Game Mechanics: Pet taking half exp

Sinestria · #1 02-03-2014, 06:34 PM

Mage pets are pretty OP. you should not be trying to out damage your pet, ever.

Either 1)reclaim your pet when the mob is at low hp and finish off with a low level nuke or full XP

2) just toss your fire pet a occasional heal and let him destroy all. While taking a XP hit you will still solo faster than most

3) duo with any other class and the penalty is negated.

uniqueuser · #2 02-03-2014, 06:42 PM

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3) duo with any other class and the penalty is negated.

Which isn't historically accurate either.

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It seems there was an additional caveat on live that isn't in effect on P99:

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I was just informed by Scott Hartsman that I made a mistake about the pet experience thing. Pets only take experience from a group if they outdamage the entire group. If they do, then they gain a share as if they were a group member. If they do not, they take no experience at all.

This is how it's been working the whole time, and it makes a lot more sense. I'm sorry for the mistake.

http://wayback.archive.org/web/20030...ML/000514.html