Ok, this is only a guess, but I'll hazard it anyway.

It could be, since the mob is running against the wall, it is not out where
you could potentially aggro something else, where in the open, if a mob runs
in a straight line, it could come within range of another, effectively
eliminating the danger designed into the chains (and other snares).

Perhaps if you kept it rooted, once it was against the wall.. ? Then at
least you could say it wasn't going anywhere, anyway.

These are just guesses. Personally, anything that makes a mob too safe,
makes the game too boring. :)

Atonal

-----Original Message-----
From: Reece Tom R CPT 25 ID L G4 [mailto:g4mntofcr@...]
Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2001 3:57 PM
To: eqbards@egroups.com
Subject: RE: Play the damn mana song (was: RE: [eqbards] Proposal to
chang e how ...)

There are numerous locations in the game where, due to pathing AI, fear
kiting is a completely safe tactic. A good example is by the giant fort in
Burning Woods. If you pull a giant to either side of the ramp, snare it and
then start fearing it, it will just run back and forth while everyone whoops
up on it. Now if fear breaks then the giant will of course start attacking
you. I have never fear kited in the Overthere location referenced earlier
but if the mob still attacks you when fear breaks or is resisted, then why
would using fear kiting in this location be considered an exploit when it
isn't in other locations?

Galtin of E'ci

-----Original Message-----
From: Mott, Mike J. [mailto:mike.j.mott@...]
Sent: Monday, January 15, 2001 4:33 AM
To: 'eqbards@egroups.com'
Subject: RE: Play the damn mana song (was: RE: [eqbards] Proposal to
chang e how ...)

In reference to the fear kite tacticts in OT near the skyfire zone -- move
to the corner between skyfire and frontier mountains. If you fear mobs
there, they run up into the corner and run back and forth mostly up in the
corner.

I had a gm watch me for about 15 minutes up there one evening. I asked him
if he considered it an exploit, and he said "Nope, Great tactics!" Bear in
mind that the mob was never just running into a wall, it was always in
motion, and as long as fear wasnt resisted it stayed on this little path
where it ran back and forth.

Lago

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