----- Original Message -----
From: Blair, Keith (Keith Blair) <kblair@...>
To: <eqbards@onelist.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 26, 1999 6:49 AM
Subject: RE: [eqbards] End of Kiting?

> From: "Blair, Keith (Keith Blair)" <kblair@...>
>
> > Essentially, DoT spells do not damage the
> > NPC if the NPC is chasing you and has a velocity.
>
> My question is if I'm casting a DoT on a mob
> that's fairly far away (to pull) and he's
> running towards me and "has a velocity" the
> DoT isn't going to do damage for the time
> he's running? Granted, we're not talking about
> a lot of damage here, but I've been in battles
> that were evenly matched hp to hp where I've
> won with only a few hitpoints (<10) left. Those
> initial 5-10+ points that would have been
> done could make / break the fight. (Please don't
> tell me I should have ran. Many times I've had
> an NPC down to their last bubble when they
> turned into Rocky friggin Balboa on me and
> whipped my butt.)
>

That's what the extra duration is for, to balance out
the lost damage during the pull