Talk:Kite

I had to remove the line that kiting is frowned upon by seasoned players that line is a joke. Any seasoned player will kite against warriors not kiting is just helping a warrior build up adrealine.
 * I agree. I would have changed it if I had noticed it.  Kiting is not "running away from everyone to annoy people when you're the last person left on your team," it's a useful tactic.  --Fyren 10:19, 22 October 2005 (EST)


 * You're thinking PvP, I'm thinking PvE. :) I always understood as "players putting their tails between their legs and heading for the hills when their own health or the situation for their party looks bad." Not just as running away when it seems prudent. In fact, I've never seen anyone mention it in a positive tone in PvE. :) That being said, the article is better without the frowning. --Karlos 16:11, 22 October 2005 (EST)


 * Huh. I wonder if terminology has changed.  For me, harking back to Everquest days, I always understood "Kiting" to mean hit & run attacks (usually with ranged attacks of some kind, often DOTs, but that's way more specific).  That is, kiting is just running, but attacking and running.  --JoDiamonds 06:18, 25 October 2005 (EST)

I've edited to reflect the origin of the term, as well as strategies for effective kiting. I wonder if this expands the categories this falls under though. --Rustjive 04:36, 30 November 2005 (UTC)

I'm up for adding a note which instead of saying "kiting and running is for noobs lololol!" says that a close combat player cannot simply expect his/her enemies just to stand still when they attack them, and as such lacking a means to prevent kiting (speed buffs, snares etc) is their own fault. Ckal Ktak 16:11, 19 March 2007 (CDT)