Did I miss this?

[Auntee]

<DIV>Hi kids.  <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I'm back after a lengthy absence and have rolled yet another Coercer.  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Yesterday, I attempted one of my favorite old solo techniques without success.  Remember how, in the old days, you could hit a ^^^ mob with a nuke to damage it a little and then charm it, sending it to its death against another mob and gaining experience from your pet's death (since you did at least one point of damage)?  I did everything as before, but gained no experience when the pet died.  Can I assume that this method is no longer effective?  Have the "rules" changed?  Can I EVER gain experience from the death of a pet that I've previously damaged?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Good to be back again, btw.  <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV>

[Raidi Sovin'faile]

This has been gone for a while, and good riddance I say. It was cheap, and obviously overpowered. Yes, I did it.. and I tried to limit it to areas that wasn't monopolizing content from others, and only when people didn't want me for grouping... but it still felt like I was pressing the easy button. Honestly, no one class should be able to solo higher con heroics <i>faster and easier</i> than a full group.And yes, it was faster and easier.The amount of foul mouthed, loophole seeking players that came over to the Coercer class sky rocketed very briefly before it was fixed. I say foul mouthed because I remember the posts when this was taken out, heh.Yeah it was fun for a bit, kinda like how playing Doom in God Mode can be fun on a lark. But by-passing the difficulty of the creature isn't "beating" the creature legitimately, and it was changed to give us exactly the amount of xp it was worth.. none.<div></div>

[Auntee]

<P>Thanks for the quick answer. </P> <P>Any idea how this works within an encounter?  For instance, if I charm one of three mobs in an encounter and, during the battle, the pet dies, will I lose the encounter experience?</P>

[Raidi Sovin'faile]

You will get the bonus for encounter xp.. but you will lose out on the xp from the individual's death. Sucks that legitimate usage gets hurt, I know. It was the main thing I talked about when the whole hoopla was going on.<div></div>

[ca]

the whole thing was a sham, thank goodness it ended, I think the only time I ever took xp for charm killing heroics was in groups during that time since I dont kill heroics unless needed for quests, one thing does confuse me though, several times I have noticed that I did get xp when a charmed pet dies, I cannot duplicate it, seems to happen completely randomly but why would I ever see "you have gained experience for defeating the encounter" when my charmed mob dies, seems to happen a few times a night and sometimes with mobs (like glyphskulls) that arent part of a group, any ideas?