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Players can form parties with other players. All members of a party will share the experience gained when one party member kills a monster. The experience is given out proportionally based on the members' levels, and then adjusted as follows. Due to the party advantage, the experience is first reduced to 80% of the initial amount. However, to encourage closer player cooperation, this base amount is then increased by 30% for each party member, but only assuming that party members belong to jihad factions which get along well--otherwise, the 30% per member bonus could be significantly smaller. See 'help jihad2' for more information on jihad faction relations. For example, suppose a harmonious party of 3 level 1 players and one level 2 player kills a monster worth 1,000 experience. The level 2 player will first get his proportional share of 400 experience points. This amount will be reduced to 80%, or 320 points. Then, since there are 4 players in the party, the level 2 player will finally gain 220% of that amount (100% + 30% * 4), or 704 experience points. Party members do not have to be in the same room as the killing player in order to receive this experience, as the award of experience is automatic. However, the out-of-room players' experience gain will be drastically smaller. You can form parties at any time anywhere in the game, but to join a party you must be in the same room as a party member. To collect exp from someone in your party, your level difference can only be an effective maximum of 4.99. 6 or above and you will be unable to join the party; anything over 5.00 and you will not gain experience for kills. See also: party, formation