Guide to AoE Bard Kiting, here on P99.

[falkun]

Ok, I recommend starting a list of good places to bard kite. The most recommended spot for bard AE kiting is aviaks starting at around L19-23ish. This doesn't help someone like me who is only L9. So, I'm going to start my leveling list:

1-5 Newbie area. You won't be kiting much, you don't have selos and chanting could cause more harm than good due to MOB density.

5-7 Orc Hill in GFay. Spot #1 from this map of GFay. Group or lull to pull solos. If solo try to avoid oracles. Again you may not be actually kiting a whole lot.

7-8 I recommend the bandit camp in GFay. Spot #3 from this map of GFay. I grouped in CB, but the grouping was hit or miss. Here is where you can begin to actually start your career bard kiting; you'll finally have selos, so you can begin the process of learning to swap instruments and twisting chords/selos/hymn (as needed). Also, by L9, the bandit exp is a bit on the slow side.

9+ I found two nice camps of higher level CB Orc Centurions in LFay. Spots #6 & 11 on this map of LFay. At 9, I have been pulling one whole camp and twisting it down with chords and selos, adding hymn as necessary. However, as I'm still learning the exactness of turning in for chords range, I am dieing quite frequently. If I pull each camp as two pulls, I could probably clear both camps before respawns and just about never die. I will probably spend a few levels here as the orcs /CON Dark Blue to the occasional yellow. As I get better at kiting I may try to kite both camps together.

19-23 Aviaks in SK. I believe its Spot #9 from this map of SK.

I have subscribed to this awesome tome of bardic knowledge and will try to keep this thread up to date with good bard kite locations.