Bard Kiting - 101

[Wiley]

bumping thread so it'll

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and probably way late answer this but playing a bard lately:

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

Yep, I did 11-14.75 last night in EK. Leveling is much faster since the patch.

Does anyone have any good places to go from 15-18? I need some place before I move to the OT.

I've been doing gnolls in EK since 15 (about to hit 20). There be about 12 spawns, one of them starts a huge patrol as soon as he spawns go need to catch him before he wanders off. They switch to undead gnolls a bit after 8pm server time and then back to normal at 7am so plan kites accordingly.

Not big kites by any standards but still learning, using this method by Tryndal that was posted a while back except I'm using that free floating 3rd person camera view, my connection is wonky and if I try the no selo's/strafe thing I get eaten.

[ECDubz]

Still suffering in the late 50's =P Once i am 59 i honestly dont know if i should stay in BW or find somewhere else because at most i get about 10 blues on a good pull which gives about 5% without the hybrid penalty at 58. Any tips?

[KylonOrina]

Since the skipping stone was nerfed, is there a good tagging tool out there that doesn't require ammo?
I've been using Brusco's Boastful Bellow to tag things but that seems way inefficient with the cast time and all.

[DarthMartigan]

I use chant. Since you already have drum on it does more damage, and it's also longer range. If you are too low level, shurikens are quick.

[Kileras]

i always use shurikens, i can't handle waiting for chants. Learn to space properly and once you got it down its easy breeezy beautiful covergirl pulling with shurikens. You eventually get to zones/levels where aggro pulling doesn't work, so you need to actually tag the mobs yourself and shaving off the time of twisting speed/chant is a time and wrist saver.

[zanderklocke]

I punch mobs.

[Muggens]

I know the guy who invented the bard swarm kiting back in the days, he plays on this server.

[Troxx]

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

I know the guy who invented the bard swarm kiting back in the days, he plays on this server.

I'm not sure anyone can claim to have 'invented' it. More than a decade ago I picked up on the concept spontaneously without having been taught how to do it by anyone. I'm sure there were dozens or hundreds of folks who figured it out or did it before me, many of them simply looked at the song and got the bright idea.

Yeah there was probably a "first" person, but anyone who claims to have 'invented' it likely was not the first.

[DarthMartigan]

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

I'm not sure anyone can claim to have 'invented' it. More than a decade ago I picked up on the concept spontaneously without having been taught how to do it by anyone. I'm sure there were dozens or hundreds of folks who figured it out or did it before me, many of them simply looked at the song and got the bright idea.

Yeah there was probably a "first" person, but anyone who claims to have 'invented' it likely was not the first.

I invented bard fear kiting back in the day. My best friend ranger and I would go out fighting. One day I tried the song because I thought it could be useful. It was! If you guys have questions about fear kiting duo with ranger, send me a message.

(on a funny side note, on live i always duo'd with a ranger and we both quit before 32 because of how slow the game was/our parents didn't want to pay monthly for a game)

[Wiley]

finally got that strafe method down from OP's videos, and confirmed my internet won't let me do it [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] random frame skipping/packet loss/lag spike or something all the time and splat splat splat