Ok... we can talk about that. i Play l2 15y, maybe 17. I'm not remember.
105 lvl can make in some days. 107LVL ... little bit more. After 107 lvl for regular gamers (its 99% l2 population, i'm not talking about this who like you say living with parents and are 35y old..."nolifers").
So .. after 107 in fact any difference - in timed 105 - you can make 15-30 scrolls per 1 hour. Its not important you 107, 108 or 110. Will be the same. Abaout any other hunting zones not need to talk - just xp - nothing more. In fact after last update l2 was killed - no reason to kil mobs, instances or etc. And absolutely all mobs have the same intelekt... you can use even "naked" support... Was good game with faction mobs - really was hard even for strong people. Now.. its joke...
After 110... if you not have top items - can play just with archers. Just archer class are overpowered. It's absolutely game unbalance. And it's fun... after 20y creating game developer making so stupid mistakes...
Ok Oly. If you not have top items its absolutely not important you 85, 105, 110 - you just simple frang. And you can winn max 30% fights.
Ok, CS. If you not have top items it's absolutely not important you 85, 105, 110 - you just simple frang. 1 hit frag.
So why need XP? I can answer... XP need just for admins, for game owner - it's one way to force people use l2 store and get profit. Smart strategy.
P.S.: I don't care about followers - i go alone - in may way. And say - what other afraid to say.