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Beetles in NK are probably the best for beginners to try swarming out on. They're slow, social aggro, and can be AE dotted from a safe distance. You can pull them over to the side of the wizard spires closer towards WK for a flat surface with no pathers. Use the cluster of trees as a guide for the circle you'll be maintaining. The number of princers, borers, and scythes seems to vary by a lot from respawn to respawn though. Sometimes that means having to kill a mass of green con piincers and only a few blues. Orc highway is better overall, but then there can be quite a few casters among them, not to mention dunes that make it difficult to see pathers and ghouls that root.
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I have multiple hot bars that I use but switching around between my primary and secondary slots hot keyed (versus DuxaUI) and a bag, as well as pet attack, back off, and stuff like loc, assist etc between every song seemed like more hassle than it was worth. I'm open minded. Might be worth re-thinking. I use the original client (I think?) keys of shift+1,2,3 etc and shift+right click makes the client bug out occasionally which isn't pleasant when kiting [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] | |||
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I also use the Shift+1, Shift+2 etc.
I don't swarm but when I tried I created a fresh hotbar setup with enough hotkeys for the 4 or so songs i would be using plus the slots open for weapon/instrument swaps. Was kind of my swarming hotbar | ||
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tried out swarming in EK a bit
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I've been having a silly amount of fun with my Bard. Did 30-35 grouping in and outside of Paw. Managed to spawn a Quillmane solo (well, with the help of a very kind Necro who macro'd and told me when he was up) at 35 and got a Peggy Cloak on the first kill. That's an Everquest first for me and an item I've always wanted - so I was/am super excited about that. I also got my DE Illusion mask the day before, so after 35 went back to Kunark and got my OT Hammer. I did 35-40 at the giant fort in Frontier Mountains. I wanted to enjoy the last of my mana-free charm and I think that is a perfect spot for it. Great XP - more spawns than you can deal with, zone is almost always completely empty, and the loot isn't half bad with gems and a few drops that vendor for ~50pp. I'll probably bounce between swarming in FV and charming/grouping in CoM until I am able to do Bloodgills in LoIO. | |||
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It took me about six hours but I managed to farm a Bracer of the Hidden with my Bard. Getting prepared for Velks [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] Still lots to see and do. Definitely working towards my Nostrolo Tambourine and I'd also like to quest the Ice Forged Shackles. | |||
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AE kiting (and real swarm kiting utilizing charm) is fun, but don't forget to practice the skills that actually make bards the OP class they are. I think targeting is harder on green so you'll need to get good with fewer tools. Weapon/instrument swapping, having a complete understanding of each song and when to use it, knowing when to lull/charm/mez, etc. Bluebies don't often think of resists outside of raids, but when up against caster NPCs bards can stack resists high af... or try to interrupt with Brusco's/mez.
You should be able to keep 2-3 NPCs locked down with mez and still manage a few weapon swings on the unmezzed target. There's so much a bard can do it sorta hurts my soul to see people associate the class mostly with AE kiting lol.
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Those videos on youtube did help me out. I had to use auto strafe with selos and was able to kite the hounds in East K no problem. Did die a few time but one I got it down it was easy.
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