The true mechanics behind XP

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Hey all

 

So I observed something rather interesting while power leveling on Rakghouls (the only enemies on Taris known to respawn when you keep warping to and from base, unless I don't know of something else that might) to reach level 10 before Davik's Estate

 

My character, a scoundrel, was indeed getting the 30 xp displayed over each Rakghoul. With me was T3-M4 - who was NOT gaining XP of the displayed amount. Paying attention to it, I noticed his XP would go up by 24 with each kill despite simply displaying 30 XP

 

So what in the game intentionally tries to keep your party members behind you in terms of leveling? This is something intriguing indeed....

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npc.2da, specifically the "percentxp" column. Same thing in both games.