If the kill doesn't count when a mob kills itself, then I guess it shouldn't count when a party member or pet/NPC kills it as well.
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If the kill doesn't count when a mob kills itself, then I guess it shouldn't count when a party member or pet/NPC kills it as well.
The point is who killed it - the mob itself or an external source.
Easy answer - a party member or pet is an external source like the player - so trial +1
Selfdestruct is caused by the mob itself so trial +0
Ihnako, your points are almost valid, but in the same respect we shouldn't accumulate any experience points from the monster either. Yet we do.
That's a known bug that SE won't fix since nobody complains about it.
On the other hand you gain experience for surviving a fatal blow but you still didn't killed the mob. ;p