Soling BST pets for EXP

[Natallon]

im just curious to know what other jobs besides blm and blu have people been able to solo successfully off of BST pets?

[Naver]

im just curious to know what other jobs besides blm and blu have people been able to solo successfully off of BST pets?

nin, drk, thf, rng, rdm, and pld I've seen do this from early as 27 and up to 70.

[Intense]

im just curious to know what other jobs besides blm and blu have people been able to solo successfully off of BST pets?

Same, I want to exp my lv 30 MNK and I'd like to try it solo. ;]

[Natallon]

thf really?

i was trying my 38 thf on spiders in the desert and was just getting owned by them

[Tradition]

The answer is bloody bolts.

[Natallon]

The answer is bloody bolts.

ah i see

[Septimus]

im just curious to know what other jobs besides blm and blu have people been able to solo successfully off of BST pets?

nin, drk, thf, rng, rdm, and pld I've seen do this from early as 27 and up to 70.

Any strong/decently strong melee job can kill them with a PL. For THF I have been nearly one-shotting pets from 21-28 with Sneak Attack. Pull with Acid Bolts, let the pet beat Atum for a bit, Cure III from Septimus to pull hate, and SA even without a weapon skill will rock 75-90% of the mobs life off. At higher levels it won't work as well, but at low levels it really rocks.

It is especially awesome when you get an area with two beastmaster mobs so you can pull pets for bigger chains. (Three beastmaster mobs lined up in the right way could probably lead to near-infinite chains at low levels.)

[Hanyoko]

Since you mentioned for BLM, this is what i used when I leveled it.
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At times I would encounter nin+healer fighting at camps listed there.

Rng from what I remember would often solo worms.

[Marcicus]

Maybe it's just me, but I absolutely hated Teriggan when I solo'd on BLU. That outpost area was hell. EXP was insane though.

[Hanyoko]

Maybe it's just me, but I absolutely hated Teriggan when I solo'd on BLU. That outpost area was hell. EXP was insane though.

Nothing like having a raptor run from outside of draw distance straight to you..... Then again maybe I just didnt find the right camping spot.

[Osede]

sorry for necro-bump, but wasn't there a fix and now pets are only resummoned 3 times? Or was this change only for sea?

I don't feel bad for the necro though cuz this had a lot of good information

I think that's just in sea. I've been PLing Atum's THF and BLU on pets and it has been awesome as usual. (Until people come along and slaughter all of the mobs in the area for no reason.)

This is true; standard beastmen mobs will repop pets until they are killed.

adding more, it should be will repop about after 1 vana hour(or 2 vana hour?) after the pet has been killed. as far as I have notice since killing the bst pet in terrigan, kuftal, newton and bibiki.

[Tsukasaz]

I have a second character (my own, started from scratch, thank you) that I was planning to duo with my first character, both BLM, from 37-75. Since I probably won't have to worry about as much about gear since I'll be nuking with two chars instead of one, any opinions on what I should leave off?

One's a taru, one's a mithra. Was also wondering, again since being two people instead of one (kinda), would I have to move onto other camps earlier on? Like a normal solo player would be at camp X at level 40, would I need to move there at 38-39 to get good exp, or should I just stick to the guide?

[Naver]

you'll lose a substantial amount of exp if you duo but because of how quickly you kill it shouldn't be that large of a burden on you. once pets become EM to you and your partner, it's time to move on.

[Celebrindor]

I also have used BST pets exclusively for leveling from 37-69 on BLM, but found the EXP took a nosedive in Newtown around 69-70.

The tunnel camp in Cape Terrigan is MUCH safer. At the OP camp I'd often lose more EXP than I'd gain with a RR earring, but in the tunnel I'd sit at 5k/hour easily and quite safely. Also, elemental seal->sleepga with capped enfeebling (and yes, some merits from my RDM) would always stick long enough to sneak/invis run to the cloister. Just be sure to know the way well and not hit that godawful dead end instead. I've got a post on that alla thread I think on page 3 or 4 that goes more into detail about that camp.

It REALLY picks up at 50/51 when you have AM and then subsequently Elemental Staves. You'll be in oneshot heaven for many levels. Just be sure to keep your skills capped (if this is your first job with elemental/enfeebling skill a.k.a. you don't have RDM leveled up, spend some time in Beseiged when you can spamming dia and stone) as oneshotting can and will quickly lead to gimped spell levels.

One question though, the ToAU wyvern pets mentioned are on exceedingly long repop conditions, making pet soloing post-70 extremely slow, and to be honest I only feel like I'm taking a viable camp away from someone in the 60's in Newtown by going back there. Any suggestions? Been doing some sea soloing with not much better results TBH. Should I be doing the Om'goldfish by the Telepoint updrafts for better exp?

[Tradition]

Didn't they move around mobs near the Terrigan OP in June? Was it a bad change or a good change? I'm thinking of leveling BLM soon and I want to make sure everything's safe/easy/convenient before I try >_>

[Tsukasaz]

you'll lose a substantial amount of exp if you duo but because of how quickly you kill it shouldn't be that large of a burden on you. once pets become EM to you and your partner, it's time to move on.

Will the new signet change help with that? I think they increased EXP for duos/trios etc..

[Ferien]

One question though, the ToAU wyvern pets mentioned are on exceedingly long repop conditions, making pet soloing post-70 extremely slow, and to be honest I only feel like I'm taking a viable camp away from someone in the 60's in Newtown by going back there. Any suggestions? Been doing some sea soloing with not much better results TBH. Should I be doing the Om'goldfish by the Telepoint updrafts for better exp?

I believe 69~70 is around when you should switch to Qiqirn Archaeologists in Aydeewa. Friend of mine is currently moving through those levels, said goldfish weren't great xp and they were more dangerous.

[Octavious]

One question though, the ToAU wyvern pets mentioned are on exceedingly long repop conditions, making pet soloing post-70 extremely slow, and to be honest I only feel like I'm taking a viable camp away from someone in the 60's in Newtown by going back there. Any suggestions? Been doing some sea soloing with not much better results TBH. Should I be doing the Om'goldfish by the Telepoint updrafts for better exp?

I believe 69~70 is around when you should switch to Qiqirn Archaeologists in Aydeewa. Friend of mine is currently moving through those levels, said goldfish weren't great xp and they were more dangerous.

Yea, Qiqirn are great till around 71, and if your kind of crazy you can Aspir/Drain worms to keep going, the chains increased till around LV70 when they capped out at chain 3/4. I started there at LV68. Once i hit 72 i went to Wamoura, and at the moment i'm around 10k to 73, then with Fire IV i think i'll move along to puddings if I feel like it... I get my Zenith mitts & Weskitt at 73 too :3 yays

[Naver]

you'll lose a substantial amount of exp if you duo but because of how quickly you kill it shouldn't be that large of a burden on you. once pets become EM to you and your partner, it's time to move on.

Will the new signet change help with that? I think they increased EXP for duos/trios etc..

Most EM mobs only give around 90-120 exp, depending how it checks to you. Split that into two and add in the signet bonus, and you're looking at 75-100 exp for the both of you. Not worth your time honestly, just move to an area where you will find high T, and low VT. What level is your duo range, maybe I can find an area for you so you can use that as a template for level range.

[Tsukasaz]

you'll lose a substantial amount of exp if you duo but because of how quickly you kill it shouldn't be that large of a burden on you. once pets become EM to you and your partner, it's time to move on.

Will the new signet change help with that? I think they increased EXP for duos/trios etc..

Most EM mobs only give around 90-120 exp, depending how it checks to you. Split that into two and add in the signet bonus, and you're looking at 75-100 exp for the both of you. Not worth your time honestly, just move to an area where you will find high T, and low VT. What level is your duo range, maybe I can find an area for you so you can use that as a template for level range.

Bah, I meant would the EXP suck on VT-ITs lol. I'm going to start when both are exactly 37, so they'd be within 100 exp of each other till 75 basically.