Hmm well there will always be idiots in this game. Hell people pull off
Spectre Isle from time to time just to cause trains. Stuff like this is
going to happen from day to day even without kiting. I don't know about your
server but that's not a usual kiting scenario on mine. Not to mention there
is another kind of kiting that nobody seems to remember but that's DD
Kiting. A Wizard with a pair of jboots can kite just as well as a Necro,
Shaman, or a Druid. Granted for giants you would have to be high level but
take spectres the HP on them is so low for a mob that level that they are
actually easy to take out. Matter of fact a Wiz friend kites them from time
to time. So how does this fix kiting if your going to allow one class the
ability to do it? Kiting really isn't a big a problem as you make it out to
be and a lot of times in Oasis when people get killed and it's a druid or
shaman running it's usually because he ran into the giant's aggro radius by
accident and was running away from it. The reason I say that is because as
soon as I peg one giant with just one of my Necro's dots he is on me until
somebody else outdamages me. I hunt SG's in Oasis quite a bit so I've
watched this for quite awhile. Hell with my druid friend when we hit 30 we
thought we would try a HG near Kithicore Zone line in West Commons. The HG
didn't touch a single newbie in fact some of them went up to it whacked it
with their weapons. Very rarely does a npc attack someting else if you cast
on it.
Naemin Level 7 Wood Elf Bard
Naeeldar Level 35 Dark Elf Necromancer
-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Ashkettle <
richard_ashkettle@...>
To:
eqbards@onelist.com <
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Date: Thursday, August 26, 1999 10:34 AM
Subject: RE: [eqbards] End of Kiting?
>From: Richard Ashkettle <richard_ashkettle@...>
>
>I hate to disagree with (seemingly) everyone here, but
>Im HOPING that Verant does something about Kiting. It
>may not be a problem on your server, but on MM, its
>ridiculous.
>
>Case in Point:
> NRO - Constantly, every level 14 Druid Kites Dorn
>to be the "Great Dorn Slayer". In the process, he/she
>usually gets about 10 or so folks killed. Usually
>those folks are just level 8ish newbies who just didnt
>have time to see Dorn come over the rise.
>
>Ok, so you say that it's because at lev 14, they are
>new to Kiting, and don't know how to do it.
>
>Case in Point:
> Yesterday. Three IDIOTS (and YES...I'll use that
>term freely) decide to kite the Spectres in the Oasis.
> OOPS...pulled too many...lets just kite them all over
>the Oasis till we run out of mana and then zone. When
>all was said and done...63 corpses. No lie or
>exaggeration...we COUNTED them.
>
>Big problem is, this is not an unusual scenerio. I've
>seen more than a few "Kited" giants lose interest
>(cause the Kiter got too far away) and rampage on
>unsuspecting players WAY TOO LOW for a giant, and in
>areas where Giants NEVER go...(like the NRO Fishing
>villiage). This effect is worse in those zones with a
>lot of hills, where you cant see the mob coming until
>its too late.
>
>Verant, in doing nothing to prevent this, AND allowing
>the players no means of recourse, have been VERY
>irresponsible. I'm glad to see them take a stand, or
>at least attempt to.
>
>I really don't mind if you want to kite that Griffawn
>at level 12. Go for it. But...DONT GET ANYONE ELSE
>KILLED. Too many Kiters don't care. The phrase "I'd
>rather see 20 people die and get away than lose the
>exp for dying myself" has been chanted by WAY too many
>Shaman, Druids, and Bards out there. No WONDER kiting
>classes get a bad powerleveling rep.
>
>Windolas (MM)
>
>
>
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