Yup the 14% and 8% buffs require 50% of the bar to run aroudn with pet spawned and 50% to do different tricks (not exactly sure which ones). So this should be no difference.
As you can see when it was only level 5, three months ago in the spawn of a few hours "the criteria for level 32, eighteen % accel buff" it jumped 30% thats only in a few hours time.
Seems all I needed to do is make 30 drops with a Rookie Finder and BAM!!!
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This bunny is destined to be a great miner! He wouldn't budge until I decided to stretch his legs and take him out mining. We out ran a big pack of mobs np