>From: Kirk Baptista <dopey@...>
>Reply-To: eqbards@onelist.com
>To: "''eqbards@onelist.com' '" <eqbards@onelist.com>
>Subject: RE: [eqbards] Great post on item balancing (Long)
>Date: Mon, 29 Nov 1999 12:27:34 -0000
>
>I will have to agree on items available for bards at 20th level or so. I
>would love to get rid of my Barbed Leather Whip, but to replace it with
>what? If I could dual wield PGTs, that would be good, but they are still
>relatively slow, heavy, and only do 6 damage. The only viable replacements
>that I know of are way too expensive/hard to get. (Kilij, Crystalline
>Blade,
>Runed Falchion, etc.
>
Well like Harmonic posted already you have the benefit of being on a mature
servers. At 20th level on a non-mature server I had a combine rapier and a
combine dagger as my main weapons. Barbed Whips were around, but were trade
only and very rare. FYI at 39th I just got a Runed Falchion this weekend :)
>The same goes for armor. I have been wearing bronze for quite awhile, and
>it
>is a strain for this little wood elf, but to upgrade to steel is cost
>prohibitive, and lambent is way too hard for me, yet.
>
>So, I have had basically the same equipment for months, and with nothing to
>look forward to for another few months. *sigh*
>
Again on armor at 20th I was wearing a mix of Banded, Bronze, and a few
magic pieces (spiked leather colar, etc). And I was well equiped (due to
being a merchant bard). I was able to get full steel by 29th. Again on a
mature server it is not uncommon to see bronze sold for as little as 1 plat
per AC.
>If I am overlooking something, I would love to hear about it. I would
>dearly
>love a quest that was long and arduous but possible for me to accomplish,
>that would result in a nice weapon or magic instrument.
>
>And speaking of instruments, if there were some better instruments around,
>maybe I wouldn't have to rely on my poor melee skills so much. I would love
>to sit back and play songs during melee, as I don't have the HPs to really
>mix it up anymore anyway, but it's just not quite enough for me as I don't
>seem to be able to weave 4 songs at once.
>
>And all these balance issues, while significant, don't take into account
>twinking, which is the biggest unbalancing factor, I think. Of course, with
>the scarcity of attainable items and the game bias against those of us who
>prefer to solo, I can see why eBay sales are so brisk.
>
>Aranlas Starchaser
>Master Bard
At the risk of sounding like an old coot, you youngins today do not know how
easy you have it :) In my day..... hah
And the game is always changing, hopefully more mid level items will by
added. I still crinch when I remember that the day AFTER I spent 220 plat
on a Well balanced Rapier, the Ornate Dagger was changed into the Dragoon
Dirk. Then I found that the WB Rapier would only sell back for 45 plat,
aarrrrgggghhhhh. I did manage to trade it for a runed bone fork though :)
Rokenn Swiftsong - Karana server
EQ Bard Song Analysis
http://rgonzalez.net/EQSongs/