So is AFK leveling now allowed?

[cd288]

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

I respectfully beg to disagree. As a former epic Arch Mage on Live and a magician in my mid 50s on blue, I yet have to see such a pet with fungi like regen powers or get a pet that chain pulls mobs while I play /gems & profit from free xp.
Unless we're talking lvl 4-8 focused fire pets in a Steamfont kobold camp. Even a couple Crushbone cents and Legos would rip my focused pet a new one and had me running for the ZL

39+ pets with their improved regen rate only get about 1.5-2% hp/ tick when sitting, nothing off the charts.
I've read your posts a couple of times and yet have to understand if we're talking about 2 mages and a single pet or 2 mages and 2 pets

Anyway those pets (not sure what kind either) are actual lvl31 to 33mobs. Even if they're focused with a with torch/ stein/ shovel, I really doubt a single one of them could handle a couple mobs that give its master xp the way you described

As to their being afk, so what.? You duo/trio with a couple pals/ guildees, something come up IRL he/she has to deal with, he let's you know about it and goes afk for as long as he needs to while you keep farming some cash/ xp. End of the story. Happens every day without any boxing involved.

Looks like you hold a grudge against those guys. Why would you waste so long watching them in the first place? I know I have better things to do when I play [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

if a camp I'd like is already taken, I just ask if I can get a heads-up when campers leave and I just move along, YMMV

You must not have played a mage recently then because with all due respect your memory is very wrong about a level 39 pet being able to take a level 30 mob without any help. I assume the Mage here was using a focus item to boost the pet, so that pet could definitely handle a level 30 mob, and then be regened up enough to handle the next level 30 mob 3 minutes and 20 seconds later (assuming the two 6:40 mobs were split equally). It's absolutely possible and I've done it on my mage on Blue. Idk if you'd be able to do that with Kunark or Velious mobs, but two level 30 classic old world mobs with their low HP pools? Very easy to do

[cd288]

I should clarify, by done it on my Mage on Blue I do not mean while AFK lolol, just that level 39 with the regen can easily handle a mob that's level 30. If you tried to do it with mobs in the late 30s that might be a different story.

[Vaarsuvius]

Originally Posted by cd288 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

You must not have played a mage recently then because with all due respect your memory is very wrong about a level 39 pet being able to take a level 30 mob without any help. I assume the Mage here was using a focus item to boost the pet, so that pet could definitely handle a level 30 mob, and then be regened up enough to handle the next level 30 mob 3 minutes and 20 seconds later (assuming the two 6:40 mobs were split equally). It's absolutely possible and I've done it on my mage on Blue. Idk if you'd be able to do that with Kunark or Velious mobs, but two level 30 classic old world mobs with their low HP pools? Very easy to do

I don't doubt a mag pet can handle a blue one that is not too close to it' s level. I was expressing some serious doubts about a lvl 39 mag pet dealing with 2 blue con NK guards at the same time with it's master being 100% afk and doing squat to help (no heal, no nuke to burn 1 mob faster, no nothing)

Please, don't let other players on blue know that mages and their pets are OP [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[cd288]

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

I don't doubt a mag pet can handle a blue one that is not too close to it' s level. I was expressing some serious doubts about a lvl 39 mag pet dealing with 2 blue con NK guards at the same time with it's master being 100% afk and doing squat to help (no heal, no nuke to burn 1 mob faster, no nothing)

Please, don't let other players on blue know that mages and their pets are OP [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Ah gotcha. From the video the dude posted it looks like the pet was only fighting one at a time (which was why I presumed they split the camp for that purpose, to give the pet time to regen between spawns)