Maybe there is something in patch 5 that applies individual XP, like performing actions that trigger the inspiration bonus. I haven't been able to play enough to find out myself, as patch 5 seems to crash rather regularly using Steam's Proton runtime.
Yes there is. I'm comming to the end of my patch 5 playthrough and everybody on my team has different XP total because of background xp bonuses
I find this a bit odd, given that the 2 highest XP"s in my game are equal and the 2 others lag behind with different XP each. In the case of individual XP bonuses, I would expect one to be higher than all the others. Escept if they would apply XP penalties to players.