This is still in effect and happens to my character Hanamori Saya. I leveled up not knowing that the penalty was supposed to be removed, so I avoided it for most levels, but there were levels where I had the penalty. That is the case for the level I am doing at the moment.
Race: Elf
Sub: Feytouched
Classes: rogue / ranger / bard
Current: 7 rogue / 10 ranger / 4 bard
Whenever I got bard levels, everything worked as intended and no penalty was given as long as rogue and ranger were 1 level away from each others. However, whenever rogue is higher than ranger by more than 1 (or vice versa), the penalty occurs.
Proof to show: I could easily prove it with screenshots if I had assistance. Taking screenshots on my laptop is complicated, and I would require someone to sit by Saya as she kills an epic creature solo. For example, I went with In'ei to the fire giant lair not long ago (
level 21) and bad stuff happened to In'ei, so I ended up finishing giants solo. I did not receive 60+ exp from these kills.
Is there some kind of compensation for the time wasted?

(<-- half joking, half wondering!

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Jagger tells me he doesn't have the bug. I assume Jagger's character is a normal human. Is it possible that the bug only affects characters that have an Amian subrace? From this thread, I see Feytouched, Aasimar, Chultan
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Account Name: Karnak_71
Character Name: Hanamori Saya
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