Do pets take up XP?

[Craigmandu]

My only problem with it, is that I can't outdps the pet without dying. Because the pet doesn't hold any aggro at all....I've let the pet get the creature down to UNDER 50% and then cast two lvl 1 nukes and pulled (I'm level 7 atm)...if the pet held any sort of aggro, I wouldn't have an issue with it, as I'd be able to throw enough to get marginally above him on dmg for the fights....

The only recourse I really see is multiple pets per creature, that's a really cheesy thing to have to do...or never solo....or solo and kill 4x the creatures anyone else has to for the same result....either way that's the problem I have with the pet xp thing. At least for low levels.

[Lazortag]

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

My only problem with it, is that I can't outdps the pet without dying.

I don't think you're really supposed to outdps the pet, that's not the point of the nerf. The point of the nerf is to make mages take twice as long to level. Other classes that level fast had an exp penalty in classic (Bards), why not mages too?