Guide to AoE Bard Kiting, here on P99.

[nalkin]

Originally Posted by Tokum-6n0m3 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Where do the screenshots dump to? Im having problems finding the picture i took earlier today.

Swarm kited 12 Koholds in Steamfont at lvl5, wanted to post pic of it 8)

Only reason i wanted to post was somone told me last night after i died doing it, that it was impossible at lvl5 to do it, i wanted to show them its harder, but doable 8)

Awesome! Sometimes they aren't in the EQ folder, do a search over your system for "screenshots" Does the trick for me.

[JayDee]

P99 is supposed to replicate EQlive.

Why not nerf necros because they can solo frenzy in guk and that's unfair ?

Infact, I hear the biggest problem now is enchanters being able to charm mobs in sky to easily take down bosses that were impossible back in the day on live. We are talking about fucking raid bosses here. Nerf enchanters !!!

I appreciate Haynar's efforts he has put into fixing bards but AoE kiting needs to be looked at. It was much easier to execute on live and some pulls are impossible here like kiting all of seafury island.

Newsflash - Bards should be way OP outdoors

[Lazortag]

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

P99 is supposed to replicate EQlive.

Why not nerf necros because they can solo frenzy in guk and that's unfair ?

Infact, I hear the biggest problem now is enchanters being able to charm mobs in sky to easily take down bosses that were impossible back in the day on live. We are talking about fucking raid bosses here. Nerf enchanters !!!

I appreciate Haynar's efforts he has put into fixing bards but AoE kiting needs to be looked at. It was much easier to execute on live and some pulls are impossible here like kiting all of seafury island.

Newsflash - Bards should be way OP outdoors

Your entire post is a strawman - why do you assume that Bards are being nerfed on purpose? Things like run speed and large hitboxes are technical issues that affect everyone. Do you really think that the devs aren't actually looking into the issues people have posited? I wouldn't blame them if they just ignored you out of spite considering in every single one of your posts you whine about a class that you don't even play. Seriously.

Also, on another note, have you even been reading this thread? Can you seriously complain about a class that can kite 28 mobs at once, or that can take on the entire spectre island at once? Seriously? Seriously?!?

[Lazortag]

Not as impressive as Nalkin doing 20+ mobs, but still the best I could do:

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[nalkin]

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Not as impressive as Nalkin doing 20+ mobs, but still the best I could do:

Nice!! Gonna have to give spectres a go myself one day... was that good xp, or are you a very high level?

[nalkin]

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[toddfx]

The info here and that video are extremely helpful!

I'm a level 18 bard in the early stages of learning to AE kite. I have been at it for 2 hours tonight and already notice a dramatic improvement. I am still doing singles, as I have not nailed the turning rhythm. I take enough damage to require a regen time-out half way through most battles.

I am still learning, but here are a few things I found which I did not know 2 hours ago:
1) Listening to music screws up my turning rhythm! I keep wanting to tap my finger to the beat of the music.
2) Changing movement keys to WASD gave me immediate improvement! It lets my right hand control the mouse to cycle instruments as well as cast song macros.
3) Swapping instruments is DEFINITELY worth the hassle. I started off just using the drum, and it was taking a lot longer to kill the mob than it does now when I pop in the lute and horn for AE.
4) Level ground with an unobstructed view is key. I find myself getting hit more when I am on a hill or there is a tree somewhere in my path or view.
5) Pathing mobs in SK are very annoying. Also, elephants have very far reach.

Anyway, I still have a long way to go but I have already worked my way up to killing single yellows without having to take too much of a health regen break.

Just thought i'd offer my thanks and two cents.

[toddfx]

WHOA.

Right after posting that last response, I alt+tabbed back into EQ and accidentally aggroed 2 yellow aviaks and a blue. I said what the hell and just went for it. I concentrated hard on keeping my rhythm and ended up killing them all without major incident. Then just as they were about dead, I somehow got another yellow and a red on me! I got the red down to 50% before losing my rhythm and taking a bunch of hits, but came in for a second go-around and killed them both!

My heart hasn't beat that fast in EQ since Live...nor have I got that much experience from a handful of kills since I was level 3!

I'm a believer!

[Lazortag]

You can do it at level 10 but you might need SoW, or you might need to start learning how to swap instruments quickly, because Selo's with a lute just won't be enough speed I don't think.

[Gratal]

I saw this post recently (level 7) and got to 8 very quickly. A few things I notice is with low level kiting the mobs don't hit for much, but you have low hp and almost no AC. Also, you MUST switch Lute...it's a difference between 4dmg and 8dmg a tick. On a side note, I was kiting 3 lionesses in EC and an SK ran by, stopped and stared at me. Then commented on how he didn't know bards could do that on this server. Excellent post! Helped me alot.