Basically, to gain a loyalty level, your pet needs to, no matter what, gain at least 5% of the XP you, the Hunter, needs for your next level. This is required even if your pet is your level (which means they aren't actually gaining the XP). But there's also a time component on every loyalty level past Unruly. For example, to get to level 4 from level 5, you not only need the experience gain, but an hour must pass. This, as Mania says, is why sometimes your pet will ding loyalty while you're standing around in town-- you've gained the experience, but the time has to pass as well.
She's not done yet-- she needs (or someone with some time on their hands could do it as well-- Mania's going through a move lately) to check out if the experience stays the same all the way to 70, or if it increases at the higher levels. She also didn't try this keeping the pet anything other than happy, so the numbers may change if the pet isn't at full happiness. And she didn't explore, at all, what happens when the pet loses loyalty-- if your pet has dropped a level of loyalty, it may be a completely different formula to regain it.
But great work so far, and this is more than enough to give any Hunter a clear idea of how loyalty works in most cases.
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9-11-2007 @ 4:42PM
kuett said...
true .
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9-11-2007 @ 5:02PM
baudkarma said...
I'm glad to see an explanation of why my pet will sometimes gain loyalty while we're not doing anything. Makes sense, though I don't know why Bliz put the delay in.
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9-11-2007 @ 5:29PM
Fenix said...
"to get to level 4 from level 5"
That would be going backwards wouldn't it?
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9-12-2007 @ 1:07AM
jaxson_bateman said...
@3 - Yes, technically you're right. But we all know what the author meant. ^^
Interesting and good post. Being a logical person myself that prefers theorycrafting to simply 'popular culture', it's nice to learn more about the mechanics of the game. I imagine this will come in handy if I get a new pet when my latest hunter hits 70. From what I can see, I'll need to kill enough mobs to get 25% of the experience that would be required to get from 69 to 70 (prob about 200k), and 225 mins of playtime with the pet (3.75 hrs).
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9-12-2007 @ 7:00AM
Mikah said...
How does it work when you charm a lvl 70 pet as he can't get XP? I charmed one of those blue/grey tiger in skettis and his loyalty doesn't move...
There is something i don't understand.
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9-12-2007 @ 12:48PM
Karl said...
I beat my pets into submission then toss them some meat 'till they love me. Then get them killed by forcing them to tank a 72 elite while I run or play dead. Raise them from the dead and then repeat. Huntards FTL!
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