From the 1789 Patch notes Nam said:
Due to the below changes to Experience Rates we will be leaving test server adventuring experience as is for tonight. We will need to adjust the scripts to these changes after we evaluate them.
Vanguard Build 1789 Patch Notes 3/22/2007 – TEST SERVER
Official Test Server Forums (courtesy of Vanguard Spheres):
http://www.vanguardspheres.com/forums/test-server/
GAMEPLAY NOTES
- Experience rates for killing NPCs have had a significant increase. The experience changes start as a small amount at low levels and scale up to a large amount in the early twenties. From then on the increase remains fixed. This increase should be very noticeable for players 15+. This change is in response to actual player leveling times not meeting our original target times within many different subsets of the player population. This increase will bring us much closer to our goal without exceeding it.
I was wondering if the script was ever written and run? The reason I ask is because today while the Test server was down for patching I created a toon on Live just to dink around while waiting. The levelling speed while I was playing on Live was the same as I have been experiencing here on Test. Any word?