Game Mechanics: Social / Charmed Pet Aggro

[Swiftsong_Lorekeeper]

Originally Posted by Lazortag [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Wrong.

Also, many of these concerns (like mob run speed) have been responded to already - I'm pretty sure they can't change that. But either way, if you're not encumbered and you have selo's on there are very few mobs you can't outrun (even without a drum equipped).

Instead of just saying wrong, why don't you elaborate? Last time I checked (which was today) you nearly have to be standing on top of a mob for an AoE DoT to work. I understand that I can outrun mobs, i was speaking in general, for all classes.

[Swiftsong_Lorekeeper]

Oh and before you respond like this...

Originally Posted by Lazortag [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I've made perfectly polite and reasonable posts before informing people that aoe kiting does in fact work (even if you do it very crudely and get hit every time you cast a DOT) and that they were doing something very wrong if they thought it was impossible. I'm sorry but it's so irritating that people would rather ignore advice telling them how to aoe kite and complain about how gimped bards are (which the poster I was responding to did, twice, without actually responding to the Cribanox's very well-written explanation) than apply a little effort to not suck horribly. I imagine these same people can't twist more than one song at once because it's "too much effort" and they probably think bards are "gimped" because we can't use melodies.

I have read posts about it and have taken the advice and I can AoE kite fine. I have also researched methods from eqdiva and figured out a way that works for me. I can kite while taking minimal (if any) damage for each kite. The main thing I would like fixed is the AoE range, which obviously is very small. I do not mean for the post to seem like I'm saying it's impossible. I'm not just another noob bard bitching about something. Like I said in my first post, I love the bard class. I have been playing the class since 99 and is pretty much the only class I have played past level 50. A true class player, for any class, will adapt and overcome if they really want to play the class. Bards are gimped, but not impossible to play.

note: The first post I made was prior to my finding of useful/helpful threads and also before receiving some helpful tips and figuring out how to access eqdiva.