Pulling Mobs

[Feaz]

It seems recently I've started becoming the designated puller in parties. Whats the best way to pull can I use a bow or bommerang? So far I've just been running up attacking, disengaging and bringing it back but there has to be a better way. I just hit lvl 18 and been fighting in the dunes and I hate having to bring in gobs just cause I can't get close to the snippers the group wants.

[neighbortaru]

monks can't use boomerangs nor bows. But fear not, you can use The Almighty Pebble!

but seriously, your only other option is provoke for now.

[zaren]

I use my boomerang when I pull, I don't fully engage it, just target it, throw and as soon as I hear the boomerang go I turn tail and run. I switch to attack once I get to my party.

I've seen some WAR use provoke to pull MOBs, but that was when we had other WARs in the group.

Of course, I'm a newbie, so my experiences my be completely flawed.

[Feaz]

Ok pebbles it is I'm not worried about damage just a ranged attack to claim the mob. Just opened my sub last night so I haven't tried provoke but I'll try that too.

Thanks

[Lan'Urk]

Frankly a MNK should not be pulling until Chi Blast... Make the WAR THF SAM DRK RNG NIN whatever else in the party pull (Except Mages of course).... and Pulling with Provoke is horrible if you are not the main tank.... you will give your tank hell if you do that...

I mean seriously no WAR should make a MNK buy pebbles to pull, he should get out of his lazy ass and buy a bow and some arrows and do it himself, or even a boomerang for crying out loud....

Dont be bullied around by lazy WARs... pulling is not your job ^_-

~ Lanurk

[Yuukyuzan]

Chi Blast will just not cut it for pulling. You can only use it every 3 minutes and chances are you won't have it ready before the next battle. You can pull with Provoke, but then hate becomes a problem. Pulling really shouldn't be a monk's responsibility. I don't even bother with Pebbles, you're better off putting a Happy Egg in your ammo slot.

[Thark601]

*agrees with Yuukyuzan *

unless you don't mind voke pulling i don't pull...

Sure i can Chi but that's only ever other mob.... Range is terrible... and it's just not a pulling ability... anyone that's used it would understand

[IpwnzuLoL!!!111]

And I THREW my GODDAM Happy Egg while testing a ranged macro...

:mad: :mad: :mad:

/sigh

[Ungerpurr]

You can either use Chi Blast to pull, or to put down 100-300 damage at the beginning of the fight. I usually choose the latter. ^^ Seriously though, it's not horrible for pulling...they changed it so that you no longer have to be facing the monster to use chi blast on it, which greatly increases its pulling utility (imho, as a first person view player). The range on it is maybe 10-20% longer than provoke, so you have a little more leeway to avoid getting hit.

In areas where pulls are long, it can be a suitable substitute for a real puller. Still, I'd rather boost it up for a good front-loaded damage boost.

[Jifan]

Originally posted by IpwnzuLoL!!!111
And I THREW my GODDAM Happy Egg while testing a ranged macro...

:mad: :mad: :mad:

/sigh

I did the same damn thing while skilling up 1h Axe with my warrior, I thought I had a boomarang equipped from the last party.... Nope :mad:

[Cali]

Sadly, I was the tanker when I was your lvl, so I used provoke to pull >_>; well you could always punch it, unlock-on, and run to your team...

[AkumuX]

I actually dont mind pulling mobs...
I use chi blast and if it's not up pebbles.
I don't mind particularly pulling because I know unless something pops behind me...I'm not gonna pull a link.

Christ, you'd be surprised even at 45 how many fool RNG, DRK, WAR, SAM pull links because "They didn't see the other one"

And here I am off a 5 hour pt stint....no pulled links. (In the nest)

But yea, try and have a DRK poison pull or some WAR/SAM/RNG/THF use their Ranged Attack.

[Brocino]

now, im not sure if it has changed since the last time i've used it, but chi blast had a 1minute 30 second recast time i think. I might be mistaken (and probably am since noone else has said anything, lol).

[Dano]

i donno, i'm a really bad puller, especially around undead areas

monk has hella hp but tissue defence, they have limited range wif chi blast (almost same as provoke) and when you are going on long pulls you are almost garuntee to get hit on the way running back (unless you have thf sub for flee) anywayz, what comes in mind if you have high hp and low def ? YELLOW HP !!! i can drop to yellow hp wif bout 1-2 hits, BAM ! blood aggro, i pull back 3 skeletons instead.. woo hoo!

it's a good thing i'm in a static party, the pld is always the puller since he can heal undeads and has long range.

[DJplaeskool]

Confucious say:
"Always carry 3 stacks of pebbles"