Guide to AoE Bard Kiting, here on P99.

[Mirakk82]

Okay, since there are a lot of bards here I might as well ask the question I always wanted to ask back in the day.

What is up with Bards and NOT being able to control their mobs when swarm kiting?

I was a necromancer on live, and would kite and reverse kite with absolute control over what I was doing at all times whether it was one mob or multiples. But if I saw a bard swarm kiting I'd have to FD to avoid being steamrolled. This happened relentlessly for years.

Were these bards just being A-holes and deliberately trying to kill me for carving into their xp magin? Or is it really that hard to avoid killing everyone around you while swarm kiting?

[jerus]

Lots of the mobs are pulled with just proximity agro and have very little agro on the bard, so if they have any reason to hate you they may break off their current path and agro on you. Mainly happening when they are kiting the same things, basically you have an Aviak, he has 10 aviak, some of the aviak are only proxi agro on bard they see you killing an aviak, they decide they hate you more.

At least that is how I understand it.

[Poeshoe]

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

A newb that would kill you in a duel anyday.

/flex

BTW bards are gimped here

what an asshole, who happens to be wrong

[Sloris]

Just kited 66 red con mobs at 29 in OT took over 30mins with all the resists was never hit once and got to level 31 off it. i really dont trust the auto circle thing so many lazy bards out there. skilled strafe running is the best way to AoE kite hands down so get off your butts and stop auto circling.


Remix 31 Bard

[Kevlar]

So you tied up 66 mobs at once for over 30 mins that couldn't respawn for anyone else? In one of the most populated zones on the server?

[Demetrium]

I made a quick video a couple of months ago I think some people may find helpful:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjWLZAqRwh4

Also here's a picture of one of my biggest trains in a spot I don't think many other bards go to:
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[georgie]

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

I made a quick video a couple of months ago I think some people may find helpful:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjWLZAqRwh4

Also here's a picture of one of my biggest trains in a spot I don't think many other bards go to:
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lol now ik the secret spot(chat)

[Demetrium]

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

lol now ik the secret spot(chat)

I don't really play my bard anymore; it's all yours! It's basically the East wall of Firiona Vie. There's almost an endless supply of Drolvargs but it can be super tricky because there's spiders and caster frogloks that can path through and ruin your day. One time a froglok shaman blinded me while I was kiting about 100 mobs. It was an extremely terrifying 15 seconds of my life.

[falkun]

The hardest part I always had with that spot is that drolvargs have larger hit boxes than most other mobs I kited. It's not that unknown, Its listed in my bard AE leveling guide.

[Silent]

A lot of great info in this thread despite the '011 date. Just coming back to bards and swarm kiting this has helped alot. The only thing I found I did different was I get myself hit with heroism/symbol and pop jboots or grab a sow instead of twisting selos. Right now I Pull from top of aviaks and walk most way down training what I can, Then group them up and start with horn lvl 18 dot and lvl 2 dot. Its enough mobs that if I screw up and get stunned, I won't die if i get out of range asap due to hp buffs. Basically gives me a free screw up if I need it. Generally I get no resists anymore, the avocets used to be annoying but usually land within the 2nd or 3rd hit. I find myself twisting into bruscos bellow DD occasionally on some of the higher hp/resisted mobs when I get a fresh double dot land.

All this info in this thread + guide links will help a lot, appreciate all the effort that went into this post.