Yeah, if they contribute to the damage, you get less (sometimes I do what I can to avoid 'picking them up' for this very reason). There may be a formula to figure it out exactly, but I don't know it if there is.
bah! i have ally s all through my arc tf. no wonder no ones playing it. I read the complaint on arc bienge to hard to kill Av so i gave it some help with allys, oh well. i still get good exp with higher lv toons it just seems a waste of time to use a toon lower then 15 on it. thanks Clave
By the way, the exact formula is:
XP % = (damage you did to the mob) / (total damage done to the mob) * 100%
So, if a minion with 420 hit points took 320 damage from you, and 100 from an ally, you'd get 320 / 420 * 100% = 76% of the normal XP value of the mob.
Where this formula really cheats you is when you've got an ally with a very damaging attack who uses it to 'finish off' a mob with just a sliver of life left.
For example, lets say you are fighting that minion from before. You've dealt a total of 410 damage to him. And your AV-class ally pops off a mega-attack for 1,100 damage. Obviously, that'll kill said minion, but the XP reward will only be 27% of normal, because (410)/(1,510) * 100% is 27%. So even though you did most of the work, you get barely any reward.
M.A. Arcs
Intended for high level play: The Primus Trilogy (Arc #s 10931, 283821, 283825), "Freakshow U" (Arc #189073), Purification (Arc #352381, Dev's Choice!
)Intended for low level play: "Learning the Ropes" (Arc #100304), "Cracking Skulls" (Arc #115935), "The Lazarus Project" (Arc #124906)
ok coulomb2 thanks for info just reread this post. Do you know if making allys with less damage attacks but still have them as say a boss lv or elite will effect the formula? or is it based only on the damage they do and not thier lv? And also bieng you have a DEV choice award ,how do i PM them for questions on this topic? thanks
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The only thing that affects the formula is the damage the mob is doing - their rank makes no difference. So a boss that does 100 points of damage to something will reduce XP by exactly the same amount as a minion that does 100 points of damage. But since the overall damage scale for a boss is so much higher than a minion, a boss using Charged Bolts (just for an example) will do considerably more damage than a minion using Charged Bolts. So you give a boss the same attack powers as a minion, and the boss will reduce XP by a higher amount simply by virtue of doing more damage.|
Originally Posted by talestar
ok coulomb2 thanks for info just reread this post. Do you know if making allys with less damage attacks but still have them as say a boss lv or elite will effect the formula? or is it based only on the damage they do and not thier lv? And also bieng you have a DEV choice award ,how do i PM them for questions on this topic? thanks
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Actually PMing a Dev is easy - you just go to your private messages and send one to whatever their Redname is. For what it's worth, though, the fact I've got a Dev's Choice does not mean I have any sort of in or 'special relationship' with the Devs. I merely won a runner-up position to a contest. I seriously doubt the Devs even know I exist. I have no special insight into how to get their attention.
M.A. Arcs
Intended for high level play: The Primus Trilogy (Arc #s 10931, 283821, 283825), "Freakshow U" (Arc #189073), Purification (Arc #352381, Dev's Choice!
)Intended for low level play: "Learning the Ropes" (Arc #100304), "Cracking Skulls" (Arc #115935), "The Lazarus Project" (Arc #124906)
ok thanks again ill PM them
can anyone tell me if adding ally's in arc mish tf decreases your amount of exp? because if i dont do any damage to an enemy i dont get exp and when i do do damage to the same enemy the exp is very low compared to our normal mish we get from contacts?