there's really two kinds of charming: charming in a group, where you will be keeping your pet a while, and your charmed pet will not be taking damage, for the express purpose of adding dps. and also, solo charming, where your pet will be taking damage, and ideally you will get the kill shot and exp from your pet in a few kills.
charming in a group is extremely simple. charm a pet, sic him on whatever the tank is attacking, get exp. when charm breaks you will probably CC your pet and recharm him.
charming solo is an art. dealing with breaks while soloing requires some finesse. at higher levels, when dealing with summoners, you will have to be able to CC both mobs simultaneously or you will die very quickly. at lower levels, it's good enough to just root one mob and put some distance between you and the fight.
the pet exp nerf is the biggest obstacle to soloing. my recommendation is that instead of trying to adjust your technique to mitigate this, you should simply group up with someone to mitigate the penalty. if you want to rough it yourself, in order to get full exp you have to break the charm on your pet before you kill anything.
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