Clarification on pets taking exp?

**Ropethunder** · #1 05-25-2010, 04:24 PM

Trying to get some clarification here.

http://www.project1999.org/forums/showthread.php?t=3134

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Rogean: Pets doing 50% of the damage to a mob will now take 50% of xp If ungrouped.

http://www.project1999.org/forums/sh...ht=hell+levels

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Originally Posted by Uaellaen

rogean already stated in the news thread thing that it will be changed to suck 75% exp unless 1 damage is done ...p

It's almost impossible to nuke the mob to 50% without taking aggro and it's also extremely mana inefficient since magicians rely on their pet for most of the damage.

I spend most of my mana healing my fire pet because his damage shield vastly outdamages my best nuke.

I've looked through the patch notes and couldn't find any reference for the 75% unless at least 1 damage.

Is it still 50% when soloing?

Elendae · #2 05-25-2010, 04:38 PM

1 point of damage will net you full experience. If you do no damage to a mob, you'll get 25% of the experience, your pet taking 75%. It was changed around alot due to afk levellers at the time.

guineapig · #3 05-25-2010, 04:49 PM

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

1 point of damage will net you full experience. If you do no damage to a mob, you'll get 25% of the experience, your pet taking 75%. It was changed around alot due to afk levellers at the time.

This is what I was under the impression of too but I can't seem to find anything to back it up at the moment. I know it was posted by a dev.

Arkanjil · #4 05-25-2010, 05:34 PM

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

This is what I was under the impression of too but I can't seem to find anything to back it up at the moment. I know it was posted by a dev.

I can vouch for that mechanic working. While I was leveling off spectres in feerrot, I would snare/dot them and then fear them while the pet killed it. With just using my Darkness snare as damage I was receiving full experience.

**Ropethunder** · #5 05-25-2010, 04:43 PM

Is this in a patch note somewhere?

**Ropethunder** · #6 05-25-2010, 05:01 PM

It's unfortunate that I have to waste a spell gem just to nuke for 4 damage.

I always imagined I was getting more exp when I nuked once. But it could also be my imagination. As I said earlier, I use most of my mana on healing instead of nuking. I'm a magician, not a wizard.

fastboy21 · #7 05-25-2010, 05:52 PM

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

It's unfortunate that I have to waste a spell gem just to nuke for 4 damage.

I always imagined I was getting more exp when I nuked once. But it could also be my imagination. As I said earlier, I use most of my mana on healing instead of nuking. I'm a magician, not a wizard.

yes, having to stand up to nuke for 4 damage is an awful thing to have to do. /sarcasm off

is a magician really complaining about their leveling experience?

nalkin · #8 05-25-2010, 06:22 PM

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Originally Posted by fastboy21 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

yes, having to stand up to nuke for 4 damage is an awful thing to have to do. /sarcasm off

is a magician really complaining about their leveling experience?

well, actually, doing 1 point of damage to a mob is more annoying than it sounds. Its ok if there is one mob, but when you start to fight multiple mobs it can get hairy. Say your pet pulls 4-5 things, this means you have to cycle each target and cast the spell a few times. But its hard to tell whether you cycled all of them or not if they are right on top of eachother. Additionally, the pet could only be hitting one mob, so that little 4 damage nuke can pull agro off your pet and send the mobs on you, and then you are pretty screwed. When I fight multiple mobs I find myself standing for near the entirety of the fight rather than sitting which I could have been doing. Surprisingly it can make leveling quite a bit less efficient than it could be, but its still way more efficient than most classes, and curbs afk leveling a bit which was their intention.

Using up one of the 8 spell slots is not a big deal cause I mean c'mon what are you casting... your an effing mage. You got DD and well DD.

Kraftwerk · #9 05-25-2010, 06:33 PM

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Using up one of the 8 spell slots is not a big deal cause I mean c'mon what are you casting... your an effing mage. You got DD and well DD.

Don't forget Eye of Zomm. It finds itself a nice spot on spell gem 5 for what I like to call Magician Tracking.

Brut · #10 05-26-2010, 05:50 AM

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

Say your pet pulls 4-5 things

And then the group zones out.

Ohwait you were soloing?

Why are you complaining?!
Imo the part where you can actually beat 4-5 mobs at the same time is what should be fixed.

I don't really see why you're in such a big hurry to become a mod-rod-factory, either.

Cast an AoE if you don't want to cycle through targets. If you're scared of aggro and think that's not cool, group with someone. Or become king of kings among pet control to get it to hit all 5 of em.