Bard / Monk capabilities

[booleansphinx]

Originally Posted by mrG9three [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Well so far i have lost 30% exp in overthere, going to try binding in field of bone and keep at it.. Just hoping i dont go back to 19 at this point heh

Don't get too caught up on kiting in a "circle"

When I kite, I put my camera over my character's head (like a top-down view) as I am casting the DOT. You will be able to see the monsters in the corner of your screen earlier (before they are even in range of the level 2 dot).

When there's around 1/3 to 1/2 of the casting time remaining on the song, I begin turning into the mobs. The mobs start at the edge of the screen and end up a bit closer, just as the song finishes. If I run out of range of motion in my wrist before the song finishes it usually means the song will miss because as long as you're not turning you're getting further away from the monsters.

[mrG9three]

im practicing 1 - 2 mobs at a time and realizing this is not going to be easy as i'd hoped for sure haha

[mefdinkins]

Originally Posted by mrG9three [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

im practicing 1 - 2 mobs at a time and realizing this is not going to be easy as i'd hoped for sure haha

There's a lot of different tactics, I ended up getting jboots because the speed was consistent 35% over the full duration. Some people kite without movement speed, some kite with sow on (which has it's own pros and cons). I died a few times but back in the days you could kite 100 things it was quicker to just do another pull than try to get a res.

Once you get it down, you'll be good. There's also some youtube videos and guides on the forums? You should check those out.

[fastboy21]

Even if you never use the AE to powerlvl yourself or others it is worth learning the mechanics and the coordination for it. For me, I find that I have to strafe a lot (even with selos) to avoid getting hit...which took me a while to get down.

You can use your AE snare to CC pretty much unlimited mobs in KC and other camps. Its a bit dicky and lots of grps won't want you to do it, but its actually a good technique if you can do it reliably. Just another tool in your bag of tricks. Unlike most EQ classes/abilities you actually need some real life twitch coordination to pull it off.

[Hyperbole]

If you're using any kind of speed buff you're doing it wrong.

[Saludeen]

Spyder knows whats up

[mrG9three]

Is that true that the speed buff throws it off?? I parked the bard and gave up for now, figuring my poor internet is going to prevent me from being a decent swarm kiter.. Usually sitting at 1000ms

[Legidias]

No, because theres several different ways to do AE kites (also, don't take advice from anyone who calls it "swarm" kiting).

Non speed buff strafe.
SoW
Jboots
Sow / JBoots with a specific weight to get a specific speed
Selos

Speed buff strafe
Speed buff oval
Speed buff tap circle
Speed buff random pattern n shit

Everyone has their preferred pattern that works for them. I like tap circles myself. Many others do strafe. w/e

[mefdinkins]

I wouldn't want to AE kite w/ 1000 ms ping

[citizen1080]

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

I wouldn't want to AE kite w/ 1000 ms ping

This