Neme Sis
01-09-2004, 03:02 AM
O.K. You may already know about this… and that is all right. But I was asked to post this strategy. I hope it helps.
As a pet type player, start a group (yes, by yourself) in one of the zones listed below (this can also work at lower levels). Look for 4 other players of pet type – Necro, Shaman, Beastlord, or Mage. In a pinch, you can also use a druid. They are often overlooked, but do have pets in their 50s and have some mean-butt dots.
After you get 5 pet types, get a ranger or a druid. This is important… other classes may THINK they can do this, but it doesn’t always work out. Rangers at level 9 and Druids at level 1 get a spell called Flame Lick. It uses almost no manna but holds a secret power – it pisses the mobs off like nothing else in the game!
Group all the pet types (preferably on horse or dino-back) in a tight bunch. Get the Ranger/Druid to pull with snare. They must keep casting snare until it takes. The most dangerous thing to do is attack before the kiter calls “agro”. So have them run big circles and have them keep snaring until it takes. Once the mob is snared (hopefully on the first cast), have them cast Flame Lick. The flames shooting off the mob should be a visual signal for the group to attack. But the kiter should still announce to attack.
If the kiter pulls 2, have them kite both until both are snared. Then have them announce which mob to attack. The pet classes MUST sit on their hands until the kiter announces.
Once agro is called, sick your pet and cast DoTs. I suggest Splurt, E-Bolt, and Bond of Death to regain HP for necros. Then just have the kiter circle in tighter circles casting Flame Lick over and over until the mob keels over dead – which is in about a minute or two max.
Wash, rinse, and repeat.
Where to do this:
At lvl 51 to lvl 54, this works well in Plane of Nightmare on both the right and left of the building right at the zone in. Have the pet types stand on the little grassy hills and have the kiter run around them.
At lvl 50 to 60, you can kite in two places in Maiden’s Eye without adds: 1) Just to the right of the Dawnshroud Zone-in, and 2) in the South East Corner, there is a small valley with 3 static Goranga spawn.
At lvl 52 to 60, you can kite in Umbral Plains in a small valley in the South East Corner past the entrance to Vex Thal (make sure to Invis to get there and run high with Dead Man Floating along the zone). Pull Disturbed Elysians. They drop an armor that will make druids happy… so easy to get a druid to kite for your group there.
Also at lvl 51 to 57, Plane of Mischief gives some welcome relief from doldrums. This mostly forgotten plane is easy to get to and incredibly safe. Use the stone in Plane of Knowledge to zone into Great Divide. Then cast Levant or Succor across GD (or follow the river all the way South to the end). At the end of the river, there is a small cave with a dollhouse in the water. Click on the dollhouse and you zone into Plane of Mishief. You can group and kite either to the left or right of the purple port-in platform. Really easy to pull from woods one at a time.
From 55 to 65, you can do this easily in Plane of Valor. I have found two spots. One is immediately left of the zone in. Follow the zone line to a river. There will be stones crossing to a cave. Group on the hill just before the water and have the kiter pull from the cave, over the stones and back up to the group. This is extremely safe for this zone. Make sure the kiter does not use wolf-form... it will agro nasty tree frogs and wipe out your group. The other is a bit trickier to get to. Cast Invis to Undead and run to the castle/fort in the middle of the zone (straight ahead from the zone-in). At the front door, change out Invis to Undead for regular Invis. Run though the fort (over a bridge) and out the back door. With Invis firmly in place, launch out across the zone to the north zone line and avoid all mobs as much as possible. At the North wall, turn right and go to the Northeast Corner. Here you will be overlooking what seem to be tar pits with different types of mobs. Form your group on the hill and pull away.
At lvl 55, I can get around 1AA every 2 hours in PoV this way. I could level all the way through 55 in about 2.5 hours max.
I hope you enjoy this technique! Have fun! B)
As a pet type player, start a group (yes, by yourself) in one of the zones listed below (this can also work at lower levels). Look for 4 other players of pet type – Necro, Shaman, Beastlord, or Mage. In a pinch, you can also use a druid. They are often overlooked, but do have pets in their 50s and have some mean-butt dots.
After you get 5 pet types, get a ranger or a druid. This is important… other classes may THINK they can do this, but it doesn’t always work out. Rangers at level 9 and Druids at level 1 get a spell called Flame Lick. It uses almost no manna but holds a secret power – it pisses the mobs off like nothing else in the game!
Group all the pet types (preferably on horse or dino-back) in a tight bunch. Get the Ranger/Druid to pull with snare. They must keep casting snare until it takes. The most dangerous thing to do is attack before the kiter calls “agro”. So have them run big circles and have them keep snaring until it takes. Once the mob is snared (hopefully on the first cast), have them cast Flame Lick. The flames shooting off the mob should be a visual signal for the group to attack. But the kiter should still announce to attack.
If the kiter pulls 2, have them kite both until both are snared. Then have them announce which mob to attack. The pet classes MUST sit on their hands until the kiter announces.
Once agro is called, sick your pet and cast DoTs. I suggest Splurt, E-Bolt, and Bond of Death to regain HP for necros. Then just have the kiter circle in tighter circles casting Flame Lick over and over until the mob keels over dead – which is in about a minute or two max.
Wash, rinse, and repeat.
Where to do this:
At lvl 51 to lvl 54, this works well in Plane of Nightmare on both the right and left of the building right at the zone in. Have the pet types stand on the little grassy hills and have the kiter run around them.
At lvl 50 to 60, you can kite in two places in Maiden’s Eye without adds: 1) Just to the right of the Dawnshroud Zone-in, and 2) in the South East Corner, there is a small valley with 3 static Goranga spawn.
At lvl 52 to 60, you can kite in Umbral Plains in a small valley in the South East Corner past the entrance to Vex Thal (make sure to Invis to get there and run high with Dead Man Floating along the zone). Pull Disturbed Elysians. They drop an armor that will make druids happy… so easy to get a druid to kite for your group there.
Also at lvl 51 to 57, Plane of Mischief gives some welcome relief from doldrums. This mostly forgotten plane is easy to get to and incredibly safe. Use the stone in Plane of Knowledge to zone into Great Divide. Then cast Levant or Succor across GD (or follow the river all the way South to the end). At the end of the river, there is a small cave with a dollhouse in the water. Click on the dollhouse and you zone into Plane of Mishief. You can group and kite either to the left or right of the purple port-in platform. Really easy to pull from woods one at a time.
From 55 to 65, you can do this easily in Plane of Valor. I have found two spots. One is immediately left of the zone in. Follow the zone line to a river. There will be stones crossing to a cave. Group on the hill just before the water and have the kiter pull from the cave, over the stones and back up to the group. This is extremely safe for this zone. Make sure the kiter does not use wolf-form... it will agro nasty tree frogs and wipe out your group. The other is a bit trickier to get to. Cast Invis to Undead and run to the castle/fort in the middle of the zone (straight ahead from the zone-in). At the front door, change out Invis to Undead for regular Invis. Run though the fort (over a bridge) and out the back door. With Invis firmly in place, launch out across the zone to the north zone line and avoid all mobs as much as possible. At the North wall, turn right and go to the Northeast Corner. Here you will be overlooking what seem to be tar pits with different types of mobs. Form your group on the hill and pull away.
At lvl 55, I can get around 1AA every 2 hours in PoV this way. I could level all the way through 55 in about 2.5 hours max.
I hope you enjoy this technique! Have fun! B)