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OK --- this whole Pub 19 business is making it impossible to get a real read on things (but ironically does help me grind XP). I really don't know how XP works in the post CU era. Does the "real" level of the pet count?

FULL DISCLOSURE: I used to be a Master CH, left right after CU out of frustration, and am returning for dubious reasons (FS grind). I asked this in the FS forum and got not answer, so figured I'd shamefully return to my former home to ask for help.

For example, say I am a level 70 character with novice CH. Fighting a level 70 MOB, I pull a level 15 pet, group with it, and it assumes my level 70. Is the XP that pet returns any greater or worse than if I became a master CH and pulled a pet that was already level 70 to begin with?

The reason I ask is because I am getting less XP with a Mountain Wort fighting level 68 Mobs than when I use a Dune Bantha, and the bantha returns less than when I use a Delerious Merek Avenger. This seems to be the reverse of the old school XP where lower-level pet vs. higher level mob = greater XP. Is the way things always are, or are things completely wacked due to the Pub 19 stuff?

Thanks for any help you can provide.

Message Edited by Keatsnam on 06-29-2005 06:12 PM

Weird, I just noticed that my kills are getting dimminishing returns. The creature and pet that was yielding 336 XP dropped to 100-something and is now down to 68.