Videos of Druids Quad Kiting?

[VincentVolaju]

I was wondering if anyone had any videos of some Druids quad kiting? I looked on youtube but couldn't find anything =X.

[Ektar]

*drunken quad kiting. now that'd be a fun video.


uh no but if no one can provide it... I've never quaded before but I was under the impression you snare them, then run in quasi-circles such that they're all bunched up, then run away as you AE them.

if that's not what you wanted it for then neeevermind...

[SupaflyIRL]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ou61QvIDJg

[Ektar]

lolol

[Messianic]

I can make one of a wizard quad kiting for you, if I could ever get fraps to work.

But yeah, the basics of it for a druid are to single-target snare each one, run in circles (or do squiggly runs in front of them in an arc, back and forth - Honestly, i think that's more effective in terms of geometry if you have space). Eventually they bunch up - then start AoEing.

For a wizard, it's a bit cleaner, usually. Pull 4 mobs with staff of temp flux. Run in circles or squiggly arcs until pack is in a group. AoE snare. AoE nuke. ????? Profit.

[Auvdar]

I could fraps you a video of me charm pulling and killing every raptor in TD... but I don't wanna put you or myself through that torture.

I do know of a druid who solo'd Efreeti in Sol B. That would make a awesome video ;)

[hdawg06]

*drunken quad kiting. now that'd be a fun video.


uh no but if no one can provide it... I've never quaded before but I was under the impression you snare them, then run in quasi-circles such that they're all bunched up, then run away as you AE them.

if that's not what you wanted it for then neeevermind...

You bunch them up but then you can run them whatever way you want after. It's not like Bard AoE kiting where you have to stay close and in a circle. I used to always find a flat area and stay at max distance running in a giant oval back and forth. It's really easy currently. When you go to more dangerous and narrower locations like Othmirs in Cobalt Scar it gets pretty dangerous.

[azeth]

i'm sure i could dig up a fraps of a few different druids "quad kiting" Ogre guards EXTREMELY efficiently.

http://i51.tinypic.com/n6ann7.png

[Messianic]

i'm sure i could dig up a fraps of a few different druids "quad kiting" Ogre guards EXTREMELY efficiently.

You mean using exploits :D? I have a series of screenshots showing one guy doing that. I haven't used it to blackmail him yet.

[Striiker]

As a Wizard on live, I never used the AoE snare because I'd always wind up with some resists. I counted on SOW / Jboots and kited them around at normal speed (plus, when I first started, I don't think the wizard AoE snare was in game). I don't know how well my old approach would work here though.

[Messianic]

As a Wizard on live, I never used the AoE snare because I'd always wind up with some resists. I counted on SOW / Jboots and kited them around at normal speed (plus, when I first started, I don't think the wizard AoE snare was in game). I don't know how well my old approach would work here though.

I promise you that's far less efficient. I easily go most of my levels without resists. I don't think I had a single snare resist from 49-51 here (i was hunting stuff that was barely blue). On live, I rarely had snare resists at all (although more than I do here) when doing cobalt scar wyverns from 51-54ish.

[Atmas]

As a Wizard on live, I never used the AoE snare because I'd always wind up with some resists. I counted on SOW / Jboots and kited them around at normal speed (plus, when I first started, I don't think the wizard AoE snare was in game). I don't know how well my old approach would work here though.

Works fine. I can quad on my Wiz who is just 24 with a SoW. The principal is the same, get 4 mobs (which you can move faster than) and move in patterns to bunch them up. Usually thats just a few circles.

I quadded on live with my Wizard with AoE snare well through PoP content. AoE snare isn't always necessary but it makes things a hell of a lot simpler. Sometimes you see resists and just recast it and wrap them up again if you have to.

[Messianic]

Works fine. I can quad on my Wiz who is just 24 with a SoW. The principal is the same, get 4 mobs (which you can move faster than) and move in patterns to bunch them up. Usually thats just a few circles

Protip - do Mammoths in EF to 31 - you'll thank me later ;) My leveling really broke loose once I started doing that at 26 (using pillar of lightning). You have to be careful to run immediately after the spell lands or just beforehand though to make sure you don't get smacked.

But i leveled like a madman up to 31 thanks to how EF usually isn't hunted...

[Atmas]

Thanks for the tip, I will check it out. On live I think I quadded gnolls in SK around this lvl, but they were often camped.

[Messianic]

Thanks for the tip, I will check it out. On live I think I quadded gnolls in SK around this lvl, but they were often camped.

Yeah, they're very frequently camped, and there are about 8-9 mammoth spawns scattered between the area near the river and the Perma entrance on 6-min timers. Usually all you need is one group of 4 (since 6 min is about what you'll need to med back to full). There are three static spawns right next to the perma entrance and 2-3 pathers that cross the same area, so you shouldn't be in want of mobs to pull.

SK gnolls are a bit higher than you - Mammoths are like 23-24 iirc, SK gnolls are more like 26-28. Mammoths have less hp and will be a better quad target as long as they're blue. SK gnolls will take you to 34-35ish if you really want to do them, though...I just always found way better places to go that weren't camped.

Another great place which I did 31-34 was Giant skels in rathe mts. You can med/buy/sell/bind at the gypsy camp. From 34-42, I turfed my qeynos faction and quadded NK Qeynos guards (i pulled the two on the SK bridge, ran them perpendicular to the bridge for a moment, then ran directly to the tower near the gypsy camp and pulled those). It was too consistent/easy/great exp to do anything else.

I tried specs a few times from 39-42, but they just weren't as consistent - more resists, more hp, etc...Amazing cash, yes - but not as good in terms of exp.

42-51 you can do bloodgills in LoIO. No other place is better. Bloodgills have like 500-600 hp less than specs. I discovered bloodgills at 45, and loved it. From 42-45 I quadded misc blue mobs near the yeti tunnel in the dreadlands.