Bard AoE kiting How-to & Screenshots

[Urbanzkopf]

anyone know a better spot then Sro to swarm kite at level 15? Been trying all day to kite here but so much shit gets in the way it's annoying. Orc priests pop over the hills when you are gathering so have to zone the kite, ghouls also, desert madmen dont root but sure as hell hurt and not to mention the sand giants, damn I've been on the bottom of these guys shoes all day it's so frustrating. For every successful kite I've done here so far there are about 8 failed ones to my name.

[Twilight-Sparkle]

Do any bards melee at the higher levels? I know they don't get double attack or kick, but with all the haste they can get without a chanter, you'd think they could do some pretty decent melee damage, being able to swing so often.

[Kender]

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

Do any bards melee at the higher levels? I know they don't get double attack or kick, but with all the haste they can get without a chanter, you'd think they could do some pretty decent melee damage, being able to swing so often.

solo you can fear kite singles if you desire, or if the mob has a large hit box (bigger than your AE dots so you can't kite them)

in a group they do more dps by boosting everyone elses dps (both melee with buffs and caster with mana regen). noone ever invites a bard for how much melee dps they do. however having said that, they dont do too bad at melee dps, it's just not what they're hired for.

[Xherez]

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

Do any bards melee at the higher levels? I know they don't get double attack or kick, but with all the haste they can get without a chanter, you'd think they could do some pretty decent melee damage, being able to swing so often.

Bard's do melee in high level groups, but unfortunately you're wrong about doing a lot of melee damage. Bard melee damage is terrible, but it still tends to be worth doing as a lot of key grouping songs are not instrument based, eg. haste, slow. Also the weapon you will be using until you get your epic, Breath of Harmony, has a clicky song effect that makes up for the lack of an instrument mod on the regen song.

[Kender]

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

anyone know a better spot then Sro to swarm kite at level 15? Been trying all day to kite here but so much shit gets in the way it's annoying. Orc priests pop over the hills when you are gathering so have to zone the kite, ghouls also, desert madmen dont root but sure as hell hurt and not to mention the sand giants, damn I've been on the bottom of these guys shoes all day it's so frustrating. For every successful kite I've done here so far there are about 8 failed ones to my name.

dogs and spiders in ek are great. watch out for the griff's