I never tried the quad as a druid. I generally just did kiting where
it seemed to work well, such as sk. Lots of room. Kept picking up too
many Aviaks as I was running around, so I have switched to root/dot.
I don't generally intentionally hunt more than one mob at a time, but
have had to deal with two on occasion when my target gets some
unexpected help.
I even started hunting light-blues lately, because I can kill three
light blues in the time it takes me to kill a dark blue. With Aviaks,
Rooks tend to have loot equal in value to Harriers and Avocets, so if
I kill three rooks in the same amount of time it would take me to
kill an Avocet and then recover, I get more loot.
Obviously I am not into leveling quickly. Indeed, I try to enjoy each
level as much as possible, working on getting funds for future spells
and items, hunting interesting mobs, and advancing trade skills.
Just moved to Everfrost last night. Plan to do Wooly Mammoths and
start poking around a bit in Permafrost. Some good items in
Permafrost.
Barto Proudfoot.
--- In EverQuest@y..., Biltilie Dwimmerlaik <biltilie@m...> wrote:
> Thomas H. Comegys wrote:
>
> > I have heard of quad-kiting, but never really gotten a good
explanation of
> > it. Since you have done it, could you explain?
>
>
> my quadding knowledge is based on a french wizzy only site, and a
few
> attemtps with my wizzy (she is 40 and levelled w/o kiting most of
the
> time). before i explain the basic idea, let me add this: quadding
isn't
> very welcome by other players, especially in zones with many hunting
> people. IMHO this is a technique to be done in off hours (getting
harder
> because those times maybe main times for other players). also i
have to
> add, if some quadder endangers my party or me, or just annoys other
> people in the zone, i nuke away her/his tail - without any friendly
> warning.
>
> ok, the basic idea is to maximise experience per time. you need two
> things for that: (1) a slow spell and (2) area damage spells. it is
> good for (1) to have an area version of this as well. what i also
> recommend is some knowledge of the zone you want to kite in, because
> if the zone has some weird pathing, or you can get other adds, you
> won't have much fun doing it. two additional things make it somewhat
> easier: (a) something to make you run faster, eg sow, jboots, horse
> and (b) candy of course, because many of those area damage spells
> need some amounts of mana.
>
> because of (1), (2) and (a) it is easiest for druids because of
their
> normal spells. wizzies either need jboots or sow potions.
>
> an additional nice-to-have-thing for wizzies, is anice stick
obtained
> through a quest in the ro-temple: Staff of Temperate Flux. no you
don't
> need it for fighting, but it has a very nice effect: Lower Element.
> this effect has almost the same range as the damage spells you use
when
> kiting/quadding!
>
> so, how does it actually work:
> - tag monster(s) with a slow spell up to four
> - group them if necessary - you need them close for your area
spells
> to work
> - keep moving and area damaging them, until all of them fall apart
> - don't get killed yourself
>
> why didn't i mention the names of the used spells, because druids
and
> wizzies use a different set: druids do their "illness and rotting"
> spells, and wizzies use their normal raw forces ones.
>
> a sidenote for wizzies: you need your lvl 29 "Bonds of Force" for
this
> task, but this one has a special feature (i don't know if druids do
run
> into the same problem): you can snare yourself with this spell, if
you
> cast it on a mob being too close !!! yes, i knew of this feature,
and i
> snared myself on the first attempts.
>
> i am not sure if other classes can do this as well, or if it is
possible
> to do reverse quadding (using fear), but this sounds very uncommon,
> because i don't think you can force a group of critters in one
direction
> using fear. maybe also some of the druids on this board will give
away
> some of the tricks of the trade ... :-)
>
> before i stop, i want to remind you again: people are playing EQ
for fun
> and want to enjoy it. and you can easily spoil someones day even if
you
> have fun ... think about it !
>
>
> take care
> Biltilie Dwimmerlaik
> level 52 female gnome magician (run over by brownie guards)
> Tarew Marr