Mob Hit Range and Pathing prevent Bard AE kiting?

[Jify]

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Or perhaps getting hit while AE kiting just isn't worth it and just doing snare (or selos) while twisting 3-4 targetable DoT songs is safer and quicker.

Lol. Much safer, NO WHERE NEAR quicker.

I'd have 5 lvl 50 bards by the time Doug was 50, if we could AE kite. Size of the kite separated the men from the boys.

You guys are seriously just bad and don't know how to play.

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[Eyry]

Yea, that is kinda messed up. When he runs in a straight line, he shouldn't get hit from so far away...

[Barkingturtle]

On live AoE wasn't really viable till 18 and DDD, anyway. Honestly, AoE kiting still seems at least doable if not viable here. It was always extremely risky if you weren't good. I've read that swarm kiting just flat out does not work here, though, and that's why I won't be playing a bard, even if it's easily my favorite MMO class ever.

[pogs4ever]

lazor, 3-4 mobbos is totally doable, i have seen some bards go a little over the top with like 25+mobs.

as bard myself, i only kite 3 or 4 mobs because there are some awkward lag skitters/large warp detected server issues (im not a tech person) that cause all the mobs to be able to hit you even if you are really really ridiculously far away. i can take a flurry of hits and then heal it back before the next weird spike happens (doesnt happen often, but it does happen as in the video), its funny to watch bards grab 25 mobs, get lagged and then instantly die. this isnt diablo.

I played in classic and never saw swarm kiting until much later in the progression as players understanding of the mechanics wasnt there yet. i was so jealous when druids started to figure out quad kiting.

[Gorgetrapper]

Lazor thinks he's some type of magical bard who did something no other bard on this server can do. It's EASY to AoE kite, but at the risk of getting hit by the mob while trying to hit them with AoE songs. Why risk getting hit by 20+ mobs at once when you can use the more powerful targetable DoT songs without getting hit?

If the range of AoE songs were to be increased, then there would be no difficulty to kiting at all.

Lazor, you're just a terrible bard if you think you "need" to fear kite to kite anything as a bard. I could easily just equip to ssoys, snare, fear and haste myself and kill something that way, but that is dependent on procs to do massive amounts of damage while snaring and fearing mobs that could potentially run into another mob to mess things up.

OR you can just use chant of flame, chant of frost and fufils curtialing chant to do about 150 or so damage in a tick, while not getting hit once, and easily twist it between two mobs at one time, while keeping selos up. If you want to make it even easier, team up with a druid or ranger, have them snare like 4 mobs, and twist all your songs on each mob, taking down 4 at a time with no difficulty at all.