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Tip - Merc exp exploit.....

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ok not sure how useful this will prove to be but I tested an interesting theory today... When your merc gets AA exp and you spend it then you lose exp from dying your mercs AAs do not get taken away... So I tested it with bone chips at level 25 to level 40 (2 trips with bone chips)

This is the steps I did....
1 merc out at level 25 gets 4 AA to level 40 (3.5-4AA)
Then I spend his AA
I am NAKED so I die fast!
Then I punched a guard, quite satisfying actually....
Died, so I ported to bind at turnin for bonechips...
punched Guard again, died again...
quickly repeated this all the way down to level 25, too a bit but I Kissed it so it was all auto
at 25 I did not rez one single time!

I did 2 rounds of bone chips and got another 4 AA on my merc!


Repeated this a third time just to be sure, but so far any AAs spent are kept in death and Mercs get AAs VERY fast at lower levels!

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BTW 12 AA on merc in about 2 hours total is insane!
 
with mercs getting nerfed at 101 we can use all the AAs we can get on them!
 
Anyone tested shroud form bone chip turn in with merc out. Seems if you shroud to lvl 5 it would be awsome.. then you wont have to die over and over, you still be same level.. just a thought....
 
will test it later today, this is why we share info here, to improve ideas! Thanks!
 
If this works shrouding this would be an insane way to get AA on merc! Good find!
 
mercs don't get exp until you are level 20, will see what I can do to try that...
 
it worked for me...

not sure how many merc aa you can bank or if there is an autospend feature for merc aa but seems easy enough once you shroud and have another toon hand you bags and plat, then go buy your merc
 
10 is the max amount, I have tested it a few times and it is 10 banked then you get a message that you need to spend some as you have reached the cap...
 
ill try shrouding down to 25 or 30 and see, but at 40 with the new toon im leveling up, per turn in 400 bonechips its 1% exp for merc
 
for those who are interested in the difference in a J5 merc with no AAs and a J5 merc with full AAs, I have 6 mercs with max AAs and in every case Healer, Dps, Caster or Tank at max AA they are kinda badass! My caster merc does more DPS then most average players that I group with and he is consistent and can take a beating! (I also have full sets of gear for each merc)
 
If you are going to die anyway, why not let your necro create some essence emeralds?
 
I must be doing something wrong with shrouding down and/or the merc. I'm basically trying to get the AA exp on the merc, but it seems to be crawling. Here's the steps I am trying:

1) I have my level 104 toon at 0% AA exp.

2) I shroud down to a level 20 gnoll, figuring on evolving the Bloodmetal Inlaid Gnollish Totem ( I have also tried level 25 and level 40 shrouds).

3) I use another toon to hand this shrouded toon 10 Extraplanar bags and some plat, then go buy a merc at this shrouded level.

4) I buy bone chips and go to Kaladim and do the turnins.

5) I go back to PoK with the Spirit Sending and hand bags and plat back to my 2nd toon.

6) I un-shroud and check exp.

I went up about 1/2 of 1% of regular exp on me, and about 2% of an AA on my merc. Does that seem to be what others are getting? A small % of merc AA exp per 32,000 bone chips turned in?

I know merc exp goes slow, but is this what everyone that has tried this is seeing?
 
I thought I get a bit more then that but not a whole lot more, it is still 1000x better then any other merc exp you will get...
 
Bonkerdonk said:
I must be doing something wrong with shrouding down and/or the merc. I'm basically trying to get the AA exp on the merc, but it seems to be crawling. Here's the steps I am trying:

1) I have my level 104 toon at 0% AA exp.

2) I shroud down to a level 20 gnoll, figuring on evolving the Bloodmetal Inlaid Gnollish Totem ( I have also tried level 25 and level 40 shrouds).

3) I use another toon to hand this shrouded toon 10 Extraplanar bags and some plat, then go buy a merc at this shrouded level.

4) I buy bone chips and go to Kaladim and do the turnins.

5) I go back to PoK with the Spirit Sending and hand bags and plat back to my 2nd toon.

6) I un-shroud and check exp.

I went up about 1/2 of 1% of regular exp on me, and about 2% of an AA on my merc. Does that seem to be what others are getting? A small % of merc AA exp per 32,000 bone chips turned in?

I know merc exp goes slow, but is this what everyone that has tried this is seeing?
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I know when I did it i was a level 30 toon shrouded down to lvl 5 and did turn in and got 3 aa in 3/4 of a round...
 
well yeah, the character is level 30 vs lvl 104 of course the exp will be scaled differently lol. my lvl 40 gets 1% ish merc aa per turn in of 400 bonechips but I dont shroud him down
 
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