Epic Experience questions

[Jaysun]

Just coming back and have some questions as I want to use the xp bonus for the weekend.

We are both 21 but our son is 26. Is there any penalty for playing with him on Reaper 1? Is there a level cap penalty for Elite? I heard something about 4 level difference on reaper.

Also if we do an epic past life and go back to 20, do the quest/reaper first time bonus reset?

Thanks

[Cableman]

Just coming back and have some questions as I want to use the xp bonus for the weekend.

We are both 21 but our son is 26. Is there any penalty for playing with him on Reaper 1? Is there a level cap penalty for Elite? I heard something about 4 level difference on reaper.

Also if we do an epic past life and go back to 20, do the quest/reaper first time bonus reset?

Thanks

Some depends on the level of quest you are running. Bravery bonus will be affected.

From the ddowiki: https://ddowiki.com/page/Experience_point

Bravery bonus (Individual)
Once per life, you can get extra experience equal to 100%* of elite XP as your bravery bonus. If your first run through is on elite or reaper difficulty, you receive the full bonus immediately. If you run on hard, you receive half. The other half is not lost, when you later run on elite/reaper, you can get it.
Warning!!: In order to be eligible for the full Bravery bonus, your character must be no more than:
2 levels above the base quest level (in heroics), or
4 levels above the base quest level (in epics)
If you have a player in your group that does not meet these criteria, Bravery bonus is halved.

Level of quest vs level of highest character in quest (Party)
Compare the quest's effective level (depends on difficulty) to the level of the highest-level character to have entered the quest (even if they left after entering!). If that character's level is...
below, equal to, or +1 level above the quest's effective level, there is no adjustment.
+2, there's a -10% penalty.
+3 = -25%
+4 = -50%
+5 = -75%
+6 = -99%
+7 or higher there is no XP regardless of any bonuses.
This over-level penalty does not apply to epic quests.

Power-leveling penalty (Individual)
If you are questing with characters no more than 3 levels higher, you receive no penalty. If you are questing with characters 4 levels or more higher than your character), you will suffer an individual penalty:
4 levels below the highest-level character in the party, you receive a -50% penalty.
5 levels below, you receive a -75% penalty.
6 levels below, you receive a -87% penalty.
7 or more levels below, you receive no XP regardless of bonuses.
Note: Characters that are level 20 or higher do not receive a power-level penalty.

So, in epics, it will only affect the bravery bonus, no over-level penalty, no power-level penalty.

An epic reincarnation will not reset first time bonus for quests.

[Jaysun]

Thank you very much. Answered everything. We decided to just get three levels behind (wasnt long) and all seems to be well now. But great info for future!