I would like to distinguish a modern and legitimate 25-mob pull from the aforementioned rule because the ruling post suggests its application to quote "bards round[ing] up a hundred mobs" in 2013. I am not sure when the 25-mob restriction was implemented, but even if we continue under the assumption it was before this post.
A bard who simply has 25 or less mobs should not fall within this category, and thus should not have their swarm subject to mob theft.
Additionally, the rule also clearly places a contingency (condition) which must be met before a player can utilize it without breach. As per the ruling post, only in an instance where a player "... can not find a mob because some one is kiting more than 4 of them..." will they be permitted "to peel one off."
In many zones, OT, DL, FV, and other hot-swarm zones, 25 mobs will not sufficiently rob a non-swarming player from finding mobs to kill. Therefore they are not permitted to steal mobs from a kiting bard in this instance either.
So while seemingly zone specific (as I can respect some dungeons having under 25 mobs in a given safe area), I do not see a hard-line rule which gives players permission to pull away from a bard as long as the bard has more than 4 mobs in their swarm. Especially outdoors, where a majority of bards swarm.
Debate me, I am always open to statutory (p99 forum rule) interpretation! (for fun. Please bards, I already had to dig your shit-one-song-weaving reputation out of the dirt. Don't ruin exp grouping for me too. Be kind and let others play too)
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