Field of Bone XP issue? Or I'm crazy

[DarkSign]

Hey y'all. I'm so glad Project 1999 exists!!! Taking me back to my glory days on The Nameless and Zek. I'm 3 days in and I've got a lvl 16 High Elf Enchanter that I LOVE.

Here's my question. I made the trek all the way to Field of Bone and Kurns thinking I would get some crazy xp there. Or at least a lot of decent pulls. True, there are a ton of blues ready to go...but when I kill them, all I get from a blue is 1 xp. ONE xp.

Now I make sure to get a hit or two in on them...melee hits at that...of every mob my charmed pet kills....but still it's 1 or 2 xp at most. For a blue.

Am I crazy or is that low? Is there some faction issue that's killing my xp? Did I make the run for nothing? Help!! Thanks in advance.

[Blingy]

When it comes to pets you must do at least half the damage to the mob or your pet will eat a majority of the xp.

[nostalgiaquest]

yeah pet steals half xp if it does more than half damage. Gotta change up your charming strat a bit.

Basic strat is - Charm mob 1, attack mob 2. Root mob 2. compare health of both mobs while they duke it out. Keep 2 rooted so if charm breaks on 1 they don't both bum rush you. Ideally they beat each other down fairly evenly. When mob 1 or 2 gets to 15%ish HP, either use invis on yourself, or taper enchantment on the charmed mob to break charm. Then nuke them both down. By dropping the pet at the end, the damage it did no longer counts towards stealing xp. So you get full xp for both mobs. yay!

Lots of good guides here on the forums that are way more in depth than my little paragraph. Do some forum searching and edjumicate yourself. Lots of different strats, lots of different camps.

[entruil]

also duoing completely eliminates pets taking xp... may not be in the spirit of your playstyle tho idk