Pet kill exp loss?

[Cippofra]

So I've heard that if your pet kills something without you doing any damage to it you take a huge exp loss. Is this true and how much is the exp loss? Was it this way in classic? I find this very annoying, as it means half the time I kill a yellow as a magician I end up losing the exp. Why would a system like this even exist?

[Ektar]

you must do a single point of damage or you lose 75%. This prevents afk exping.

You can manage 1 damage, pal. go for it! connect four~

[William_Munny15]

you must do a single point of damage or you lose 75%. This prevents afk exping.

You can manage 1 damage, pal. go for it! connect four~

Seriously, a mage shouldn't have a complaint about any pet until 50, Load up your level 4 nuke

[Kassel]

By loseing 75% he means you only gain 25%, it's not like it's neg exp

[Ektar]

lol right. that'd be funny :P

[Cippofra]

The issue is if I'm trying to kill a yellow and have to constantly heal the missed time it takes to cast a nuke could kill me. Just wondering if this is classic or a special implementation?

[Ektar]

The issue is if I'm trying to kill a yellow and have to constantly heal the missed time it takes to cast a nuke could kill me.

I die trying to solo light blues. Stick with white as your top kill ok.


I'm not sure if it's classic or not. Sorry it doesn't answer the question there but just saying I'm not ignoring the valid part of your issue :p

[Falisaty]

well what you can do is pull with Burst of Flame 5pt nuke then sick pet on the target should not draw agro that way then start your chain heal

[Pringles]

LMAO....

[Yinikren]

not sure if srs

[Nedala]

pretty sure its classic too.

[Zagtor]

It's not classic.

http://www.project1999.org/forums/showpost.php?p=99299&postcount=7

Pretty sure you don't want to argue for the classic pet experience rules unless you exclusively AFK level.

[Atmas]

not sure if srs

[Cippofra]

I'm not proposing it changes, classic or not. Was just curious. I also dont quite understand how one would perform such a feat anyway. You would be beat on constantly while your pet tries to burn something down before it dies. But I imagine discussing it is against the rules so we'll call it settled.

[Striiker]

.. I also dont quite understand how one would perform such a feat anyway. You would be beat on constantly while your pet tries to burn something down before it dies. ..

Well that's the point. SOE did a few things back in the day to encourage grouping and discourage soloing. The issue was that several classes could solo and level faster than groups could. They added some bonuses to grouping (such as a scaling XP bonus depending upon how many were in your group) and penalties (the need to do more than 50% damage to a mob to get most of the XP, or lowering damage done by a DOT per tick on a moving (non-feared) target).

[Extunarian]

this must be why there are no mages over level 20