Bard AE kitting random questions
 

First off thanks for all the info on how to do it on the forums i have got ae kitting down now. My question though is this how high of monsters do people pull when the kite? I am only 20 so i am in the Karanas, i know some of the mobs can get up to just under 30. So should i try and leave them alone or just pull them along for the ride.

Sneaky 2nd question how many mobs do people normally grab in one pull? I just want to make sure roughly how many to grab or is it just kinda whatever you feel comfortable with?

The higher level the mob the longer you'll have to kite, which means there is a higher chance you'll screw up. In South Karana I learned this by pulling Chargers before I was high enough level. Turned what what would have been a 20 minute-ish kite into one that probably lasted over an hour (was a year go, can't remember exact time).

However if you get a bunch of them grouped up, like say 6 chargers, then the XP can be pretty fine. But you'll find better efficiency if you stick to blue -> yellows.

Just pull however many you feel comfortable with. I used to tag mobs until I got bored searching, then kited them to death. Obviously the more mobs you have the better the payout

Assuming you're not going to misstep and die (which Muteki already mentioned as a factor) a good rule is, go as high as you can go before you start getting a significant enough number of resists to make it not worth it. When I was in SK doing aviaks, sometimes I'd get avocets that were too high compared to the other mobs I was killing, and when the last of the other mobs dropped the avocets would be 50 or 60% hp. At that point you have the choice of either zoning the avocets or taking them with you to start your next pull and dropping them over the course of 2 or 3 pulls.

At what level does ae kiting become better exp than grouping? my bard is lvl 15 and ive been ae kiting in oasis and nro, and even with groups of 10+ mobs, I dont think the exp is surpassing group exp in unrest.

You should be able to kite much more than 10 mobs at a time. In the karanas I'd regularly kite at least 20+ at once (pretty sure it was even more than that), and in OT people kite 60-80 mobs all the time. To answer your question, it's probably faster at level 2 if you're really good, but definitely faster from level 8 onwards.

Thanks for the response, I guess I should find a zone better suited for ae kiting, too many casters and damned sand giants in oasis/nro.

Hi, I just started playing again, and I've kited from 14-17 in Oasis of Marr (took about 30minutes per level) just grabbing all the melee orcs/snakes/spiders/scarabs lulling the orc priests...level 2 spell is really hard to master but once you have done that, the level 18 spell is a joke to master

I would recommend at least trying to kill every single mob that is of the right size and isn't a caster. When I first went to OT on red as like a 29, I did a pull and got to 31 and managed to eventually kill every single mob except some of the sabretooth tigers, despite a number of the mobs being extremely red to me. The next pull I got 4 levels and killed everything I tagged, including the sabretooth tigers.

It's really just an effort vs reward situation. It shouldn't take more than a single pull to realize whether or not a particular type of mob is worth it. If you find something that you realize isn't worth the effort, just zone it and start over.

Haha, so far oasis hasnt been too kind to me. Small groups I can manage, about 10 mobs max, after that for some reason I get sloppy and wind up getting hit once and pretty much one shot.