Question about Mage experience

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Originally Posted by BarackObooma [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Or what most soloing Mages do, use your focus item (or spell) to reclaim your pet right before the mob dies, finish it off and you get 100% experience.

This is a common practice and it does get you 100% of the exp (called pet chaining or chain pet) but to me its never been worth it to do it....

The reason being for me is that the amount of time it takes to summon the next pet over and over and then having that pet be on the wimpy end of levels (and having it suck)
For me, I felt I got just as much exp because I killed faster with a max level pet (I would re-summon until I got one, and I could tell what level it was by how much damage it hit for)
However, this was back in the day when the summoned swords would proc on anything and they were worth giving to the pet.
Another thing is just group. You don't even have to exp with the person or anything.
Pretty sure you don't even have to be in the same zone. Just find someone, even a newb (offer them some plat) and have them group. That negates the penalty.

Guess I'm just lazy but I never liked doing the pet chain