Bards & AE in zones where players XP.

[Tubben]

Since a few days there is a high lv bard who AE Kites in Lake of Ill Omen, a zone where allways alot of player lv 20-30 do xp.

For what reason he do this (wanting an certain item drop) i dont know, but the problem is that he a pulls half the zone letting no mobs to kill up, and worser lags the zone out.

I fearkite as an rogue if i dont find an group, and i am unable to hit the mobs, because they are often out of range, even if i am standing right in them, the server just have them somewhere else. Mobs warp short distances and things like this happen:

You begin to sneak...
You begin to hide...
You have moved and are no longer hidden!!
You are as quiet as a cat stalking its prey.
You have hidden yourself from view.

This 5 lines took around 2 seconds, and thats serverlag, my ping was at ~100.


My wish would be, that bards dont ae kite in zones where player do xp. I had to leave the zone now.

I know its a viable tactic, but in my opinion not where other groups xp, and LoIO is something like an xp-hub for players between 20 and 30.

I know, its like a whine, but i just dont like such behavior.

[Teppler]

I can confirm, I've been in the LoIO recently and it's sucked.

[baalzy]

Send them a tell or use /ooc if you can't figure out who they are. If they don't/won't change anything, petition them.

Originally Posted by http://www.project1999.com/forums/showthread.php?t=132299

8. You may not disrupt the normal playability of a zone or area.

Zone/Area Disruption is defined as any activity designed to harm or inconvenience a number of groups rather than a specific player or group of players. This includes, but is not limited to::

-Monopolizing most or all of the kills in an area.

- Deliberately blocking a doorway or narrow area so other players cannot get past.

- Refusing to cooperate with the other parties at a contested spawn site after having been instructed to do so by a P99CSR.

- Making excessive and inappropriate use of public channels of communications (/shout, /ooc, etc.).

- Intentionally causing excessive zone latency (creating excessive corpses, abusing spell effects, etc.).

- Causing intentional experience loss to other players (deliberately impeding fleeing players by blocking their escape route, intentionally training NPCs on other players, etc.).

[Daldaen]

If he is doing it to farm the goblin gazughi ring he should only be doing one kite them isolating the PHer. If he is PLing off a Sarnak fort train meh. LoIO is a bad zone anyways :/. Sucks when you get lag from someone's train though.

[tristantio]

Sounds like bard PL, and its way more $ / hour than farming most drops (most of the bards charge 3k/level, which for 10 to 30 would be about every 15 to 30 minutes, making them 6k+ hour).

[fastboy21]

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

If he is doing it to farm the goblin gazughi ring he should only be doing one kite them isolating the PHer. If he is PLing off a Sarnak fort train meh. LoIO is a bad zone anyways :/. Sucks when you get lag from someone's train though.

this is not best way to get ring...if he doing it for this reason he is a jerk AND dumb [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[applesauce25r624]

shit sounds pretty classic to me, dawg

[Cookiefist]

I hate bards.

[reborn649]

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

the problem is that he a pulls half the zone letting no mobs to kill up

Just curious, but where is the other half of the zone. Instead of making the 7 millionth complaint about bards, why aren't u attacking and killing the other half not being pulled? Bards swarm kite, its a mechanic since classic live. From my understanding, bards have backed off plvling in heavily populated dungeons for the most part and have even started vanishing from dreadlands, burning woods, and are "less" of an annoyance in overthere. Tell ya what...you list other places that bards can swarm kite from 1-60 so they don't bother players and I will list 5x as many places for each set of levels you could go also. If you don't agree with whats happening in a zone, move on.

Disclaimer: Not mad, just annoyed between these type of posts and "what class should i play" posts lately haha..

[Swish]

Amelinda didn't get much right during her time as a GM/CSR but she was quite clear about bards not pulling 90% of the zone to swarm kite it during peak hours.