Bard free server?

[Tuffpuppy]

No matter where you are that a bard is kiting, there is another place that you or your group can go where you won't be disrupted. Don't be afraid to explore and try new places.

[iruinedyourday]

Where does this happen? Like can we get a list of confirmed areas where people are disrupted by bard kite? Preferably with a story.

Id like to put a list together, i have a feeling it looks like this

Overthere x 100
Lake of ill omen x 1
/end

I'm not saying disruption is ok, I just want to get a better idea globally of how its affecting the server.

I would like to know, What zone, How long it was happening (1 pull? 2? seemed like 15 mins of no mobs to pull? 45?) And did you talk to bard?/what did they say?

[Juryiel]

I think a lot of the problem is that people don't try to work things out with bards. Obviously we are not going to stop swarm kiting, the exp is too good, and if you were a bard you would also be doing it. However, most of the time we will adjust to mostly stay out of people's way if people just ask without sending angry hate tells making demands or throwing insults. I've been in OT for a bit, I pull a maximum of 13-15 things to leave stuff up for people, and pull those 13-15 things from all across the zone so no one area is left empty, making things considerably slower on myself, and yet it never fails, whenever General V'Deers is nearby killing mobs and mobs disappear for like the 7 minutes, I immediately get hate tells about taking all the mobs and what a dick I am.

[Beldon]

I tend to feel a zone out and usually pull about 10 things or so. I would love to do a whole zone pull, but like most considerate bards, I want to avoid messing with other people's camps.
If there are a lot of camps in a zone, I just go LFG since the point of an MMO is multiplayer. This gives me a chance to group with a twinked melee and realize that my damage output is pathetic and then I run away and swarm kite elsewhere.

[Messianic]

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

I think a lot of the problem is that people don't try to work things out with bards.

This. 90% of disputes i've seen involve a person simply wanting to moralize or be self righteous about someone else using their class abilities to the greatest advantage possible - so they don't ask in ooc who's doing the swarming and asking if they can avoid pulling from a particular area. I haven't encountered a bard yet who wasn't reasonable when I respected their desire to pull like a true badass bard, but wanted a fair amount of spawns as well. I'm sure those bards are out there, but they're definitely not the majority.

Also, people need to be more knowledgeable about where you can hunt at your level. Bards are only doing this in particular zones. They can't do it in most leveling areas nearly as effectively as in that small range of zones (FOB-OT-DL-NK-EK-Burning Woods). There are probably others i'm forgetting - but there are tons of places to level that aren't swarmable.

[Xer0]

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

. Bards are people too!!! !

No they aren't.

[Loke]

Stop being a cry baby. I've played here since early 2010, leveled multiple characters, and have never run into a situation where I felt a bard was ruining my play experience by taking too many mobs. I'm starting to think there are just people on this server who want to be mad about stuff, so they sit in OT and bitch about bards, despite the fact there are literally dozens of other places they could be leveling in (where as there are a very limited number of places a bard can AE kite).

[indiscriminate_hater]

Originally Posted by Xer0 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

No they aren't.

they're gods

[Xer0]

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

Stop being a cry baby. I've played here since early 2010, leveled multiple characters, and have never run into a situation where I felt a bard was ruining my play experience by taking too many mobs. I'm starting to think there are just people on this server who want to be mad about stuff, so they sit in OT and bitch about bards, despite the fact there are literally dozens of other places they could be leveling in (where as there are a very limited number of places a bard can AE kite).

Just because you've never encountered it doesn't mean it doesn't happen. By that logic AIDs must not exist cause guess what-- i've n ot come in contact with it.

I've seen it happen plenty of times in zones like NRO and oasis, sometimes bards are legit and will be fair about splitting the pulls, the other time they are entitled little bitches who tell you to go somewhere else, which really doesn't sit well with me. Especially if I was at a camp first, but even if not I feel it's only right the person zooming around powerlevelling be the one to move.

Your hostility is not necessary and makes you look like a hot tempered fool. I'm sure you'll have a wonderful day what with ignorance being bliss.

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

they're gods

I was going to say mostly half-breeds that aren't welcome here nor there.

[indiscriminate_hater]

Originally Posted by Xer0 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Your hostility is not necessary and makes you look like a hot tempered fool.

Originally Posted by Xer0 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I was going to say mostly half-breeds that aren't welcome here nor there.

classic hypocritical crybaby