I read somewhere that goblin pet xp is reduced on server by 50%. Is this still true?
As a shift worker/family man I find it hard to dedicate hours to parties while leveling and pets are/were amazing for blm/smn/bst for grinding solo xp.

Thank you in advance

Yes, they are reduced, as Nas wants people to group up to level up. There are still options out there to solo.

Also, as some one who has leveled Bard quite a bit, I can tell you that there are awesome BLM Burn parties out there that are fantastic if you want to level up BLM. Also, for a BLM, you can sub RDM, and silence worms and just nuke them from a distance as well for solo.

As for SMN, I feel like if you follow a guide that levels up BST, it should work just the same for the SMN, just might be a bit more difficult.

There might be some Astral Flow parties out there, but I haven't seen any yet personally.

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in a old post from Nabutso it was said it was 75% reduced xp, so its definitely a waste of time. Best thing to solo here like what was said already will be worms.

Due to pet exp nerfs, BLM solo is a rough road for a long time (and even in endgame, it's pretty 'meh' exp/hr, really). I took SMN up to 40 almost entirely solo on worms, bombs and goblins (self-destruct/etc. is amazing, though unreliable overall) and it actually wasn't too bad, but that was before the auto-attack damage was nerfed down a fair bit.

Your best bet on solo is probably still BST, though if you/your schedule is open to trying out some Manaburn BLM parties, seek out a pearl to the LS "Manafont", if they're still around. For BST and/or SMN, FunWithJugs might still be kicking around in some form.

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