I kited with my druid early in beta. I did some fairly extensive
testing and comparison of how much experience I could get by kiting
reds and toe to toe killing blues and whites. Sorry I didn't keep
the post I made to the beta magic board, but it basically came down
to being close to a toss up as to which was more efficient. I was kiting
red dark elf guards in nektulos, and going toe to toe with fire ele's
in lavastorm. The big difference I was able to discern was that in
my particular study I was able to get bronze swords and make alot
more money killing the dark elf guards.
I don't really kite any more, and I think anyone who would spend much
time kiting with a bard is a glutton for punishment. I tried it recently
just to compare to my druid experience and it was agonizingly slow killing
a young kodiak. Moral: if you want to kite, make a druid, and even then
don't necessarily expect a magically fast levelign rate.
Now if bellow still did in the 30's for damage....hmmm
Berk Half-Elven
Rallos Zek
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Renee Cole [mailto:nat_ive@...]
> Sent: Monday, April 26, 1999 5:00 PM
> To: eqbards@onelist.com
> Subject: [eqbards] Re: Kiting - Is it bad?
>
>
> From: "Renee Cole" <nat_ive@...>
>
>
>
>
> >From: Scott Pickle <scottp@...>
> >Reply-To: eqbards@onelist.com
> >To: "'eqbards@onelist.com'" <eqbards@onelist.com>
> >Subject: [eqbards] Re: Kiting - Is it bad?
> >Date: Mon, 26 Apr 1999 12:53:30 -0700
> >
> >From: Scott Pickle <scottp@...>
> >
> >We debated this in the Soerbaird, and we brought it before a GM.
> Isara
> >explained the exact procedure, and a GM (not Guide) declared this
> completely
> >legal and by design.
> >
> >FYI we timed several instances of killing a red creature this way,
> and using
> >the same amount of time just sticking to blue/white we didn't have
> to run
> >from. There was no discernable difference in the amount of time
> spent. There
> >is a tedium to doing it each way. It takes a long time to killing a
> 15-16
> >level creature 8 hps at a time, but it can also be time-consuming to
> seek
> >out blues and whites that someone else isn't already getting. Each
> tactic
> >has it's moment and place.
> >
> >Dendall, Ollave of the Aegis
> >http://www.soerbaird.com
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: John Robertson [mailto:johnr@...]
> >Sent: Monday, April 26, 1999 12:51 PM
> >To: eqbards@onelist.com
> >Subject: [eqbards] Kiting - Is it bad?
> >
> >
> >From: "John Robertson" <johnr@...>
> Funny you should bring this up. I have a level 17 druid, and a level
> 12 bard. While I'm well aware both can kite effectively, (the druid
> more so), I have not ever done it. This has, of course, slowed down
> both char's progress considerably. Verant may not consider it
> exploitation, and thus, "legal", but I do not feel it is in the
> spirit of the game. I don't and won't condemn anyone else for
> kiting, however.
>
> -Minda
>
> >Reading someone else's post about killing beetles in North Karana
> got me
> >thinking about an old debate I have often had with myself and
> others, namely
> >"Is kiting bad?"
>
>
> I still refuse to kite. I don't let the druid in my party (druids
> kite
> better
> than anyone) kite. I still think it's lame when I see someone
> kiting, but I
> understand why they do it.
>
> The question is, am I alone in my beliefs here? How do other bards
> out
> there
> feel about this?
>
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