Monster Combat Behaviour

[Abriael]

1) I realized kiting kiting no longer works with this game on day one, but there's no good rationale for abolishing it in the first place

Besides the fact that it looks absolutely retarded?

[Alcide]

Besides the fact that it looks absolutely retarded?

Kiting with a ranged class can be quite fun

[Abriael]

Kiting with a ranged class can be quite fun

And still look absolutely retarded. "hey, look at that archer doing the crayfish dance!"

[Tezz_Xivectro]

As long as SE doesn't have insanely boring AI (Monster will use X-move every 10% life, or Mob will do X at low health)

All i'm saying is, i hope monsters actions are used a bit more randomly, but not completely. Some kind of good AI system for tough fights. Yea, newb monsters will be predictable, but for the love of God SE, make the NM fights a real challenge.

[Cairdeas]

Kiting allowed players to rest during a fight that they should never have been resting in. So SE implemented a way to prevent it to a degree. It makes fights more challenging because you can't tell your paladin to run away so your white mages can rest their MP to heal him.

[ambrosia]

Kiting allowed players to rest during a fight that they should never have been resting in. So SE implemented a way to prevent it to a degree. It makes fights more challenging because you can't tell your paladin to run away so your white mages can rest their MP to heal him.

Don't mages just disengage now to regain MP? And it's less challenging now if anything else because mobs will lose interest in chasing you easily I thought.

Kiting was actually the most challenging aspect of XI if you asked me, doing things with 3 people that usually required 18.

In sum, the ranged attack thing or the variety of mob skills aren't enough to make this game bad, they are just things that I think need to be ironed out. Thanks guys for all your input.

[Alcide]

What's wrong with kiting? o.O

EDIT: I mean kiting just to grind, not to kill NM, that's something totally different.