Pet and xp

[Whoop]

Was told today that even if pet does 100% damage to a mob i still get 50% of the xp. True or false?

[Bondrake]

Yes that's true. Can't remember if you have to tag the mob though with something like tash, root, etc.

[Negativ]

No you don't have to tag the mob. If your pet does more than 50% damage, you get 50% exp.

[Whoop]

Wow I’ve been living a lie for so many years!

[Sabin76]

By the way you worded your question, it seems that you were under a different impression than many people who ask about this, so I'm curious... what was the lie you have been living?

[Zipity]

If pet does 100% = 10%xp
If pet does 50-99% = 50%xp
If pet does <50% = 100% xp

[axisofebola]

If pet does 100% = 10%xp


Say what?

[unleashedd]

question about chain-pet killing: if i send in a pet, and it does >50% dmg, dies, i send in another. does the second pet doing <50% of mob total hp yield me full exp?

[Zipity]

Say what?

Make two level two necros, let your pet do 100% damage to decaying skeletons count # of kills to gain a yellow then swap and do same thing and only do one lifetap.

[jolanar]

I thought you had to do at least 1 point of damage to get exp. If pet does all the damage I didn't think you got any exp.

[Zipity]

I thought you had to do at least 1 point of damage to get exp. If pet does all the damage I didn't think you got any exp.

If this was true no one would ever try to afk pet exp.

[Smeeter]

I thought you had to do at least 1 point of damage to get exp. If pet does all the damage I didn't think you got any exp.

Im leveling a mage at the moment. I'm level 51 and letting pet do all of the work. I deal no damage most of the time. You still get xp but only 50%. Im getting about 10% to 12% an hour at 51. I dont know if thats good but its easy! I also have no down time.

[jolanar]

Im leveling a mage at the moment. I'm level 51 and letting pet do all of the work. I deal no damage most of the time. You still get xp but only 50%. Im getting about 10% to 12% an hour at 51. I dont know if thats good but its easy! I also have no down time.

Huh. TIL.

[Bondrake]

question about chain-pet killing: if i send in a pet, and it does >50% dmg, dies, i send in another. does the second pet doing <50% of mob total hp yield me full exp?

You'll have to do over 50% of the remaining HP to get full XP with the second pet.

[Whoop]

By the way you worded your question, it seems that you were under a different impression than many people who ask about this, so I'm curious... what was the lie you have been living?

I’ve been under the impression that if you don’t do any damage to pet you’ll only get 1% of the xp. This was implemented to prevent afk pet xping. I was clearly wrong for so many years 😆

[jolanar]

I’ve been under the impression that if you don’t do any damage to pet you’ll only get 1% of the xp. This was implemented to prevent afk pet xping. I was clearly wrong for so many years 😆

This must have been something that was implemented after the P99 timeline, or it's possibly incorrect here.

[axisofebola]

Make two level two necros, let your pet do 100% damage to decaying skeletons count # of kills to gain a yellow then swap and do same thing and only do one lifetap.

Feel free to test it yourself. I'm pretty sure you haven't.

[Whoop]

I tried some chain summon today but after I /pet get and sick new pet on mob it still goes after me even if I didnt cast anything on mob. Take some time for pet to tunt it off me again. Was chain summon nerfed somehow or have I also missunderstood how that works? :)

[jolanar]

I tried some chain summon today but after I /pet get and sick new pet on mob it still goes after me even if I didnt cast anything on mob. Take some time for pet to tunt it off me again. Was chain summon nerfed somehow or have I also missunderstood how that works? :)

I believe it was nerfed and/or possibly bugged. The pet aggro gets transfered to you now when it poofs.

[aspomwell]

I believe it was nerfed and/or possibly bugged. The pet aggro gets transfered to you now when it poofs.

I've been playing a mage for about a month now and while I haven't been chaincasting yet, I have read in several places that the mages consider it bugged and it's been that way for years. Makes sense to me that the aggro would transfer to the master from a RP point of view but they say in the old days it wasn't coded that way.

Of course I can't locate any of those at the moment but I'm sure someone can...

[aubie]

I believe it was nerfed and/or possibly bugged. The pet aggro gets transfered to you now when it poofs.

Yeah, it's jacked if how the old reports were accurate. Supposedly, if you did no damage and didn't heal pet or cast on target, once you chained a new pet, it would instantly gain aggro. Regardless, that ain't how it works now on blue or green. You better have a lot of distance or Sow, and not be attacking a mob that runs faster or equal to Sow or you dead.