Do pets currently take 50% of your exp?

[Bazia]

this is classic but very anti-fun, just put their components in at least jesus

[Obrae]

Its not 2% atm, that would be great if it was

[Dolalin]

Their components are in. Some are complaining about rarity. It's not justified.

[A1551]

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

Okay, here's a test from a guy showing pets were eating half xp in November 1999.



https://groups.google.com/d/msg/alt....Y/bb3GvXeOpl8J

I'll ask again. When did the nerf go in?

(There are lots more of these. Just search Google Groups for them, alt.games.everquest)

awesome job dolalin!

[Valion]

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

Okay, here's a test from a guy showing pets were eating half xp in November 1999.



https://groups.google.com/d/msg/alt....Y/bb3GvXeOpl8J

I'll ask again. When did the nerf go in?

(There are lots more of these. Just search Google Groups for them, alt.games.everquest)

Where are the log files ShowEQ or otherwise backing up this "Evidence" ?

[Dolalin]

Oh, a little history lesson for the curious.

The popular theory from beta onwards, that is everywhere if you search the newsgroup, was that pets took xp if they got the killing blow.

I wondered where this myth came from, since before ShowEQ got going there was little proof of anything either way, and this newsgroup post from August '99 says it was a line in the official players manual:

*Everquest: The Official Players Guide*, Page 113:

"If you're playing solo with a "pet", it takes a lesser share of Experience,
but in a party, the pet only takes experience if it makes the final killing
blow."

https://groups.google.com/d/msg/alt....Q/mc1K3L-jzY8J

Before about November or so there is just speculation about how pet xp works and nothing definitive. No patch notes or changes by Verant are mentioned. How it was discovered to be seems to have been the way it was all along, near as I can tell. Feel free to search on your own, the more eyes the better.

[Valion]

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

Oh, a little history lesson for the curious.

The popular theory from beta onwards, that is everywhere if you search the newsgroup, was that pets took xp if they got the killing blow.

I wondered where this myth came from, since before ShowEQ got going there was little proof of anything either way, and this newsgroup post from August '99 says it was a line in the official players manual:



https://groups.google.com/d/msg/alt....Q/mc1K3L-jzY8J

Before about November or so there is just speculation about how pet xp works and nothing definitive. No patch notes or changes by Verant are mentioned. How it was discovered to be seems to have been the way it was all along, near as I can tell. Feel free to search on your own, the more eyes the better.

Without logs it's mere conjecture. a Theory as you say nothing more.

[Ligma]

That theory is being reproduced until you come up with a better one

[cd288]

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

That theory is being reproduced until you come up with a better one

Not really worth the time. The selectively classic crew will accept nothing less than an actual statement from an EQ dev or patch note. Anything of this forum post nature is sufficient evidence when it proves their opinion, but insufficient and hearsay when it goes against what they believe. So why dig through ages of forum history just to be told that forum posts aren't sufficient evidence, even though that person just used a forum post to prove their point. #SelectivelyClassicCrew

[Ligma]

You've had 10 years to argue your point and it's just some conspiracy about some people being biased against your class for some reason.