IMO enemies already give too much XP... no point adding more ontop of that. I would be more for cutting their rewards down in favor of raising Quest XP. But that's me.
And no, summoners should not give more XP just cause they summon. It's their attack. That's like saying sword wielders should give more XP since swords. Mages should give more XP since magic! And rangers should give more XP since bow damage! In the end, it all balances out, or you get an upward spiral out of control.
Yeah, I'm sure Larian is smart enough to see why summoning/respawning XP is an actual issue and spawn change on reload isn't, and the difference between actively seeking out ways to "game" the system (which are obtusive and take a long time) and those that are passive, and as a result can be triggered without realising, and if actively engaged are far easier and rewarding to "game"...
Again; Apples and oranges.
You misunderstand what I meant. And it's not as simple as saying
"it's their attack!" and brushing it off.
If a designer wants an encounter to be worth a specific amount of XP because they've designed an area for a particular rate of character advancement, you don't just suddenly toss the XP the summons were worth out the window without compensating the player somewhere else (like making the mobs in an encounter that has a summoner worth more experience).
I'm not saying that is what has happened or has to happen, but rather it's just something that does happen when making a balance fix like this
*if the designer was depending on the encounter to award players with a particular threshold of XP that is no longer being met once summons are given a 0 XP value in order to fix a potential exploit*.EDIT:
And I would go further... aside from being a waste of time and a LOT of work (I know, trust me) it's also actively making the game WORSE. Who wants to persue that? I know I would say 'screw that' and work on something else instead...
I disagree. And I can point out that I also know, and to trust me, and we can compare resumes, etc, but it would be pointless. Because, like me, your mind is made up - I don't make a point of making statements unless I actually stand behind them.
