I did it again a second time when I heard about the phantom mana bug and got
the same results after having her cast a spell afterwards and it dropped the
same amount that is takes.
Taerian Valmont

----- Original Message -----
From: <kim@...>
To: <eqbards@onelist.com>
Sent: Sunday, November 21, 1999 9:54 AM
Subject: Re: [eqbards] Re: songs question

> From: <kim@...>
>
> On Sun, 21 Nov 1999, chris wrote:
> >
> > I know what everyone has said on this subject of the Jig not helping
mana
> > and I have done my own tests. My exgirlfriend has a highelf enchanter
and we
> > tested that rumor out. I had her meditate for 15 mins to make sure she
had a
> > total bar of mana. had her cast chaotic feedback a major DD spell on her
> > self till she was out of mana. then i we timed how long it took her to
> > meditate. it took about 5 mins for her to get a full mana bar back at
lvl 18
> > with her wearing 0 int and mana giving items. we did it again and this
time
> > i sang the Jig and timed it once again this time it took about 4 mins
> > 13seconds to get the mana bar back up. so it does help slightly. My
theory
>
> Did you have her cast a spell afterwards to see if that mana
> was real? There's a phantom mana bug with Clarity, where
> sometimes the mana bar will appear to fill faster than your
> real mana. But when you cast a spell, the server sends the
> client the correct amount, and that first spell seems to use a
> lot more mana than it should. This is a client/server synch
> problem of undetermined origin, so I wouldn't be surprised if
> our other songs could cause it.
>
> --
> John H. Kim
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