Draining

[esran]

Does using a draining branded weapon still make you get less experience? I know it did in earlier versions. How much of a consideration should the experience loss (if there is any) have on weapon choice? Does having the draining brand make a weapon more desirable, or less?

[1010011010]

Yes but very little. The experience loss is of no concern. Draining is better than no brand.

[crate]

Does using a draining branded weapon still make you get less experience?

pretty sure the answer to this is no, now

[starless]

Does using a draining branded weapon still make you get less experience? I know it did in earlier versions. How much of a consideration should the experience loss (if there is any) have on weapon choice? Does having the draining brand make a weapon more desirable, or less?

There is no experience loss anymore.

[Turukano]

How much of a consideration should the experience loss (if there is any) have on weapon choice?

Look at the actual topic Full list of all xp modifiers? if you like.

Does having the draining brand make a weapon more desirable, or less?

It's near useless in pan/crypt/tomb/hell but unless you go there it's a useful brand.

[mopl]

By the way, even if drain brand had included a XP loss, that would not have been a reason not to use it...

XP should almost never matter in Crawl choices (famous last words : I should really try to kill that player ghost, he's worth a lot of XP...)