Guide to AoE Bard Kiting, here on P99.

[Kevlar]

So you tied up 66 mobs at once for over 30 mins that couldn't respawn for anyone else? In one of the most populated zones on the server?

[Demetrium]

I made a quick video a couple of months ago I think some people may find helpful:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjWLZAqRwh4

Also here's a picture of one of my biggest trains in a spot I don't think many other bards go to:
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[georgie]

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

I made a quick video a couple of months ago I think some people may find helpful:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjWLZAqRwh4

Also here's a picture of one of my biggest trains in a spot I don't think many other bards go to:
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lol now ik the secret spot(chat)

[Demetrium]

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

lol now ik the secret spot(chat)

I don't really play my bard anymore; it's all yours! It's basically the East wall of Firiona Vie. There's almost an endless supply of Drolvargs but it can be super tricky because there's spiders and caster frogloks that can path through and ruin your day. One time a froglok shaman blinded me while I was kiting about 100 mobs. It was an extremely terrifying 15 seconds of my life.

[falkun]

The hardest part I always had with that spot is that drolvargs have larger hit boxes than most other mobs I kited. It's not that unknown, Its listed in my bard AE leveling guide.

[Silent]

A lot of great info in this thread despite the '011 date. Just coming back to bards and swarm kiting this has helped alot. The only thing I found I did different was I get myself hit with heroism/symbol and pop jboots or grab a sow instead of twisting selos. Right now I Pull from top of aviaks and walk most way down training what I can, Then group them up and start with horn lvl 18 dot and lvl 2 dot. Its enough mobs that if I screw up and get stunned, I won't die if i get out of range asap due to hp buffs. Basically gives me a free screw up if I need it. Generally I get no resists anymore, the avocets used to be annoying but usually land within the 2nd or 3rd hit. I find myself twisting into bruscos bellow DD occasionally on some of the higher hp/resisted mobs when I get a fresh double dot land.

All this info in this thread + guide links will help a lot, appreciate all the effort that went into this post.

[Spudsy]

Maybe it goes without saying, but it's way better to be in a place where you just don't screw up. It takes the same time to do a kite no matter how many mobs are in it so the real strength comes when you just have it down and enjoy ridiculous rewards like getting three levels in a single pull in FV in your mid 30s. Also, jboots definitely makes life much much better for bards when kiting deep reds which may take 2 or 3 tries to reapply on (also your circles can be wider, which gives a bit more room for screwing up on the radius.

[Silent]

Getting a couple levels in a single pull now that sounds like fun. I am basically finished with aviaks just letting my friend get in level range of me so he can mooch bard swarm kite exp to lvl up. It literally took maybe a dozen pulls of entire aviak + pathers to get to 28 and I can still come back for avocets with gnolls and more.

[Kodlar]

best video i have found on how to learn how to kite properly, the guy even shows how to set up strafe keys and how to strafe without getting hit (once mastered) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIlfIN8pqZM