Hunter pet experience progress

by David Bowers Nov 7th 2007 at 2:02PM

Mania is probably the leading expert on hunter pets -- she runs Petopia, as well as a blog devoted mostly to hunter issues with a specialty in pets. We've reported some other great research from Mania's Arcania in the past, including how long it takes pets to gain loyalty. Now, in response to the leveling speed increases coming in Patch 2.3, she's laid out pretty clearly how pet experience works. Based on some PTR research, she says:

Pets still require 25% of the experience that a player would at the same level. Players now require less experience to level between levels 20 and 60, and so our pets also require less experience during those levels.
Pets still do not get any share of the experience when their owner completes a quest. (I didn't expect they would, but it was worth checking.)
As on live, pets do not get experience when they kill something that is grey to the hunter.
The experience that pets get per kill does not appear to have changed.

Generally there are no big changes to pet experience in patch 2.3, except that players will be gaining more experience from quests between levels 20 and 60, and of course pets won't be getting any of that. It's too soon to say if this means hunters will start outleveling their pets during those levels or not, but it could be an issue in the future.

Mania has also discovered some interesting details about the relationship between the pet's level and your own level when it is gaining experience. If you're a hunter leveling a lower-level pet, head on over to her post and check it out.

Tags: experience, hunter, leveling, mania, maniasarcania, pet, ptr

Filed under: Hunter, Leveling

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kunukia Nov 7th 2007 2:35PM

Very cool!

Barnabas Nov 7th 2007 2:51PM

hunters need wing buffet pet ability.

EirieYuki Nov 7th 2007 4:09PM

oh my! Thats my pet! xD ooohhh isn't she so cute! xD

BartmanDK Nov 7th 2007 6:02PM

Still dont get why pets dont get rested exp

Argent Nov 7th 2007 6:19PM

i'm kinda levleing my hunter up on offdays atm and find the rested XP thing to be a nuisance. on my last level, i was holding onto 18 quest completions in my quest book and grinding boglords in zangarmarsh for nearly 90 mins just to get the pet his XP to level.

i wish they would get at least SOME bonus from rested XP. in vanilla WoW, i usually had enough leeway to levle 2 pets concurrently with my hunter. now, i might as well just dismiss my other pet because going back to level him to 70 after i reach that plateau would drive me mad.

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