Sidekick

Overview

Sidekick heroes and Lackeying villains, and the opposite, Exemplar/Malefactor, are features in the game that allows low level and high level characters to play together without interrupting rewards gain. This feature is fairly rare in MMOs, and allows casual players to play alongside more frequent players.

How To

You must be on a team with the person you intend to Sidekick/Exemplar with. Select the character, then right click and select the option in the context menu, or select the acronym below the team list. Alternately, you can type a command into chat, which is explained below.

Sidekick/Lackey

A low level character can Sidekick (for Heroes) or Lackey (for Villains) to any character that is three levels or more higher than he. This will raise their Combat Level to one below the Mentor/Boss. The Sidekick must stay within 200 yards of their Mentor in order to retain the effects of the feature - if they move too far away, they will drop back down to their actual level.

The low level character will be awarded rewards for enemy defeats and mission completes as he would normally. The high level character will be rewarded as usual, as well.

The high level character must request the low level character to be his Sidekick/Lackey. The chat command to request a Sidekick is /sidekick name or /sk name for Heroes, and /lackey name or /lk name for Villains. Both commands actually work in both games, so a villain can type /sk name as well.

Exemplar/Malefactor

A high level character can Exemplar (for Heroes) or Malefactor (for Villains) to any character that is three levels or more lower than she. This will drop their Combat Level to the level of her charge. Exemplaring retains its effects, no matter how far she is from her charge or even in a different zone.

The high level character will be rewarded with 100% debt payoff until/unless there is no debt to be repaid. After there is no debt, she will be awarded either 200% influence/infamy. The low level character will be rewarded as normally. Both will gain prestige as normal (when in sgmode).

The low level character must request the high level character to be his Exemplar/Malefactor. The chat command to request an Exemplar is /exemplar name> or /ex name, for villains the command is /malefactor name or /mal name. All four commands are interchangeable between games.

PvP Zones

PvP zones (Bloody Bay, Siren's Call, Warburg, Recluse's Victory) have an "automatic" Sidekick/Exemplar feature. As long as a character is above the minimum requirement to enter a particular PvP zone, he will be automatically Sidekicked/Exemplared to that zone's particular level. A character may still Sidekick/Exemplar with another player if he wishes, though it is redundant as it doesn't change a character's combat level.

Rewards for automatic Sidekicks/Exemplars are the same as typical Sidekicking/Exemplaring, explained above.

Task Forces/Strike Forces

Task Forces and Strike Forces will auto-Exemplar a character that joins who is above the maximum level. This functions the same as PvP zones, except lower level characters do not automatically get a sidekicking. An auto-Exemplared character may still take a Sidekick.

Rewards for automatic Sidekicks/Exemplars are the same as typical Sidekicking/Exemplaring, explained above.

Common Terms

Sidekick: SK (Heroes)

Lackey: LK (Villains)

Mentor: (Heroes)

Boss: (Villains)

Exemplar: Ex, Exemp, Reverse SK, RSK (Heroes)

Malefactor: MF, Malf, Reverse LK, RLK (Villains)