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I've been trying to take this whole pet xp thing apart because I think it's been in since the beginning. I've dug up a few old threads on it that make for interesting reading, namely that people were asking these same questions in 2000.
I don't know for sure that pets taking 50% xp was in at launch but it was definitely a thing in 2000, so it's at least that old. It also seems to have been that it wasn't something that was patched in, rather the ShowEQ guys started parsing xp and discovered the pet thing, and Verant was forced to respond. I'm still looking for these bits. https://www.project1999.com/forums/s...d.php?t=338377 | ||
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Last edited by Dolalin; 11-01-2019 at 02:41 AM..
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Last edited by Dolalin; 11-01-2019 at 03:42 AM..
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The standard of proof many would accept for things that make their game easier seems to be different from things that make their game harder. I don't think it has much to do with purity of classic either way.
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I'd like to interject here and remind the disgruntled folks that while Skorge and Dolalin are advocating and researching, respectively, aspects of the game that are a detriment to mages, they are not the persons implementing the changes.
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I don't know how many times I'd join a PUG and they'd tell me not to summon a pet because it would "steal their exp". Where do you suppose this incorrect assumption originated?
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The idea that pets would steal xp if they got the kill shot was a common myth from beta days. I see it all over the newsgroups.
Searching some more this morning I found this post from April 2000: Quote:
The web archive link to that Lum the Mad address is here: http://web.archive.org/web/200007091...net/eqexp.html Quote:
Oh and one last tidbit which is damaging to my hypothesis that pets might take 50% of xp in groups if they did most of the damage: Quote:
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Last edited by Dolalin; 11-01-2019 at 06:41 AM..
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Maybe it's not so damaging after all:
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He's right, there are some obvious errors in that Lum post. Anyways I'm now off topic for this thread. Need to find the original posts on the ShowEQ boards. Would rather see those than read hearsay all day long. | |||
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Last edited by Dolalin; 11-01-2019 at 07:01 AM..
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Well at least this one should nerf Necros and Chanters too not just mages. It should apply even to charmed pets. Ohh yeah I forgot Sk's and Shammy's. Do druids get the pet on P99?
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Last edited by Valion; 11-01-2019 at 11:14 AM..
Reason: 2 more classes
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