Bard Question
 

So i was thinking of starting to do some kiting again on my bard.

Is there a list of zones that won't pull so much heat from the players to go to ?


Don't wanna get flamed the moment I try to kite lol

you're already pulling heat right now bro

There are very few zones bards can AE kite due to mob Runspeed, amount of open space, size of mob hitboxs a and prevalence of casters.

18-24 East Karana
18-25 Overthere
25-30 South Karana
30-50 Overthere
50-55 Burning Woods

99% of all complaining occurs in Overthere. The thing those people neglect to mention is a the Sarnak casters, tigers and rhinos the bards don't pull. Plus... OT is really a kiter zone if you're grouping there, you should try another zone.

Loio is good mid/high 20s to 32 or so as well
FV is a good alternative to Overthere, and can be good up to 46 or so, even though a lot of stuff is green by then (sooooo many drovlargs in such a small space and almost no one killing them). The level range is basically comparable, people say hitboxes are larger and that is probably true but it's still easily doable since the difference is relatively small.

Doesn't matter where you go though (except possibly FV), if you have more than 5 mobs someone will surely yell at you in OOC at some point.

Ignore the hate, people who level in these zones need to recognize how many zones a bard can do this in vs how many groups or other soloers have available to them.

Embrace the darkness, let the hate flow out of you.

Just be courteous man. Stay away from areas that people are clearly set up at or pulling from. And tell them they're welcome to pull from your swarm if mobs are scarce.

This sort of. People need to realize bards do this is maybe 3-5 zones.

There are SOOO MANY other zones where literally any killing style EXCEPT AE kiting work, yet they would prefer to complain than find a better location to kill.

seriously, people will always find a way to bitch at you even if you're not impacting them at all. the good part about this is that it tends to be bad players who are the ones making the unfounded complaints. let this act as a natural filter for those you choose to group with later.

start with misty thicket until 7 or so, then hit up south ro until you're high enough for east karana. SK/OT until 31

firiona vie is excellent 31-46, has the most mob density and least amount of competition from other bards. dreadlands has some good potential with chickens and drolvargs up to 51 but the terrain is rough.


burning woods can get you to 60 - it slows down a bit 55+, but stick with pulling skellies, gorillas, and bees from the northern half of the zone. TD raptors are good too but you're guaranteed to piss someone off there

When you say 50-55 burning woods. Is 55 really where it stops ?

Though this was my initial feeling when people would complain. I would ask myself, "wtf they leveling in OT anwyay this place sucks for xp" and then that good guy voice of reason in my head would say, "dude come on maybe they leveld here when they were 12 and they are doing what you are doing, re-living that game they missed for the last 15 years, of course its their right to be here."

So at that point I would do my best not to interfere as much as possible.

Then they would call me a bunch of ethnic slurs and i would say fuck it and be on my merry way kiting without remorse.

le sigh..