Talk:Pawns/@comment-84.29.255.114-20130510171052/@comment-5166842-20130620150648

It's up to you if you want to use other players' pawns. The only downside would be using high level pawns, because that can lower the XP you receive by a fair amount (depending how much higher they are).

I personally think that the game's greatest asset is the pawn system. I always have a full group of 4, and I try to mix it up often with new pawns of different levels. Even after hundreds and hundreds of hours the occasional pawn will still surprise me.