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Originally Posted by Eisai
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Because they said so? Stop trying to argue with dad. Logic isn't going to win the debate. There is a list. Those zones are on it. Period. End of discussion, young lady.
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That would be all well and good, but the whole purpose was to "simplify and clarify the ruleset on P99" because "you shouldn't need an elf-law degree to be able to play here." Only a lawyer would argue that Plane of Fear and Plane of Growth are dungeon type zones.
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Originally Posted by Eisai
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Also, swarming is not AoE. Swarming is abard tactic. AoE is available to many classes. This should be your point of inquiry/debate.
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What is swarm kiting?
Swarm kiting (also known as AE kiting, historically) is the act of pulling a large quantity of mobs, kiting them, and utilizing point-blank AoE spells/songs to kill them. Most typically this leveling tactic is used by bards, but could theoretically be completed by other classes, as well.
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Nowadays players use the two terms interchangeably, but yeah swarm kiting involves using charm whereas AE kiting simply uses dots and snare/movement speed. Also, yes, because other classes can AE and because the rule includes spells, not just songs, that seems to imply that AE piles in Plane of Fear would be prohibited, but there has been no clarification for what should be simple to understand.
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The issue being addressed is the reckless and selfish few bards who have taken a class defining ability and used it to monopolize an entire zone and when shit goes wrong, instead of dying or capping out they drop the swarm on everyone between them and the zoneline and the most any of them offer in compensation is 96% of the victims' xp back.. Most of the time they were just power leveling guild boxes for dkp anyhow.
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There was a very direct solution for this in classic. Suspend and then ban. Yes, the offending party could make a new account and level another bard, but that's still going to take a while, only to be suspended/banned again. But honestly, where are these groups that are being trained relentless on blue server? Green server, okay, there are probably PUGs to be found outside of KC, but blue is for raiding, farming, and twink alt soloing.