25=19+1?

[Robai]

Just curious how kill count is calculated.
It is supposed to be or this is a bug?


Here we see that 25=19+1:




Here we see that 27=21+1:




Here we see that 37=33+1:




In all those pictures I was level 2 Sorcerer and my Celestial Dog probably killed one monster.

[Phoenix-daBard]

Seems to have been around awhile.

It is for this reason that I always get a chuckle when someone starts blathering about kill counts. How can they be so sure of their numbers when the counters are bugged?

[Gelmir87]

This bug has been around for years. The actual kill count of a Player is correct, but when something dies in a trap or from a summoned creature, it's not always counted.

I've tried this many times, especially in quests with low counts that you can easily keep track of, and it seems like the "misadventure kill count" is what is bugged...

[kernal42]

Misadventure often borks the kiill count.

I've occasionally cleared the front room of WizKing (where you need exactly 20 kills) and seen the killcount look something like:

Total: 24
Me: 20
Misadventure: 4

-Kernal

[Xenus_Paradox]

What happens if someone gets a bunch of kills and then drops group?

[incineration]

What happens if someone gets a bunch of kills and then drops group?

It leaves their contribution in, I've actually joined a PuG only to find out they have had 16 deaths over 15 people...

[rokes]

What happens if someone gets a bunch of kills and then drops group?

Their name and kill count still appears

[Elyanna]

What happens if someone gets a bunch of kills and then drops group?

They will still show on the counts.

[Rydlic]

For big giggles let the cube in Coal Chamber feed on some bats. I had the total count off by almost 60 kills (had to afk for a minute and cube ate good)

[Sarisa]

Misadventure often borks the kiill count.

I've occasionally cleared the front room of WizKing (where you need exactly 20 kills) and seen the killcount look something like:

Total: 24
Me: 20
Misadventure: 4

-Kernal

That's actually a few of the Clay Golems going berserk and killing another mob. And you can even get scrolls and guild renown from it.

That type of early misadventure kill can also happen in New Invasion and Bastion of Power in Amrath. Cubes can eat other mobs, and since the other mobs haven't been notified of your presence, they just sit there and get eaten. I've gone into New Invasion on hard and almost immediately got three instances of guild kill renown because of cubes and/or golems (5 Misadventure kills, and the whole total was incorrect by the end).