Quest Exp Rate

[Frogboy]

if people want a break they'll do the quest anyway, but because theres such a limited amount of quests in RO it doesn't really apply to many people

Exactly the point, there isn't a lot of exp quests in RO, therefore raising the exp given by those quests is a viable compensation for the lack of quests. Granted you can bring up that RO isn't meant to be a quest-oriented game, but it doesn't exactly matter how you get to level 99 trans because your ability to play your class is going to show, whether it's in parties, WoE, PvP, etc.

I honestly don't see any downsides.

exp by clicking on npcs............
market goes screwy, because quest items go way up in price.....
people that no longer understand how to actually play.......
you have a iRO valk situation where everyone spends all day next to quest npcs....

exp by clicking on npcs is not really a downside at all, it's an alternative to killing monsters which are pretty much like clicking on npcs anyway, if you do it right that is.

actually the market going screwy isn't exactly a downside either, markets fluctuate all the time, so the price increasing isn't exactly bad at all.

people will still need to know how to play in order to compete, because not everyone will use the quest exp to level, therefore you will need to have a level of skill, so that point is pretty moot.

the only way you're going to have an iRO valk issue is if you introduce repeatable exp quests, which right now there aren't exactly that many of those, and if you do put those in, you can always lower the exp for those quests. besides, going back to my previous point, even if you get to 99 trans by doing repeatable quests then you still have to know how to play your character.