

Besides, you guys have Eventru. He gives a +2 to griefing.

That is my essence increase after each kill.

Looks weird, killing fishers should give more essence than 693, even without any xp gain buffs. More in the range of what you gained with Sidd, although it is strange that the gained xp/essence doesn't seem to get split there.

Covens are far better than mindlinks as it is. Everyone in a commune can be part of a coven and gain this experience benefit. It's pretty unfair. It would be unfair even to limit the benefits to Totem specialized only coven members as this is a secondary skill to multiple guilds while mindlinks are only available as a tertiary skill. Not only that, it's not limited to mages, but commune monks can also be part of mindlinks.

The experience bonus is only for the leader. But still.

Nope, only Telepaths can be part of mindlinks. Even more limited than you thought!

@esano oh, good call.



one sentence means everyone gets it.

Oh, okay. Didn't really read that. Someone just told me.

Alright so it is a bonus for everyone?

Everyone in the squad who is in the commandant's entourage, and the commandant, gets an experience bonus.

Only telepaths can be in a mindlink squad. Presumably, the same applies to covens. They have to be brought in by mindlink join rather than squad recruit.

Covens can only be joined by members of the same totem/org. Mindlinks can be joined by anyone. Covens are limited to 13 people. Don't know about mindlinks. This has not changed, as far as I'm aware.

As a telepath, with the ability to form mindlinks, I am very comfortable in saying no, no they can't.

Indeed, to quote from the ab: A mindlink allows you to link your mind with other telepaths.

And to try and mindlink someone without telepathy:
mindlink join celina
Celina is unable to join in a mindlink.

This does sound both interesting and promising, but yes, the coven and mindlink part does seem a bit wrong. Maybe, if constructs grant commune members an even more increased exp, it's possible to give cities the same by increasing exp gain for those with angelic aura/lichseed. That, or just get rid of the existing exp bonus that commune constructs give...