Pet Experience Over Party Size? - Guild Wars Forums

PureEvilYak · Apr 21, 2008, 08:54 PM // 20:54

(Note: I have searched across wikis and guru as much as possible, but cannot find an answer to this. Sorry for my blindness if it was blatantly obvious.)

So... When leveling yourself, a single person gets drastically more experience killing things alone than what he'd get if he was in a team of 8 (killing the same level monster, obviously).
However, does this work for pets? Does a pet's experience gain get divided by party size, or will it gain the same experience whether or not you're alone or with buddies?

Thanks for your help.

PS. ignore Dire/Elder/Hearty

RPGmaniac · Apr 21, 2008, 09:13 PM // 21:13

The answer is on wiki, and here it is:

Quote:

Originally Posted by "Animal companion" page on the unofficial (better) wiki

Pets gain experience and level up from combat, to a maximum level of 20. They will gain experience in this way even while dead, regardless of the distance to the dying foes, but the party screen will only update the level when the pet is within radar distance of the master. Pets do not gain experience from quest rewards or mission completion, and are unaffected by experience scrolls. The entire group of allied pets are considered as another party, thus, the experience earned by your pet decreases proportionally to the number of pets in the alliance.

And the link to where I found it: http://guildwars.wikia.com/wiki/Anim...nion#Pet_rules

Enjoy

PureEvilYak · Apr 21, 2008, 09:54 PM // 21:54

Gah... I could swear I read that passage 5 or 6 times!

Well, thanks for pointing it out to me. But the whole solo farming things actually working pretty well. In the last run I got 3 golds and a black dye, so I might stick with it for the loot.

Apr 21, 2008, 08:54 PM // 20:54	#1
PureEvilYak Lion's Arch Merchant Join Date: May 2006 Location: Somewhere Luxon Alignment: Chaos Guild: The Dark Fortress Profession: R/	Pet Experience Over Party Size? (Note: I have searched across wikis and guru as much as possible, but cannot find an answer to this. Sorry for my blindness if it was blatantly obvious.) So... When leveling yourself, a single person gets drastically more experience killing things alone than what he'd get if he was in a team of 8 (killing the same level monster, obviously). However, does this work for pets? Does a pet's experience gain get divided by party size, or will it gain the same experience whether or not you're alone or with buddies? Thanks for your help. PS. ignore Dire/Elder/Hearty

Apr 21, 2008, 09:54 PM // 21:54	#3
PureEvilYak Lion's Arch Merchant Join Date: May 2006 Location: Somewhere Luxon Alignment: Chaos Guild: The Dark Fortress Profession: R/	Gah... I could swear I read that passage 5 or 6 times! Well, thanks for pointing it out to me. But the whole solo farming things actually working pretty well. In the last run I got 3 golds and a black dye, so I might stick with it for the loot.