Swarm Kiting Rats in PoM - impossible/possible?

[commongood]

Bard swarm kiting in PoM.

I was wondering if anyone has ever tried this and could weigh in on the feasibility or lack thereof.

It seems like it would be very difficult as you are pulling through very narrow hallways and with no ideal place to actually perform the killing once you have the rats gathered. Though, I suppose, the "lava" pool in the rat maze could possibly work?

[WarpathEQ]

Not a PoM expert but feels like this would fit in the same category as CoM where its technically an outdoor zone but feels/plays more like a dungeon and therefore bard swarm kiting isn't allowed due to potential for zone disruption.

[DeathsSilkyMist]

I've never seen a bard swarm kiting PoM rats, and I leveled two chars to 60 there. If you knew the layout really well, you probably could pull them into the lava pit room and kite them like you said. But I agree with WarpathEQ, this seems like zone disruption. Not sure if this is the case in 2026, but often times there would be at least 1 other person killing rats in the maze.

The thing about PoM rat maze is you need to move around to find kills, you aren't staying in one spot and pulling to it. So if someone else is killing rats, you aren't going to know where they are. This means it is easier to accidentally train someone who is fighting a rat, because there isn't a specific camp location you can purposely avoid.

[sammoHung]

It's doable in the lava room.. but as others have said there is a potential to be flagged for swarming in a dungeon area. They are on a 72 minute respawn, so you'd effectively be locking down most of the rat spawns in order to accomplish this - something that would definitely upset someone who happens to log in the middle of your swarm and see no (or little) rats available to them for the next 72-100 minutes.

[kjs86z2]

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

Bard swarm kiting in PoM.

I was wondering if anyone has ever tried this and could weigh in on the feasibility or lack thereof.

It seems like it would be very difficult as you are pulling through very narrow hallways and with no ideal place to actually perform the killing once you have the rats gathered. Though, I suppose, the "lava" pool in the rat maze could possibly work?

if sugz can do HS west im sure you can do it

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1155754690

[Ripqozko]

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

Bard swarm kiting in PoM.

I was wondering if anyone has ever tried this and could weigh in on the feasibility or lack thereof.

It seems like it would be very difficult as you are pulling through very narrow hallways and with no ideal place to actually perform the killing once you have the rats gathered. Though, I suppose, the "lava" pool in the rat maze could possibly work?

just be careful, pom is on the dungeon list for ban for bard kite just for awareness.

[Mortdecai99]

I've seen people doing it, but it's technically illegal. I just moved on though. Even if they weren't swarming, the rat maze is only big enough for 1 person at a time, so it was basically the same as another chanter being there.