Get rid of bard AoE kiting, we've had our fun

[Cheeb]

Having spent a few levels groping in OT I know how annoying the bards can be. That being said, it's just something you learn to live with or move on.

If this is somehow "banned" its a victory for a small segment of our population that cant adapt to a situation and instead find it necessary to bring stupid shit like this to the forums time and time again.

[Rabies]

Snare their mobs. This works well as a wizard, because your snare hits 4 targets at once and lasts only 75 seconds. Clumps off mobs will peel off, then 75 seconds later, come running at the bard from all directions. If they're low-hitpoint kiting (or hell, even if they're not), only one of them needs to hit and stun them and you've got a dead bard.

Druid/ranger snare has its own advantages. It lasts so long (7 minutes?) that the zone rapidly turns into a minefield of slow moving mobs, like so many zombies.

I've killed a lot of bards in my time. It's better than sex.

Hilariously, even while they're disrupting the zone for everyone else (I've seen situations where the zone is cleared of mobs-- literally cleared), sometimes they'll petition you. But their fun will still be over. You can go ahead and petition them right back if you want-- explain that draining a zone of mobs is zone disruption-- or you can just be satisfied that you've saved the day for everyone else that was trying to-- and has a right to-- use the zone.

[t0lkien]

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

Snare their mobs. This works well as a wizard, because your snare hits 4 targets at once and lasts only 75 seconds. Clumps off mobs will peel off, then 75 seconds later, come running at the bard from all directions. If they're low-hitpoint kiting (or hell, even if they're not), only one of them needs to hit and stun them and you've got a dead bard.

Druid/ranger snare has its own advantages. It lasts so long (7 minutes?) that the zone rapidly turns into a minefield of slow moving mobs, like so many zombies.

I've killed a lot of bards in my time. It's better than sex.

Hilariously, even while they're disrupting the zone for everyone else (I've seen situations where the zone is cleared of mobs-- literally cleared), sometimes they'll petition you. But their fun will still be over. You can go ahead and petition them right back if you want-- explain that draining a zone of mobs is zone disruption-- or you can just be satisfied that you've saved the day for everyone else that was trying to-- and has a right to-- use the zone.

Except what you've done is actually petitionable, and the Bard has done nothing wrong. I think you'll find that once it's sorted out, you'll be the one being reprimanded/disciplined.

Not saying it's ok for Bards to disrupt the play of others. But bizarre senses of entitlement don't stop with Bards. Some of you guys are downright strange in your take on what is yours, and what is just. If a Bard wants to make things difficult for you in return, you'll be the one zoning, not him/her (sit aggro is a bitch). It's a silly fight to start IMO, and your death XP is harder to regain than theirs.

As for me, if there were more groups available I'd be grouping. It's much more fun. This isn't the bum rush to max level live was. I want to enjoy the journey.

[Faerie]

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

Snare their mobs. This works well as a wizard, because your snare hits 4 targets at once and lasts only 75 seconds. Clumps off mobs will peel off, then 75 seconds later, come running at the bard from all directions. If they're low-hitpoint kiting (or hell, even if they're not), only one of them needs to hit and stun them and you've got a dead bard.

Druid/ranger snare has its own advantages. It lasts so long (7 minutes?) that the zone rapidly turns into a minefield of slow moving mobs, like so many zombies.

I've killed a lot of bards in my time. It's better than sex.

Hilariously, even while they're disrupting the zone for everyone else (I've seen situations where the zone is cleared of mobs-- literally cleared), sometimes they'll petition you. But their fun will still be over. You can go ahead and petition them right back if you want-- explain that draining a zone of mobs is zone disruption-- or you can just be satisfied that you've saved the day for everyone else that was trying to-- and has a right to-- use the zone.

I think this is against the rules, and even on red I wouldn't do it unless a bard was actively taking my camp without stopping to let us pvp for the camp fairly.

And to everyone saying that people should just exp in dungeons if they're bothered by this: why should players not have the option for easy OT exp if they want it? Sometimes you don't feel like an intense dungeon crawl, and just want to relax and take things easy while socializing with a group. Bard kiting isn't so much of an issue on red because of the lower population and fewer number of bards, but if bards are monopolizing zones on blue I don't think the appropriate reaction should be, "Well, those noobs shouldn't be wanting easy exp anyway; dungeons are cooler!" Solo bards are able to take many more NPCs than even a few full groups of others could. I saw it happen while leveling my druid on red, and for a few minutes there really were no in range NPCs for me to pull.

Imo the devs wouldn't need to break the ability, just enforce the "zone disruption" rule a bit more frequently. Bards should learn to share, not be nerfed.

[r00t]

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epic

[xarzzardorn]

as long as the bard accepts that they are a bad person i think it's okay

[Sarius]

Don't go to OT if you are concerned about not getting any mobs. If you are in SK and camping Aviaks or something and a bard comes and pulls all of KFC then petition his ass. With no real camps in OT bards can do whatever they want.

[Barkingturtle]

You can no more ask a bard not to sing and kite than you can ask a child not to laugh or a sock not to fill with poop.

[tacite]

Most bards don't care if you pull from the swarm (I don't). From my experience, most bards leave mobs up in areas that people are XPing in (I always avoided the ramp area in OT when I was doing it there), and I try and only do swarming when the zones are empty. If there are too many people competing, I go somewhere else that is empty where I won't bother anyone.

Not all bards are douches. <3

[citizen1080]

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

Most bards don't care if you pull from the swarm (I don't). From my experience, most bards leave mobs up in areas that people are XPing in (I always avoided the ramp area in OT when I was doing it there), and I try and only do swarming when the zones are empty. If there are too many people competing, I go somewhere else that is empty where I won't bother anyone.

Not all bards are douches. <3

Ditto