Quote Originally Posted by Krelar View Post
The original plan as presented in beta was for the xp penalty for level 20+ to be tied to active epic destiny level rather than character level. People complained that it was too confusing and since it had not been implemented yet the devs dropped the idea.
The problem with that was the auto level up system of destinies. It would be easily possible for a leader to make a group that conforms to an elite bravery bonus only to lose this bonus when the optional exp pushes character x to the next destiny level.

Had they made a system similar to leveling where you can only advance by talking to the fatespinner then t would have been a great system for regulating exp penalties.