Swarm spots 30+

[pijan]

Hey all,
Leveling up a bard with some friends. They have more time to play than I do so I find myself falling behind in levels. I'm looking to swarm kite to supplement my exp and keep pace. Any out of the way spots to do this at level 30 and beyond? A lot of the areas on the wiki guides are always camped.

Also was swarming nerfed? I know there is lazy agro now. Did they do anything else?

[Legidias]

25 cap,FV

[pijan]

25 cap,FV

Thank you.

Fv seems to often have 3 or 4 bards already there when I log in. Any other ideas?

[kruptcy]

FV is great through 40. You will get spoiled from FV though because it is pretty much a dream location for bard kiting. After that you can hit DL, which is annoying because the spiders all have sow and path super fast, and you'll end up zoning any ravishing drolvargs you happen to aggro at the end of each kite. Also there are real people exping in DL so be considerate and dont pull from near their camps.

[Legidias]

FV is huge and has a million mobs. Theres like 2 or 3 kite spots

[pijan]

FV is huge and has a million mobs. Theres like 2 or 3 kite spots

Where are the other spots? I only know the one right by the swamp zone with the big flat circle.

[Legidias]

Up near swamp,and then theres a couple spots you can do along cliffs

[syztem]

before 25 mob cap, I always did 18-28 aviaks/gnolls. at 28 your songs will land on almost every OT mob you pull, save a few resists which you can usually hit them next cycle no problem. Pull Cacti/Cockatrice/sarnaks only(pull any sarnak that is walking fast with sow using selo consonant chain or largos binding, itll take the sow off them instantly).

again I haven't bothered to swarm OT since leash was also added, so I am unfamiliar with how pulls would be, I used to pull from WW to FM to skyfire and infront of outpost, and then swarm it on the ocean side golem wall. you would have to baby sit it and spend much longer time in order to get everything there without leashing, so maybe find a nice spot either in the corner between FM/SF or somewhere, maybe even near the lake. wherever there are no tigers. Don't pull rhinos/tiger/tigress.

Recently I have heard some people getting fed up with it at 45, I don't know again this was over 2 years ago i swarmed OT on multiple diff bards to PL people. Solo i was able to go up to 49-50 before the exp turned to crap. After that I went to bloodgil marauders in LOIO, not as many spawns, 20-30 min respawn i forget. but the exp works. some would say go to DL or FB. Personally I would stick it out with bloodgills for atleast until 51.

THEN go to cobalt scar, get a bind in skyshrine(if you die, you can song of travel click out if no cov faction). when I did this with scowl faction, i made sure if azureake or yvolcarn was up, i avoided them or if shit happened yvol would get into my swarm all i would do is just zone him after swarm complete. this exp is solid and can take you to 56 rather easy, the raw plat/vendor/quest gems drop crazy.

I made I want to say around 150-200k plat alone doing this, saccing back to low 55 when i dinged 56 rinse repeat. also letting people join in to leech exp. The rock near skyshrine is perfect spot, nothing paths there. Just be careful with levitate, some of you already know if your levitating mobs can sometimes hit you super far away just because of Z axis bug only in velious. I usually just kept levi to pull(also had lull for the drakes, if i got a crit resist I would charm it, and suicide it into wyverns which if lucky they can proc 2-3x 500dd aoes off before dying). Then just drop levi when your swarming near the rock uptop on the ice.

If you want to be REAL baller, go swarm CoM, I am pretty sre anyone 51+ can do it, 54+ can do it for sure ive done it on numerous toons to help people ding 55, 60 etc. Solo, exp is pretty solid. Can swarm people free fill up group, but I do not like inviting anyone over 55 as it kills the exp for the rest usually, by 58 depending on race/class can get about 15-20% a pull. a iksar necro depending on respawns(sometimes you get a ton of dark blue repop, sometimes green no exp, or green exp can vary) was getting 4-8% per pull at 59. I had a wood elf druid getting between 8 and 13% about at 59 so the penalty does make a diff.

velks @ 60, lower if confident, as long as u have snare song. encourage people in group to have PBAOE spells and not to slack off. I don't do velks and let people afk on me, if 1 or 2 dont have pbaoe, they can splurt, shaman epic dot, whatever. Druids, Wizards, clerics all have upheaval at like 53, most can get 4 casts off before oom. thats 4 x750 dmg. I say this because as a bard it takes nearly 3x as long to swarm velk mobs down then say, CoM due to hp difference. I can do maybe 3-4 pure bard dmg swarms in velks before i need a break, but with PBAOE power damage from the ppl leeching swarm, speeds it up much faster.

[Jimjam]

I'm always surprised when bards don't want assistance from my wizard on their PL, that supernova really speeds thing along. Normally I don't even ask for a percentage fee, but sensible bards donate one because it so greatly increases the speed they can earn their client/self levels (and ergo their own plat flow).

[Troxx]

Swarming breeds bad higher level bards.

It's more fun to actually play the bard class with others.

[kruptcy]

Swarming breeds bad higher level bards.

It's more fun to actually play the bard class with others.

I agree on both of those points, but done in moderation I think swarming is fine.

[pijan]

Swarming breeds bad higher level bards.

It's more fun to actually play the bard class with others.
I group as much as I can. Swarming is how I keep up with less play time than my friends.

[leFuZz]

I love duoing or having atypical groups with my bard. When I'm playing in a group that has a good tank, strong healer, great CC, and slow it's boring. All I have to do is either haste or mana/hp regen. If things go bad, though, I'm ready!

Yeah, on RED, I swarmed a ton on my bard, and it was the most intense gaming I ever experienced. I play on a laptop that frequently has the mouse click out of the window for some reason.

[Tethler]

I've recently been seeing bards swarming in CoM. It's really fun for everybody because nobody ever plays in that zone. You definitely won't be bothering anyone else if you swarm in CoM.

[Dreenk317]

CoM is always super empty. Not a popular zone to group in at all.

[Musgo]

before 25 mob cap, I always did 18-28 aviaks/gnolls. at 28 your songs will land on almost every OT mob you pull, save a few resists which you can usually hit them next cycle no problem. Pull Cacti/Cockatrice/sarnaks only(pull any sarnak that is walking fast with sow using selo consonant chain or largos binding, itll take the sow off them instantly).

again I haven't bothered to swarm OT since leash was also added, so I am unfamiliar with how pulls would be, I used to pull from WW to FM to skyfire and infront of outpost, and then swarm it on the ocean side golem wall. you would have to baby sit it and spend much longer time in order to get everything there without leashing, so maybe find a nice spot either in the corner between FM/SF or somewhere, maybe even near the lake. wherever there are no tigers. Don't pull rhinos/tiger/tigress.

Recently I have heard some people getting fed up with it at 45, I don't know again this was over 2 years ago i swarmed OT on multiple diff bards to PL people. Solo i was able to go up to 49-50 before the exp turned to crap. After that I went to bloodgil marauders in LOIO, not as many spawns, 20-30 min respawn i forget. but the exp works. some would say go to DL or FB. Personally I would stick it out with bloodgills for atleast until 51.

THEN go to cobalt scar, get a bind in skyshrine(if you die, you can song of travel click out if no cov faction). when I did this with scowl faction, i made sure if azureake or yvolcarn was up, i avoided them or if shit happened yvol would get into my swarm all i would do is just zone him after swarm complete. this exp is solid and can take you to 56 rather easy, the raw plat/vendor/quest gems drop crazy.

I made I want to say around 150-200k plat alone doing this, saccing back to low 55 when i dinged 56 rinse repeat. also letting people join in to leech exp. The rock near skyshrine is perfect spot, nothing paths there. Just be careful with levitate, some of you already know if your levitating mobs can sometimes hit you super far away just because of Z axis bug only in velious. I usually just kept levi to pull(also had lull for the drakes, if i got a crit resist I would charm it, and suicide it into wyverns which if lucky they can proc 2-3x 500dd aoes off before dying). Then just drop levi when your swarming near the rock uptop on the ice.

If you want to be REAL baller, go swarm CoM, I am pretty sre anyone 51+ can do it, 54+ can do it for sure ive done it on numerous toons to help people ding 55, 60 etc. Solo, exp is pretty solid. Can swarm people free fill up group, but I do not like inviting anyone over 55 as it kills the exp for the rest usually, by 58 depending on race/class can get about 15-20% a pull. a iksar necro depending on respawns(sometimes you get a ton of dark blue repop, sometimes green no exp, or green exp can vary) was getting 4-8% per pull at 59. I had a wood elf druid getting between 8 and 13% about at 59 so the penalty does make a diff.

velks @ 60, lower if confident, as long as u have snare song. encourage people in group to have PBAOE spells and not to slack off. I don't do velks and let people afk on me, if 1 or 2 dont have pbaoe, they can splurt, shaman epic dot, whatever. Druids, Wizards, clerics all have upheaval at like 53, most can get 4 casts off before oom. thats 4 x750 dmg. I say this because as a bard it takes nearly 3x as long to swarm velk mobs down then say, CoM due to hp difference. I can do maybe 3-4 pure bard dmg swarms in velks before i need a break, but with PBAOE power damage from the ppl leeching swarm, speeds it up much faster.

Solid insight. I’m 45 in my bard now. I’m interested in how you pulled the Blood Gills.