when do you NOT get XP/drops from a fight ? - Guild Wars Forums

odly · Oct 10, 2006, 08:02 AM // 08:02

I've been playing this game for a while and I still have a few noob questions ;-)

1- In order to get XP you have to be fighting (attacking) true or not ?
I heard sometime casters don't get XP, what are the circumstances which make this happen ?

2- Same question for getting drops.

Thanks for any help received.

disarm76 · Oct 10, 2006, 08:22 AM // 08:22

In order to get xp and drops, the players should be relatively near the fight. Casters always get xp and drops unless they're too far away for the fight. but usualy therey're near (radar distance).

Stupid Shizno · Oct 10, 2006, 08:46 AM // 08:46

theres more.

if you kill foe's with enviormental objects (catapults in missions) or anything, the foe's do not drop loot or give xp.

if an npc ally from a mission/quest (prince ruik) does more then 50% damage on a single foe, that foe does not give xp, BUT drops loot.

The Silver Star · Oct 10, 2006, 10:42 AM // 10:42

You yourself and party did not kill the foe so you donot gain any experience because xp is experience meaning you have gaiend experience if you killed it yourslef.. if you know what i mean..

odly · Oct 10, 2006, 11:53 AM // 11:53

I think the original comment I got refered to Orders necro's and bonders not getting XP even if they were close to the fight because they were attacking nor targetting allies with their spells.

DaDennis · Oct 10, 2006, 12:24 PM // 12:24

You have to be attacking the foe (and have done some damage),
support your party (e.g. healing, buffs, etc),
and/or curse the foe (slowing, weakness, blind, etc).
Then, if the foe dies, you get exp and probably drops (depends on who it gets assigned to).
With a few exeptions here and there (like the environment effects such as a catapult).

Tachyon · Oct 10, 2006, 12:24 PM // 12:24

Also, if you're six or more levels above the enemy you don't get any XP either.

TEX Cougar · Oct 10, 2006, 12:29 PM // 12:29

Quote:

Originally Posted by Death3D

if you kill foe's with enviormental objects (catapults in missions) or anything, the foe's do not drop loot or give xp

I was helping a low level char do the mission at fort ranik the other night and as was close to where the trebuchet hit we were getting drops from some of the charr, i thought it was a bit odd myself

Effendi Westland · Oct 10, 2006, 12:42 PM // 12:42

Things are diffirent in pre-searing Ascalon.

Here you must attack / use a spell on the monsters to get xp from them.

Anarion Silverhand · Oct 10, 2006, 12:46 PM // 12:46

Quote:

Originally Posted by DaDennis

You have to be attacking the foe (and have done some damage),
support your party (e.g. healing, buffs, etc),
and/or curse the foe (slowing, weakness, blind, etc).
Then, if the foe dies, you get exp and probably drops (depends on who it gets assigned to).
With a few exeptions here and there (like the environment effects such as a catapult).

Not true at all..

Have you heard of powerlevelling? You just have to be relatively near the fight and you will get both XP and drops..

TEX Cougar · Oct 10, 2006, 12:58 PM // 12:58

Quote:

Originally Posted by Effendi Westland

Things are diffirent in pre-searing Ascalon.

Here you must attack / use a spell on the monsters to get xp from them.

This was post searing

And like anarion said you only need to be close to them to get XP and drops

Xenex Xclame · Oct 10, 2006, 03:47 PM // 15:47

Quote:

Originally Posted by Anarion Silverhand

Not true at all..

Have you heard of powerlevelling? You just have to be relatively near the fight and you will get both XP and drops..

Thank you for posting the correct info, i was gonna do it myself but you already did , i believe the range you have to be in can even be 2 radars.

Haggard · Oct 10, 2006, 04:11 PM // 16:11

Drops just drop for whoever is in the general area (quite a long range), dead or alive, fighting or not.

XP gain is weird - I notice it most when doing 3 man FoW - sometimes the tank does and sometimes doesn't gain exp (he doesn't attack), the smiter nearly always gets it (He is dealing vast amounts of damage but not actually wanding), while the ranger sometimes gets XP from every kill in the mob, sometimes only the target he was shooting.

Carth` · Oct 10, 2006, 05:37 PM // 17:37

Well, playing a bonder in FoW I sometimes stay as much as two aggro circles away from the fight, but still get the XP and drops.

Also, while running through Echovald Forest, I got XP from the Kurzick guards killing Mantids, and I hadn't attacked at all, I just ran past. No drops from that though.

xiao1985 · Oct 11, 2006, 01:38 AM // 01:38

remind me if i am wrong, but leechers in fort and jade just stand there, and they still get faction + exp even if they did jack all

dargon · Oct 11, 2006, 04:29 AM // 04:29

They don't get XP, just faction

Hengis · Oct 11, 2006, 10:59 AM // 10:59

Also, if monsters fight between themselves (Troll vs Avicara, Outcasts vs Naga, Smites vs Coldfires etc) you will not get any drops unless you contribute more than 50% of the damage against any particular monster.

Big_Iron · Oct 11, 2006, 11:34 AM // 11:34

You get 0 XP from rezed monsters as well. Meaning you don't get any XP if you kill a monster that you've already killed once...or twice, etc. and has been resurrected by one of it's team mates.

Oct 10, 2006, 08:02 AM // 08:02	#1
odly Krytan Explorer Join Date: Jan 2006 Profession: N/	when do you NOT get XP/drops from a fight ? I've been playing this game for a while and I still have a few noob questions ;-) 1- In order to get XP you have to be fighting (attacking) true or not ? I heard sometime casters don't get XP, what are the circumstances which make this happen ? 2- Same question for getting drops. Thanks for any help received.

Oct 10, 2006, 08:22 AM // 08:22	#2
disarm76 Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Portugal	In order to get xp and drops, the players should be relatively near the fight. Casters always get xp and drops unless they're too far away for the fight. but usualy therey're near (radar distance).

Oct 10, 2006, 08:46 AM // 08:46	#3
Stupid Shizno Banned Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Madison, Wisconsin, USA Guild: [eF] Profession: Mo/	theres more. if you kill foe's with enviormental objects (catapults in missions) or anything, the foe's do not drop loot or give xp. if an npc ally from a mission/quest (prince ruik) does more then 50% damage on a single foe, that foe does not give xp, BUT drops loot.

Oct 10, 2006, 10:42 AM // 10:42	#4
The Silver Star Krytan Explorer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: UK, Scotland Guild: Il Guild Name Il Profession: W/	You yourself and party did not kill the foe so you donot gain any experience because xp is experience meaning you have gaiend experience if you killed it yourslef.. if you know what i mean..

Oct 10, 2006, 11:53 AM // 11:53	#5
odly Krytan Explorer Join Date: Jan 2006 Profession: N/	I think the original comment I got refered to Orders necro's and bonders not getting XP even if they were close to the fight because they were attacking nor targetting allies with their spells.

Oct 10, 2006, 12:24 PM // 12:24	#6
DaDennis Pre-Searing Cadet Join Date: Oct 2006 Guild: Avatars Of The Flaming Banner [AOTB] Profession: Rt/Me	You have to be attacking the foe (and have done some damage), support your party (e.g. healing, buffs, etc), and/or curse the foe (slowing, weakness, blind, etc). Then, if the foe dies, you get exp and probably drops (depends on who it gets assigned to). With a few exeptions here and there (like the environment effects such as a catapult).

Oct 10, 2006, 12:24 PM // 12:24	#7
Tachyon Forge Runner Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Stoke, England Guild: The Godless [GOD] Profession: W/	Also, if you're six or more levels above the enemy you don't get any XP either.

Oct 10, 2006, 12:42 PM // 12:42	#9
Effendi Westland Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Isle of the dead Guild: [DVDF][LDS] Profession: P/W	Things are diffirent in pre-searing Ascalon. Here you must attack / use a spell on the monsters to get xp from them.

Oct 10, 2006, 04:11 PM // 16:11	#13
Haggard Desert Nomad Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Urmston, Manchester, UK Guild: Greener Pastures [DVDF] Profession: W/Rt	Drops just drop for whoever is in the general area (quite a long range), dead or alive, fighting or not. XP gain is weird - I notice it most when doing 3 man FoW - sometimes the tank does and sometimes doesn't gain exp (he doesn't attack), the smiter nearly always gets it (He is dealing vast amounts of damage but not actually wanding), while the ranger sometimes gets XP from every kill in the mob, sometimes only the target he was shooting.

Oct 10, 2006, 05:37 PM // 17:37	#14
Carth` Desert Nomad Join Date: Apr 2006	Well, playing a bonder in FoW I sometimes stay as much as two aggro circles away from the fight, but still get the XP and drops. Also, while running through Echovald Forest, I got XP from the Kurzick guards killing Mantids, and I hadn't attacked at all, I just ran past. No drops from that though.

Oct 11, 2006, 01:38 AM // 01:38	#15
xiao1985 Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: Nov 2005	remind me if i am wrong, but leechers in fort and jade just stand there, and they still get faction + exp even if they did jack all

Oct 11, 2006, 04:29 AM // 04:29	#16
dargon Furnace Stoker Join Date: May 2005 Guild: The Seraphim Knights [TSK] Profession: R/	They don't get XP, just faction

Oct 11, 2006, 10:59 AM // 10:59	#17
Hengis Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: London Guild: Better Than Life (BTL) Profession: R/	Also, if monsters fight between themselves (Troll vs Avicara, Outcasts vs Naga, Smites vs Coldfires etc) you will not get any drops unless you contribute more than 50% of the damage against any particular monster.

Oct 11, 2006, 11:34 AM // 11:34	#18
Big_Iron Desert Nomad Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: The Edge Guild: Tormented Weapons [emo]	You get 0 XP from rezed monsters as well. Meaning you don't get any XP if you kill a monster that you've already killed once...or twice, etc. and has been resurrected by one of it's team mates.