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[Swish]

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

The way its always been explained to me grp'd or not you have to do 51% of the damage to get full exp. If your pet does more than 50% damage then you or your grp, you will get half exp.

This isn't the case. If you're grouped the 50% BS goes away. I've duo'ed with an enchanter with a charmed pet and the XP was racing without either of us doing much.

[Vicatin]

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

This isn't the case. If you're grouped the 50% BS goes away. I've duo'ed with an enchanter with a charmed pet and the XP was racing without either of us doing much.

I beg to differ.

[Swish]

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

I beg to differ.

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I've also duo'ed with my necro, where pets are clearly out-dpsing me and another necro at the spectres in the late 30s. XP per mob didn't seem to slow down. Sure, specs are quick anyway but if its a 50% XP drop per mob while grouped I'd be extremely surprised.

[A1551]

As an enchanter who has done a lot of duoing where the pet is the sole source of damage I believe the exp penalty goes away entirely when grouped. With that said I have no empirical evidence of this so I couldn't say for sure. A 50% loss should be very noticeable. In fact I am fairly confident prior to level 50 (when exp per kill was measured in increments of 1% or more) I very clearly saw that there was no penalty grouped when compared to having my pet solo stuff while I soloed.

It was a while ago however and I could be mistaken. If you have any evidence or rationale to the contrary I would love to hear it.

Now I am curious and fortunately this would be a trivial thing to test empirically. Next day I am off work maybe I'll give it a try -- literally could be proven in 2 kills with a couple of level ones.
-Propo Fol