Bard Strafe Kiting - Run speed issue

[Troxx]

I managed 2 kites without problems last night. I just avoided cats. The cats are still kitable just have to be careful.

[Glenzig]

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

I managed 2 kites without problems last night. I just avoided cats. The cats are still kitable just have to be careful.

Absolutely. I just had no idea that they were going to be that fast as of yesterdays patch. I don't mind. It makes it slightly more inconvenient to kite them separately, but meh, its supposed to be hard. EQ should make you slam your fist on your desk every once in a while.

[Tewaz]

If the speed is increased for cats, they should run the same speed as the rhino's imo.

[zanderklocke]

http://www.project1999.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=155625

I think this affected mobs like raptors too.

[zanderklocke]

More resists on snare and chant songs as well. Been getting resists from mobs in 20s-30s.

[Troxx]

I accidentally aggro'd 1 tiger during a large roundup tonight. And that tiger decided to round up another 5-6 cats. All in all about 45 non cats plus those 6-7. I was bound 100 yards away so decided to play around with it. Using unmodded selos (just horn) I was able to (with a lot of care) actually kite it all at once. About 1/3 of my dot attempts only hit the tigers but 2/3 of them hit the whole pack. It wasn't easy ... But it apparently is possible. I still won't be routinely picking up all the mobs. The nice thing about the change is most of the other bards I've been in the zone with are now being more selective. If they grab the plants and birds I just round up the cats they are dodging. Slower xp when I have the zone to myself in the off times but more consistent in prime time.

Regardless, I'll be 46 before too long (43 now) and moving elsewhere soon.

[Glenzig]

But no. We have to whine and moan about this significant change in our personal play style in a desperate and ineffective attempt to sway the devs. Right?

[Troxx]

I could care less [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Even if I was only able to kite 3-5 mobs at a time if still be killing faster than your average <insert whatever class here> with my vendor horn. I was actually surprised that the cats weren't faster to begin with. On live back in the day lion models ran a lot faster than most all other things in any given zone.

[Glenzig]

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

I could care less [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Even if I was only able to kite 3-5 mobs at a time if still be killing faster than your average <insert whatever class here> with my vendor horn. I was actually surprised that the cats weren't faster to begin with. On live back in the day lion models ran a lot faster than most all other things in any given zone.

I think lions still ran faster here even before this patch. I'm sure this was an overdue adjustment to cat speed in kunark or some such fix. I'm with you though, either way I'm still able to clear a level in 1-3 hours without power leveling. So I'm good.

[Darkyle]

I can no longer seem to do gorge hounds in EK without being hit.... I'm not sure if it's just me or not but could do them fine before the patch :/