My first successful AOE kiting was with the bandits in West Karana. If I remember correctly, un-drummed Selo's wasn't fast enough to outrun the mobs until level 10 or 11. Before then, I had tried keeping a drummed Selo's going while veering in, switching to the lute, and hitting the mobs with a dot, but I wasn't too successful because I always had to turn really sharply to get in range, and it seemed like I always got hit. Once I hit 10 or 11 I was able to more closely match my run speed with the mobs' run speed, and I got much better results. Something I had thought about doing, but never tried, was encumbering myself a little to fine-tune my speed. No idea if it would work or not.
Also, AOE kiting seems to work a lot better on mobs with small models. Humanoids and dogs, and sometimes cats I can kite without taking a hit. Snakes seem iffy. Large spiders and beetles hit me every time. Whenever you go to a new area, try your kite with one mob to test the waters before you grab a train of unholy death.
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08-08-2010, 07:57 PM
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