Sorry for the caps, here is an email I recieved from GZ at Verant:
>From: "Geoffrey Z." <gzatkin@...>
>To: "Rokenn Swiftsong" <rokenn@...>
>Subject: Re: Jaxan's Jig o' Vigor
>Date: Thu, 18 Nov 1999 18:37:37 -0800
>
>
>
> > Greetings Arch Mage,
> > I have a question regarding the Bard song Jaxan's Jig o' Vigor.
> > I now many Bards and non-Bards the say this song increases mana
> > regeneration. I now just as many Bards that say it does not. A while
>back
> > a poster named J.M. Capozzi posted to the EQBards OneList mailing list
>that
> > he had spoken to someone at Verant that told him it did not increase
>mana
> > regeneration. If you could lay this Urban Myth to rest one way or
>another
> > the Bard community would be very grateful.
> >
>
> Urban Myth - Jig only gives fatigue back.
>
>
> Geoffrey C. Zatkin
> Arch-Mage of Norrath
>________________________________________________________________
> Game Designer: Verant
>Interactive
>
Rokenn
>From: "chris" <cjeffrey@...>
>Reply-To: eqbards@onelist.com
>To: <eqbards@onelist.com>
>Subject: Re: [eqbards] Re: songs question
>Date: Sun, 21 Nov 1999 08:17:04 -0500
>
>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
>is the reason why it helps slightly is because when you are sing the Jig
>you
>dont consume food or drink. so perhaps the programming has taken the time
>it
>would take for it to do checks on wheather you ear and drink or not and
>applied that to the meditating process. Frankly whether it helps or not. I
>sing it anyways during spell caster down times. It is the song i use with
>most of my Bad Poems has almost become a tradition in my guild that when i
>am singing that song i am telling a bad joke or poem.
>
>Taerian Valmont of Povar
>Jester to Erollis Marr
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Chris <cjeffrey@...>
>To: <chrisj@...>
>Sent: Sunday, November 21, 1999 7:06 AM
>Subject: Fw: [eqbards] Re: songs question
>
>
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Daniel P. Sniderman <fuzzbone@...>
> > To: <eqbards@onelist.com>
> > Sent: Sunday, November 21, 1999 2:37 AM
> > Subject: Re: [eqbards] Re: songs question
> >
> >
> > > From: "Daniel P. Sniderman" <fuzzbone@...>
> > >
> > > I had the exact same experience a couple of weeks ago - also in
>Highkeep!
> > > (You play on Xegony server?) had two other bards in the group.
>Neither
> > > "twisted" at all - they just each kept one song going the whole time.
>One
> > > doing Hymn the other doing Jig. I don't think they even bellowed.
> > >
> > > I got into a major argument with one of the bards about the Jig thing.
>It
> > > was funny that laughed off "the old rumor that Jig DOESN'T increase
>mana
> > > recovery"
> > >
> > > The interesting thing about it - one of my best bud's and guildmates -
>a
> > > cleric - felt that it WAS helping him. This is a VERY knowledgeable
> > player.
> > > I explained to him the "apparent speed" issue - and he still felt it
> > > increased mana recovery.
> > >
> > > The thing to keep in mind about my bud - he lives in a remote part of
> > > Wisconsin - has TERRIBLE connectivity - goes linkdead constantly. He
> > ALWAYS
> > > has bad PL/ping. So I suspect that in the case of these people bad
> > > connectivity - the jig song actually may help. Jig may essentially
>force
> > > more frequent server updates. For those of us lucky enough to have
> > > broadband access - or clean dialups - more frequent server updates
>makes
> > no
> > > difference - so we KNOW jig doesn't help. But perhaps for the others
>-
> > > perhaps it negates the lag caused by the bad connectivity?
> > >
> > > Just one bard's theory here..
> > >
> > > Slyde
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: Jason Rochelle <Jasroc@...>
> > > To: <eqbards@onelist.com>; <Brett@...>
> > > Sent: Saturday, November 20, 1999 9:47 PM
> > > Subject: [eqbards] Re: songs question
> > >
> > >
> > > > From: Jason Rochelle <Jasroc@...>
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On a different topic, I grouped in HHK last week and there was
>already
>a
> > > > bard in the party, using weapons. I had to ask her 3 times what she
>was
> > > > singing (so I could sing other songs so as to not conflict) and she
> > > > finally said "well, mostly bellow, and chains if they run". Then
>after
> > > > each combat, while the party members were injured, she would sing
> > > > "Jaxan's Jig o' Vigor" so that the cleric could get mana back faster
>to
> > > > heal. I sent her a private tell explaining jig doesn't aid mana
> > > > recovery, and she informed me that she KNEW it did, because a level
>32
> > > > wiz told her it did. I suggested she try to test it sometime, she
>said
> > > > the wiz's word was good enough for her. How frustrating! I refuse to
> > > > play Jig for anyone, no matter how many people tell me it helps. I
>ran
>a
> > > > test myself, and came up with ZERO increase in recovery, so I feel
> > > > confident when I say to the casters "Jig does not aid mana recovery"
>(I
> > > > should make a hotkey for that :). Can't Verant just put a note in
>the
> > > > news confirming and denying some basic rumors like this and the 6
>person
> > > > XP bonus? Would make our lives easier :)
> > > >
> > >
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> > >
> >
> >
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