Game Mechanics: Bard Swarm Kiting

[Tann]

I swarmed during Kunark/Velious back on the nameless. It worked how OP described it should with 1 exception (for me at least).

Once I had charmed the 2nd pet and sent it into the swarm I had to run very far away for all the mobs to turn on pet, I have no idea why but distance had something to do with how the aggro mechanics worked. By far away I mean to the point where I could no longer see any of the mobs, and I know it worked because my pets hp bar would nose dive.

distance somehow plays a roll in aggro, maybe at some point the mobs switch who's 1st on their hate list?


side note about distance/aggro and completely anecdotal, an expac later up on luclin i was swarming these geode type mobs (forgot the zone name) and this wizard was chilling nearby. At one point the swarm must've gotten too close to him because instead of attacking my pet when I was out of range they turned on him and he just about died. No initial threat, just mobs that were KoS to everyone.