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ChubaMaster

Thu Aug 11, 2005 10:43 am

I'm only Novice CH using a cl12 pet.

I found a nest of cl12 kaduu & sent my pet in to attack one of them. I was not grouped with the pet, just standing beside it healing as necessary. I did not attack the kaduu myself, only the pet did damage. On the 1st kaduu I received 911xp (CH) when it died. For the next 2-3 kaduu I did everything exactly the same but only received 1xp. Then I would receive 911xp again for a kill, but the next 2-3 kills after that would only be 1xp again. Same nest, same creatures but I only get above 1xp for 20-25% of the kills.

sciguyCO

Thu Aug 11, 2005 11:32 am

#2

Basically, it's a bug with the CH xp calculation. The game appears to be getting confused as to whether you're getting xp calculated from your CL (which I'm assuming is above 22) or your pet's CL (since it did all the work and you're not grouped).

From my understanding, the CH xp is supposed to be calculated based on the difference between your CL (or the CL of the group if you're with a higher-CL player) and the killed creature's, regardless of the CL of your pet. The training xp earned by the pet is based off of the difference between the pet's CL (including any grouping bonuses) and the killed creatures. So by killing a CL 12, your pet is supposed to get 12 vs. 12 amount, but you get only 1 CH xp.

If you're more than 10 levels above your pet's CL, to get good CH xp you need to group (to protect it from attacks) and go after creatures appropriate for your CL. Going ungrouped against mobs appropriate for your pet's CL is a good low-risk way to build up training xp, though.

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ChubaMaster

Thu Aug 11, 2005 2:01 pm

#3

Ok, I think I'm with you so far.

I am cl76 and only have Novice CH so I'm using a cl12 pet. To get the best CH xp I need to group with the pet & attack mobs close to my own level. If I attack myself won't it split the total xp between my weapon's xp& CH xp? If so then the pet is barely going to be doing any damage & the xp will be split something like 90% weapon xp - 10% CH xp, correct?

sciguyCO

Thu Aug 11, 2005 2:11 pm

#4

ChubaMaster wrote:

Ok, I think I'm with you so far.

I am cl76 and only have Novice CH so I'm using a cl12 pet. To get the best CH xp I need to group with the pet & attack mobs close to my own level. If I attack myself won't it split the total xp between my weapon's xp& CH xp? If so then the pet is barely going to be doing any damage & the xp will be split something like 90% weapon xp - 10% CH xp, correct?

Pretty much. I'm in the same boat, so I feel your pain. It may not be quite as bad as 90/10, when I was doing missions last night I think it was in the area of 80/20 (3000-ish weapon, 800-ish CH xp for CL 75 mobs). If you've got the patience for it, having your creature "solo" the lair gets you a good chunk of CH xp. This can be a little tricky when you're trying to get waves to "pop" from the lair, since pulling a pet away from a lair takes a couple repetitions of "/tellpet follow", telling it to attack a popped creature sometimes sends it back to the lair, and even if you get it onto a mob, it'll usually go back to attacking the lair even if you don't want it to.

If you've got the tanking skills, you might try using a lower-level weapon so your pet gets in a bigger chunk of the damage.

Right now, I've been getting the majority of my CH xp from taming babies. That might turn around once I get my "max pet level" up into the 30s, or once I can pull more than one pet at a time.

Kriles Ch'artoff , Chilastra server
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BlackTigress1

Thu Aug 11, 2005 2:46 pm

#5

What you are doing will get your pets maturity level up but not get you any CH exp. If you want CH exp need to go to dantooine and get in a bol group (I say bol because they don't group aggro), continue not to group with your pet though cause that way it will get max exp and NO way it'll do enough dmg to be noticed by a critter. But yes your exp will be split it's not that bad in a good group though.

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ChubaMaster

Thu Aug 11, 2005 5:52 pm

#6

Ok, I'm catching on.

I took cl75 missions & grouped with the pet. I do have decent melee defense so I stood there tanking as long as I could, letting the pet get as much damage as possible. The best xp split I could get was about 60% weapon- 40% CH xp.

Also when not grouped with the pet & letting it attack creatures it's own level, I could use Intimidate on the creature to give my pet a better chance (Intimidate doesn't seem to do any damage) & just stand beside it healing. Only 1xp for CH this way tho

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