Bard Soloing

[Dirtnap]

Yeah im still working on not taking damage, i have to get REALLY close for it to hit.

[Lanvaren]

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

Yeah im still working on not taking damage, i have to get REALLY close for it to hit.

At worst, you should be exchanging one round of hits for an application of your DoT, which if you play regen song while running, should put you ahead.

Just remember not to get greedy - start by kiting a few mobs, so you can reliably exchange hits for the DoT application and live. EXP loss is worse than slow EXP gain.

[Jaxon]

My first successful AOE kiting was with the bandits in West Karana. If I remember correctly, un-drummed Selo's wasn't fast enough to outrun the mobs until level 10 or 11. Before then, I had tried keeping a drummed Selo's going while veering in, switching to the lute, and hitting the mobs with a dot, but I wasn't too successful because I always had to turn really sharply to get in range, and it seemed like I always got hit. Once I hit 10 or 11 I was able to more closely match my run speed with the mobs' run speed, and I got much better results. Something I had thought about doing, but never tried, was encumbering myself a little to fine-tune my speed. No idea if it would work or not.

Also, AOE kiting seems to work a lot better on mobs with small models. Humanoids and dogs, and sometimes cats I can kite without taking a hit. Snakes seem iffy. Large spiders and beetles hit me every time. Whenever you go to a new area, try your kite with one mob to test the waters before you grab a train of unholy death.

[Dirtnap]

Ok thanks. Any suggestions where to kite at level 7?

[Lazortag]

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

Also, AOE kiting seems to work a lot better on mobs with small models. Humanoids and dogs, and sometimes cats I can kite without taking a hit. Snakes seem iffy. Large spiders and beetles hit me every time. Whenever you go to a new area, try your kite with one mob to test the waters before you grab a train of unholy death.

I find this is true - I have serious problems kiting things like cyclopses, giants, etc., but Aviaks, Gnolls, and Centaurs are ezmode to aoe kite. Also, I'm at a level where undrummed selo's is pretty much the perfect speed for aoe kiting (level 39, but it worked great at level 38 and presumably would have worked earlier than that), but at lower levels using a drum should work. It'll be exhausting but more than worth it for you.