Run 5 chars up slowly, or use a lvl 70 to speed through 4?

[Jaws5]

It depends if your on a pvp server.

If not a pvp server then I have found to have an alliance hunter, mage, other dps, kill every thing you tag. Horde char gets full exp for kill since damage was from other faction. I have not confirmed this still works but I used to have both my hunters help each other in outland on grp guests.

Hunter doing the quest would tag and make mob go gray. Hunter needing quest would then help kill. Hunter that taged always got full solo exp.

Reason I tried this I could not decide what char to lvl to 70 first Orc hunter (HWL) or Dwarf hunter (GM). Since both where very well geared i decided to play both at the same time. worked well. but you can not go into instances that way.

If you are starting on a new server then play all 5 at once.

If you have a lvl 70 Ice mage, then use 70 to run 4 chars though the instances as soon as they can get into the instance. much faster. 70 mage can clear instances alway up to lvl 50 in less than 15 mins per run.

exp at 35 with 5 in SM about 180-200 pe kill, with 70 mage killing all about 130-140 per kill. Mage clears all in 15 min. 5 man takes 45 mins.

Just my 2 cents

[jrox]

So I tried to test out the warlock pet power leveling technique tonight to no avail.

Here is what I saw using a level 60 warlock out of group with felguard pet.

Level 1 shaman kills a level 3 mob, gains 50exp.

Level 1 shaman tags a level 3 mobs with 1 lightning bolt, felguard finishes the kill, gain 15 exp.

Level 1 shaman grouped with a level 3 shaman, shoot a level 3 mob with 1 lightning bolt, felguard finishes the kill, gain 17 exp.

This trick has apparently been fixed? Let me know if I did something wrong.

[Gallo]

So I tried to test out the warlock pet power leveling technique tonight to no avail.

Here is what I saw using a level 60 warlock out of group with felguard pet.

Level 1 shaman kills a level 3 mob, gains 50exp.

Level 1 shaman tags a level 3 mobs with 1 lightning bolt, felguard finishes the kill, gain 15 exp.

Level 1 shaman grouped with a level 3 shaman, shoot a level 3 mob with 1 lightning bolt, felguard finishes the kill, gain 17 exp.

This trick has apparently been fixed? Let me know if I did something wrong.

I dont think the trick is fixed... but when in an instance setting and 5-boxing, not only do you get a higher XP multiplier for being grouped (1.4x the XP) but you mow through things at a fast rate.

With my 70 warrior, I think I am getting more XP per hour by dragging my 4 chars through the instance than I would be if I did a normal run with someone my level.

[jrox]

I dont think the trick is fixed... but when in an instance setting and 5-boxing, not only do you get a higher XP multiplier for being grouped (1.4x the XP) but you mow through things at a fast rate.

With my 70 warrior, I think I am getting more XP per hour by dragging my 4 chars through the instance than I would be if I did a normal run with someone my level.

Thats a different method. I'm talking about the method quoted in Vyndree's post above. They were talking about how you could kill a mob with a pet that has been tagged by your lowbee and still get full exp. I tested it out and didn't find it to work.

[Vyndree]

So I tried to test out the warlock pet power leveling technique tonight to no avail.
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This trick has apparently been fixed? Let me know if I did something wrong.

I dont think the trick is fixed... but when in an instance setting and 5-boxing, not only do you get a higher XP multiplier for being grouped (1.4x the XP) but you mow through things at a fast rate.

You didn't see Suvega's an my experiment.

We ported our lowbies to shattrath and tried killing some mid-60's mobs. Max XP we got out of a rested 19 hunter was 140 XP. We tried this with a felguard, BM hunter pet, and marks hunter pet and the XP was always the same.

It seems that XP is capped at 5 levels above you -- as long as it's red to you, it gives you the same amount of XP whether it's 5 or 40 levels higher than you are. (Note: Elites do give a bit more XP)

Anyway, it's probably pretty quick if you're doing all outdoor questing and happent to have a higher level lock/hunter, but it's not anything huge. If you're 5 boxing, you can almost 1-shot things anyway.

[Blokus]

So I tried to test out the warlock pet power leveling technique tonight to no avail.

Here is what I saw using a level 60 warlock out of group with felguard pet.

Level 1 shaman kills a level 3 mob, gains 50exp.

Level 1 shaman tags a level 3 mobs with 1 lightning bolt, felguard finishes the kill, gain 15 exp.

Level 1 shaman grouped with a level 3 shaman, shoot a level 3 mob with 1 lightning bolt, felguard finishes the kill, gain 17 exp.

This trick has apparently been fixed? Let me know if I did something wrong.

I do this trick all the time with two warlocks helping two lowbies and it worked at least up until last week. Perhaps Tuesday's maintenance nerfed it.

I will try tonight to see what happens with my lowbies and warlocks and report on the results.

The ONLY thing I can think of is that the level difference in your lowbies might have an affect on the math. You have a level 1 and a level 3 grouped. They each got 17 points which is a total of 34 points. Perhaps the level difference killed the other 16 points.

[Blokus]

What level mobs are you tagging and bagging with the petkill method? Suvega and I were talking about this and were curious how high of a level you could reliably tag without getting one-shot and then send in a hunter/warlock pet. Does the XP degrade if you get too high above your lowbie's level?

I usually don't go more than 7 levels above as it's just two hard to get a successful tag. Typically I'm in the +4 to 5 level range and only hit something higher if it happens to be in the area i'm grinding.

As I believe you stated in another post it really doesn't do any good to go any higher because the XP is capped.

[Vyndree]

What level mobs are you tagging and bagging with the petkill method? Suvega and I were talking about this and were curious how high of a level you could reliably tag without getting one-shot and then send in a hunter/warlock pet. Does the XP degrade if you get too high above your lowbie's level?

I usually don't go more than 7 levels above as it's just two hard to get a successful tag. Typically I'm in the +4 to 5 level range and only hit something higher if it happens to be in the area i'm grinding.

As I believe you stated in another post it really doesn't do any good to go any higher because the XP is capped.

Miss rate is also capped. You'll get quite a few misses on red mobs, but there will be no difference between 5 or 40 levels.

We used a hunter, that seemed to tag things pretty quick.