Editing Myths and Misinformation (section)

==Reduced EXP/SP After Reducing Max HP==
:'''"''Holy Cr** Just when my faith in reading forums wears thin BAM..I learn something!'''''
:'''''I have an 83 archer and I never noticed this before.''" - Seamuss (of Heaven's Tear)'''

It's commonly believed that the Experience Points/Spirit Points (EXP/SP) you would get from a mob cannot be changed, however this is not true.  If you cause a mob to lose HP by reducing the mob's maximum HP, then the EXP/SP you get will also be reduced.  The most common way to reduce a mob's maximum HP is by using the archer skill Sharpened Tooth Arrow (STA), but there are other ways, such as Blood Vow (archer skill), Sage Soul Degeneration (venomancer skill), Sage Rib Strike (assassin skill), Acidic Ripple of Poison (genie skill), and Ice Blast (genie skill).

The reduced EXP/SP only happens if the max HP is reduced enough so that the mob loses HP that way.  If the mob was already down to, for example, 80% of its max HP, and then you reduce it's max HP by 10%, there would be no loss of EXP/SP.

Basically, the EXP a mob gives depends on the amount of HP that was taken away from the mob by damage dealing skills and attacks, ''except that'' HP taken away by using a maximum-HP-lowering skill (such as STA) doesn't count.  The percent of EXP reduction is roughly equivalent to the percent that the max HP was dropped by (so a 5% max HP reduction that takes away 5% HP would mean about 5% less EXP; SP given will be roughly 20.5% of the EXP given).

It should be noted that these skills are most effective when being used to reduce a mob's HP by lowering its max HP, however the downside to doing so will be a slightly reduced amount of EXP/SP.

'''In short:''' If you reduce a mob's HP by lowering its max HP, then there will be a drop in the EXP/SP roughly equivalent to the percentage the max HP was reduced by.  If its HP is not changed by lowering the max HP, then EXP/SP will not be affected either.

For more information see:<br>
[http://pwi-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?p=6848691#post6848691 Sharpened Tooth Arrow EXP reduction research results]<br>
[http://pwi-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?t=501002 Sharpened Tooth Arrow Explained]
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