Is pet XP nerf really that bad?

[Kagasumi]

So I just started not long ago.

Got a mage to level 4, necro to 8 so far. But after reading all this stuff about pets taking 50% XP, I gotta ask is it terrible for levelling? I saw that there was a trick with dismissing the pet, which seems like a pain.

I just would hate for the upper levels to take forever. It is hard to judge in the low levels, because XP is fast. But 50% sounds like every level is a hell level.[You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

What do you think?