Game Mechanics: Bard Swarm Kiting

[Tann]

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

The way you got around this problem was making sure that your next charm pet was the npc that your original pet was attacking. And continue this trend until all the mobs in the swarm are dead.

I highly doubt anyone could pull that off to be honest, with a swarm of 8+ mobs knowing exactly which one your previous pet was attacking. Note that when pet(s) have multiple targets on them they switch constantly.

Again this is all anecdotal but if i "remember" correctly my next pet would be the one with the most hp so that i had more room for error with invis song.

one of y'all 27+ bards try this, i bet it works as I described. I'd try myself but I have no desire to do the bard thing again as I had 260 something days played on the bard when i finally quit eqlive.

[derpcake]

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

I highly doubt anyone could pull that off to be honest, with a swarm of 8+ mobs knowing exactly which one your previous pet was attacking. Note that when pet(s) have multiple targets on them they switch constantly.

They don't switch (constantly) on live, and they don't here either. If you can't manage to use the "toggle NPC target key" to find the right NPC, this technique is probably beyond your current skill level.

I mean you press the button till you get the mob at the correct HP%. How hard is that?

Lmao at the junk that gets posted here lol, just like EQlive, classic as hell.

[Tann]

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

They don't switch (constantly) on live, and they don't here either. If you can't manage to use the "toggle NPC target key" to find the right NPC, this technique is probably beyond your current skill level.

Yes they did switch on live and still do here. Clearly you never swarmed on live or played a pet class before

Derp on man, derp on.

[derpcake]

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

Yes they did switch on live and still do here. Clearly you never swarmed on live or played a pet class before

Derp on man, derp on.

This used to be my bard: http://eq.magelo.com/profile/1428900

Was serverwide 1st on magelo several times, officer & raidleader and some stuff in same guild from 2001 - 2011. Make sure you check the veteran AA count.

Where is your bard background then?

Damn I wish I had that char on R99 btw. Would be fun being able to solo every raid mob on server, along with AEing any / all raid forces near it [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]