Carbineer Archive
Thread: Anyone ever flame you about kiting?
If any melee person ever whines about kiting just complain that they were getting too close. Then in a really childish manner tell them to wait at your optimal range somewhere between 30-40m away.
Maybe we can even come up with a catchy little phrase for it too.
MissileToad wrote:
Apparently the phrase "don't bring a knife to a gun fight" doesn't hit home with him, heh. Melee classes are more durable but are easily kited, it's just the way things are...
Every try /replying that to some TKM fool who is crying about losing because you kited them? Definitely a very enjoyable experience
Whenever someone insists on starting 2m away from you in a duel simply ask them why you cannot start at you ideal range. Also if you are doing No DB duels (which personally i am a big fan of, the only people i DB are overt rebels and TEF warriors) there is no shame in having more than one duel. What melee proffession don't understand is that even though our weapons work when standing next to them, they don't work well, and we don't get all the nifty toughness and defence modifiers. 9 times out of 10 when someone complains about kiting it is because they come to these boards and see an abundance of "TKM is teh uber win and pnwj me and will pwnj j00 2" and then think hmm if i was a TKM i would be l33t as well. And thus FOTM is born. Although despite the largely unbalanced system in SOE the combat classes aren't that far off and with enough skill and strategy any class can be competitive.
btw, for whover was asking, Kiting is when you are in a constant state of moving away from a target that has to engage you in melee because they have no ranged. The term comes from the fact that they are forced to follow you around like a kite.