Bard AoE kiting How-to & Screenshots

[Urbanzkopf]

being a bit squishy is where the problem lies

EDIT: but in terms of grouping, yea pretty much, dps while twisting a couple of songs, maybe regen / mana song and haste

[Urbanzkopf]

Update, EK is easily doable at level 15, I wish i'd came here a level or two earlier the exp was insane, 15-18 in about 2 hrs~ (with about 2 deaths, learnt not to chase mobs that break off the pack low hp, and watch out for that sir douchebag, caught him with my chords by accident )

[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

[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.

[Urbanzkopf]

The griffs actually fit in well with the gorge hounds and spiders, but the big griff is nasty, got him to 60% or so but then his hitbox is massive so had to split him and get it to a guard

[Urbanzkopf]

Gathered EVERY non caster in EK excluding giants... When I finally had it all my MS shot right up to about 200 and grew to 500 and then disconnected... so painful to get all that together just to disconnect :/

[VFBlitz]

Well I got from 19 to 23 leveling in EK AE kiting the usual stuff.

Spiders/Hounds/Wolves/Griffawns

Lions and the Griffon seem to have a slightly different attack range so I try not to go near them. I sometimes kill nearby lions first manually, before the kite.

I defiantely need more practice but I can do about 15 now without dying.

-Stacee

[SwordNboard]

Been doing kites of ~30 mobs. If you can do 10-12, you may as well do as many as you can pull. One mistake is death either way!

[Urbanzkopf]

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

Been doing kites of ~30 mobs. If you can do 10-12, you may as well do as many as you can pull. One mistake is death either way!

In a way while learning 10-15 is a good enough amount, i've survived around 20 hitting me at level 16 or so, you just have to be fast in swapping the drum in and getting outta there, but I agree, if you are doing 10-15 successfully then just pull a crap tonne more, the time it takes to kill them down it's worth making it more rewarding.

[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.