Do bards have to use custom ai/macro?

[doublefresh]

Hi I am new to server played a bard on live but never went past mid 20s and never really learned to kite.
Title pretty much says it do I need to /where should I get
Custom ai and macros for doing kiting
or can I just do it regular style or is that to hard to manage twisting and running?

[Slave]

What kind of macro were you thinking was going to help when you need precise footwork, timing, and mouse movement between running, changing instruments, and singing songs? Third party programs are not allowed and actually will likely be swiftly detected these days on P99. (That will get you banned)

Really the only thing that will work with a swarm kite here is manual control, because you have to get close, and it's difficult due to the way hitboxes effectively work. You can succeed given a little effort, skill, and experience, and it will either be frustrating and inefficient for you, or one of the most rewarding things you've ever done as a gamer.

[Lazortag]

I knew a guy in peace pipe who supposedly used some kind of pecking mechanism to kite in perfect circles. I forget his name but it was really cool. Either way you don't need outside help, it's not hard to learn.

[Slave]

I mean if you're just talking about running around and kiting 1, 2 mobs solo then anyone could play a bard. If you mean grabbing 22 mobs and burning them all down with PBAoEs, that takes practice and skill.

[Caridry]

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

I knew a guy in peace pipe who supposedly used some kind of pecking mechanism to kite in perfect circles. I forget his name but it was really cool. Either way you don't need outside help, it's not hard to learn.

..... this one is just too easy

[valkabo]

AOE kiting isn't as bad as you think. Start small in EK at 18 with gorge hounds, expect to die a few times, and then once you get the hang of it you can fly through levels.

Be fair warned: its boring as hell, its not nearly as hard as everyone claims, and GROUP sometimes. So wep skills don't go to hell.

[fischsemmel]

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

AOE kiting isn't as bad as you think. Start small in EK at 18 with gorge hounds, expect to die a few times, and then once you get the hang of it you can fly through levels.

Be fair warned: its boring as hell, its not nearly as hard as everyone claims, and GROUP sometimes. So wep skills don't go to hell.

Start with 1 mob. Then 2. Then 4. Etc.

Work your way up in numbers (and levels) as you get more comfortable with the timing and movements and as you have perfect kites more and more often.

It is NOT boring unless you are an absolute god at kiting, because unless you're an absolute god, death is just 1/10 of a second of lag or a slip of a finger or a twitch of the wrist away. And even then, it's not like root rot or fear kiting or straight up meleeing something down is more interesting... so at the very least this is no more/less boring than any other solo class.

And if you don't want to group, you can always fear-kite a low blue and beat on it from behind

[doublefresh]

kthanks for the imput soon as I hit 18 ima get out there and do it to it.

I didnt mean by UI or macro stuff that would do stuff auto for me but I read a few of the guides made it sound like you needed to have a macro for instrument swaps and song start stops.

[falkun]

For Instrument swapping, I use Duxa UI (found here: http://www.project1999.org/forums/sh...ad.php?t=28335), which includes primary/secondary weapon slots at the top of all bags and on the right side of the primary action bar (along with the full set of 8 general inventory slots). Having these slots handy allow me to quickly grab weapons with my cursor and swap them around as necessary to always have the proper instrument equipped for the right song.

As far as singing (casting) macros. I opened up another action bar, made eight 2-line social macros (line 1: /stopsong line 2: /cast # where # is the spell gem 1-8), and put them on the second action bar, then I just mapped the action bar's first eight button positions to my keyboard and then hid that action bar.

[godbox]

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

For Instrument swapping, I use Duxa UI (found here: http://www.project1999.org/forums/sh...ad.php?t=28335), which includes primary/secondary weapon slots at the top of all bags and on the right side of the primary action bar (along with the full set of 8 general inventory slots). Having these slots handy allow me to quickly grab weapons with my cursor and swap them around as necessary to always have the proper instrument equipped for the right song.

As far as singing (casting) macros. I opened up another action bar, made eight 2-line social macros (line 1: /stopsong line 2: /cast # where # is the spell gem 1-8), and put them on the second action bar, then I just mapped the action bar's first eight button positions to my keyboard and then hid that action bar.

do you have a screenshot of what your setup looks like?