Latest I found from Statesman. Some minor changes from previous posts (numbering mine):
Based on data from the Training Room and feedback on the forums, we will be making the following changes to how XP, Influence and other drops are divided:
[1] If a player is in a zone, did NO damage in a combat and has dead for more than a minute, he receives no XP. If a player is more than 300 ft. away (an increase of 100 ft.) from the mob when it
The Outdoor Missions (commonly “outdoor instances” or “tram missions” start to get assigned to you… somewhere around level 25.
Basically, it’s just like a door mission, except they’ll say something like “we’ve dropped temporary war walls around this section of town where [evil guys] have gone berserk — get in there and give ’em what for.”
Then you go to the tram, and one of tram destinations will be something like:
“Highlands Ranch Point – mission – Hang Time”
And you click on that and you’re delivered to a bad-guy-filled outdoor area bordered by forcefields…
Not wholly unlike the “Outbreak” training mission, actually.
I was just about to say it sounded like Outbreak.
Thanks for the clarification. Makes sense.