>I agree with this statement. I'd personally would prefer to
>rank with challenging mobs, if the xp reward would only match
>the challenge..
>
>Essentially, you'd get more xp/time unit in exchange for more
>dangerous ranking.

I feel the same way. I really like the idea of being able to take on a challenge and not feel like ranking is a mindless grind, but right now it's pretty stupid to fight the special-ability mobs because they're just not worth it. The only real problem with this is that seeking challenging ranking requires a really solid ranking group, which is a bitter pill to swallow when it's hard to find any group at all sometimes (especially if you aren't one of the obviously best ranking classes).

As I see it, right now either the normal mobs need to be worth less exp or the special mobs need to be worth more. Right now special mobs really are far, far worse for ranking because you can't tank them nearly as easily as regular mobs. And tanking is almost always the factor that limits how fast a group can go. There are a few (rare) groups that don't need a good tank (ones with two utility/healer classes), but those groups are still going to be better off fighting normal-difficulty mobs.

Of course, I also don't want it to take 200 hours to get to hero, so it would be sad to see normal mobs go down significantly in exp value. For me, 75ish hours of pure ranking time (not counting rp/pk, etc) is my outside limit. Usually I'm expecting more like 40-50.