Many users who have recently come to the world of multiplayer games are faced with an abundance of jargon inherent in both the genre as a whole and individual games in particular. The term "kite" is quite common and is found in a large number of games, as a rule, in MMORPGs - massively multiplayer online role-playing games.
Where did the term come from and what does it mean
Like the vast majority of other terms in games, the words "kite", "kiting" and "kite" came from the English language. Kite is a kite; kiting is the process of controlling a kite using slings. Kite in games - to keep someone or something at a distance from yourself, not letting you get closer, because the main goal of controlling a kite is to prevent it from falling.
Kiting techniques differ depending on the game in which they are used. But their essence boils down to one and the same thing: constantly keep your distance with the enemy, not letting him close to you, so that he does as little damage to you as possible.
The use of kite in MMORPG
Originally kiting, both as a phenomenon and as a term arose precisely in MMORPGs. The most famous representative of MMORPGs in our time is World of Warcraft. Using his example, we will consider kiting chips.
What does it look like in the view of an ordinary player? The character escapes from a big monster, but not too fast or far. Periodically stops, makes a couple of strokes and runs away again. And so, until the desired result is achieved.
Kite Views
In general, kiting in role-playing games is used in two situations. They are similar to each other, but have a number of differences. What does kite in MMORPG mean:
Make the mob pay all the attention to your character, distracting him from his raid or group mates. Example: a group tank beats the boss, uses several special abilities to keep aggro on itself (when the mob only beats you, and not someone else) and starts to run away from it, periodically striking again or using abilities to prevent the aggro from sleeping and not being dragged by another character. At this time, the remaining members of the group beat the boss and treat the tank.
Beat the enemy from afar, preventing yourself from doing damage. A kind of hit-and-run ("hit and run"). This tactic is used by characters with the ability to conduct long-range combat (archers, magicians, etc.). As a rule, these characters cause great damage and move quickly, but have flimsy health, so they should not be allowed to move the collision into close combat. Example: a ranger shoots a swordsman with a bow, runs away, shoots again, runs back, shoots, etc. As a rule, such arrows have abilities that increase their speed or slow down the enemy, which allows them to always move faster than fighters battlefield.
You can kite both mobs (computer-controlled game monsters) and real players. The first ones are much simpler, because this is done according to a certain algorithm. It’s quite simple to make a computer character beat you. What does kite mean in this case:
- inflict damage on him sometimes, more powerful than others;
- stay in the aggro action area - many monsters stop beating you if you run far from them;
- to keep the mob within a certain radius from the point of its revival - some mobs run back to this point, throwing their target if they are taken far away.
Some characters have abilities that increase the level of aggro monster. With live players, all this does not work. If he has several opponents, then he will not beat the one they want to force him to beat, but the one who carries the greatest threat. Here you have to kite the player using various tricks.
In other games
What does it mean to kite in "DotA 2" and other games other than the classic MMORPGs? As a rule, this is a combination of the first and second kind of kites described above. The main goal is the same - to inflict maximum damage to the enemy, avoiding his damage and making you run helplessly after you.
Example: several weaker ranged players beat one strong player who fights only in hand-to-hand combat. When he runs close to one of the opponents, he starts to run away or uses special opportunities to increase the distance between them. In the same "DotA" it can be the use of force-staff, blink, dragon knight.
So, we found out what it means to kite in games.