AoE kiting is really annoying. It's not terribly hard to do, though you'll occasionally get fucked over by random shit like sneezing during your kite, but it's so dangerous and stressful that you can't do anything else. You pretty much can't even take a sip of your drink or blow your nose, it's 100% concentration for the duration of the kite. Since that time starts to really ramp up towards level 40+, that's when most people drop off. A kite takes a few minutes at level 25, but it can take 20+ minutes at 40. That's a lot of time in which you can't do anything else at all, and any distraction can kill you. It's so different from anything else in EQ because you can usually be tabbed out fully half of the time when playing most other classes. I've died while kiting from stupid shit like coughing fits, trying to scratch my forehead, fucking Windows Update needing to be postponed, anything that forces you to take your eyes off the screen for a few seconds. It also kills your wrist much more than twisting does.
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