Bard in Dreadlands

[zanderklocke]

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

Why is "swarm kiting" with social aggro purposely broken? Whereas AoE kiting is still allowed? Swarm kiting was classic too, where you would charm one of them, have all of the other mobs beat it within an inch of its life, break charm, and then dot the old pet down. This used to be called "Swarm kiting".

I think it's hard to program aggro correctly. That's the reason. You essentially have to run a train through your charmed mob who you sent to fight one of the mobs in the train. Otherwise, traditional "swarm" kiting doesn't quite work.

However, when it does work, and you run like 30 mobs through your pet, it's hilarious how fast the pet dies.

With the current aggro system, you can charm kite by grabbing two mobs, switching which one is your pet back and forth, and having them fight each other. This was how I used to farm plat on Seafury island. Alternatively, you can grab a higher level humanoid pet, give him some weapons and maybe a mage haste mask, and chain snare another mob with your pet beating on its back. The Dino in OOT with weapons rips through seafuries in like 10-15 seconds. He also indifferent to everyone, so you can't train anyone.

Bards are so fun with pets.