I have a noob question that I'm sure has been asked before many times, so please have mercy. :P

I know that upping the difficulty ups the loot, but does it lower the experience? My brother and I were playing on insane and we got really nice stuff, but the level just really seemed to drag on, and we were only level 8.
Is insane just used for getting mythic weapons while normal is used for experience?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Difficulty setting does not change xp. If you were at a boss fight like Sissi that fight just isnt worth much xp so that may explain why it dragged.

Ah, great! Thanks for the help!

You'll get mythics from all difficulties, the chance is just bigger as you get more loot. And mythics don't start to drop until after level 15 but it's all random. I got my first at level 16 with one character and level 45-something with another. Depends of how you play. More farming bosses on raised difficulty gives better chances.

No, the experience per monster is the same. That being said, since the monsters hit harder and are tougher to kill on higher difficulty settings, it stands to reason that it would take longer to kill them. That's why you're leveling more slowly.

I was going to say essentially what Ripper said in that the increased difficulty, higher hit points of the monsters, higher damage out put of the monsters, etc. give the appearance of being less exp because you aren't killing a many in the same time. I realized that a few weeks ago when I started running things on higher levels to get a little more loot and what I thought was an increase in exp. When I noticed the difficulty setting increased everything except exp, I still kept playing at the same level for a bit before I realized that I wasn't gaining much in the way of exp because I was moving through the dungeon slower...I became a Dungeon Crawler versus a Runner Now I figure out what I want to do then set difficulty accordingly. If I don't care about exp and want loot, I jump the difficulty up to Insane or one below. If I have a couple cowbells and want exp, i set it to normal (so I can tear through the dungeon and maximize the gain while also avoiding death more easily). Sometimes I want a little bit of a challenge and more loot while trying for exp so I'll jump the dungeon up a level or even go into a dungeon that is higher level than me (example would be my going through Embercore at level 36 - 39 to get stuck at the boss).

So long story short...increased difficulty slows you down thus it seems like less experience. And don't forget, when you add a member to your party, the difficulty automatically goes up without you having to change the setting (though you still can change it to make it yet even harder!!!)

I think it can be a non-member too...
Just kidding, i knew what you ment, just had to say that

lol
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