Monster Combat Behaviour

[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.

[Betelgeuzah]

Add a strong regen, mix in other aggroing mobs nearby, faster mob walking speed? When we are talking about kiting only a small number of high-level mobs were concerned. They had a host of solutions, instead they chose to give everything ranged attack and that affect gaming experience across all levels.

Whatever, really. They are going to tune down the power of the attacks. It's as good as anything. If you just want to run away you can, but if you want to kite the mob will keep pounding on you until you die.

[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!"