I would like to see a player not get penalized in experience.
As it is, I frequently level up from the '+1-10 experience' you receive for destroying the endless fleets of ships you encounter. I find it ironic that as a reward for leveling up you end up losing xp for actually completing a typical quest.
I just finished a Captain level patrol. When I received the quest it was worth 465 xp. I just completed it (leveled up from destroying that last turret) which gave me 3 xp. The quest reward I received was not 465...rather 155 xp.
I think receiving 3 xp if it means you lose 415 xp is a bit well quirky.
Just my 2 tribbles...
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