Bard Strafe Kiting - Run speed issue

[Kekephee]

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

I did notice on Saturday that I was getting dangerously close to getting hit. But if I remember correctly, it was only the sarnaks. I decided to not pull any in OT since they're mainly all light blue now anyway, and had 0 issues last night. Funny thing is, for 4 levels I had pulled all the sarnaks I could find and never had an issue. Weird.

That is weird. Had you moved zones? Like for those 4 levels were you in LOIO and then you moved to OT? Because I'm pretty sure as the zone levels get higher, so do mobs' run speeds which is one of the reasons by the time you get to BW bard kiting is generally too much of a horrible pain in the ass to deal with

[Glenzig]

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

That is weird. Had you moved zones? Like for those 4 levels were you in LOIO and then you moved to OT? Because I'm pretty sure as the zone levels get higher, so do mobs' run speeds which is one of the reasons by the time you get to BW bard kiting is generally too much of a horrible pain in the ass to deal with

No that was all in OT. I kinda thought it was just me either not noticing before or being bad at Bard. But it was all in the same zone for sure.

[Kekephee]

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

No that was all in OT. I kinda thought it was just me either not noticing before or being bad at Bard. But it was all in the same zone for sure.

Really weird. I have no idea why that would be. Maybe you were just ever so slightly laggier or some dumb thing like that?

[Glenzig]

So it must be the higher level cats in OT, cause I was kiting the lower level cats, birds, cacti and sarnaks in OT and had no issues with differing speeds on any of the mobs. I didn't have the problems I had with the sarnaks when I was kiting on Saturday either. So I don't know what exactly is going on. Us poor poor bards need a break though. Lets just make all outdoor mobs equal speed and non casters. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Beldon]

I have always had issues with the Sarnaks. They either seem to run faster or have a larger hit box than most mobs.

I agree that all zones should be outside with no casters and they should just put all the mobs in a corner so I don't have to run around gathering them up :P

[Daldaen]

Sarnaks randomly get SoW'd. Pre-23 I bought a few dispell clickies to fix that, post 23 you can just snare them to remove it.

Before I decided to do that I was having to chant belows down on the single SoW'd Sarnak or Rhino before I could do my kite. Was horrible.

[phacemeltar]

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• Rogean: The forumula for Spells/Disciplines that increase defensive miss chance (Evasive Discipline) has been corrected. This will result in a nerf in most cases, as it was more powerful than it should have been.
• Rogean: (PvP) Group Experience Bonus implemented.
• Rogean: (PvP) Linked-Area OOC Chat implemented.
• Rogean: (PvP) PvP Range set to 4 levels globally.
• Rogean: (PvP) Solusek B and Permafrost are no longer FFA Zones, and now follow the PvP level range.
• Rogean/Haynar: Numerous changes to server side performance.
• Haynar: Lots of pathing tweaks. Also:
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  • Pathing fixes for Sebilis and City of Mist.
    
  • Rebuilt maps for sebilis and trakanon.
    
  • Pets will now use pathing to return to their guard location.
    
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• Haynar: Mob runspeed revamp to be more accurate to classic. Speeds will also vary with changing HP more like classic was.
• Haynar: Client AC changes. This mainly affects the lower levels.
• Haynar: A collapsed gate will now grey out the spell gem properly.
• Haynar: Resolved some server->client sneak/hide synchronization.
• Haynar: Pets will now take damage from damage shields.
• Haynar: Charm and fear spell worn off messages should be more "classic" now, being generic in nature, rather than stating the whole spell name.
• Haynar: Changed how detrimental buffs are sent to client, in a client vs. client situation. This gets rid of the spell target doing the casting animation.
• Haynar: Clients feared, will now use an appropriate fear speed, based on whether they are set to walk or run. So turn off that run, when fighting fear dragons. You have been warned.
• Haynar: Bolts v1.1 - As a prelude to more comprehensive collision system, line of sight checks will be performed at beginning and end of the bolt. No longer will casting another spell despawn the bolt. And it will be possible to have multiple bolts flying now. More changes coming. Maybe not super soon, but this makes them more useful for now.

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• Nilbog: elf skeleton respawn timer decreased
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• Nilbog: Jeena Firechaser sells Rat Whiskers.
• Nilbog: Venril Sathir always drops two Pulsing Green Stones.
• Nilbog: Lesser Faydark - pixie jongleurs now spawn, wasps and fae drakes are itemized.

possible change?

[Glenzig]

Well I guess I'll try again in OT tonight after the patch. Wonder what mob runspeed I'll get?

[Kekephee]

Tigers in OT confirmed fast as fuck


Also I was trying to PL this dude and I was getting way more resists on snare than I should have been getting from level 30 cacti, also glitching so bad I couldn't even maintain proper range on mobs and wound up dead because they were teleporting around, also tigers seemed to be interrupting the shit out of my casts (?????)

[Glenzig]

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

Tigers in OT confirmed fast as fuck


Also I was trying to PL this dude and I was getting way more resists on snare than I should have been getting from level 30 cacti, also glitching so bad I couldn't even maintain proper range on mobs and wound up dead because they were teleporting around, also tigers seemed to be interrupting the shit out of my casts (?????)

Yup. Just bit the dust due to some extremely fast OT cats. I rechecked the patch notes, but I didn't see anything about any increases in runspeed for mobs. Maybe it was in a more general note that wasn't looking for and I missed it.