>From: Ryan Honeyman <honeyman@...>
>Reply-To: eqbards@onelist.com
>To: eqbards@onelist.com
>Subject: RE: [eqbards] Great post on item balancing (Long)
>Date: Mon, 29 Nov 1999 16:51:24 -0500 (EST)
> Too many resists cause problems when fighting monster L40+, that is what
> I was referring to. I'd rather chain something, or try to chain
> something, then call for a snare before the monster runs. Either
> way, chains are not as useful as they once were. Chains interferes
> with shaman drowsy and enchanter slowdowns, for sure. I let the
> casters slow and the ranger snare, since I have much more important
> things to twist. (If someone does go on the run, yes running and
> casting is an awesome thing that people overlook frequently)
I was not referring to weaving it in combat but as an emergency, 'hey that
frog is running' type of thing :)
>
> > Still using charm at 39th, great for saving that party member that is at
> > half a bubble, or pulling the Dar off the cleric.
>
> Again, Lguk / SolB - that all ends. Not much to charm anymore.
heh, been in Lguk/SolB for the last couple of months, still is useful, I
saved 3 party members from certain death over the weekend doing this :)
>
> > who cares about holding them? When I can interrupt the casting of
>froglok
> > wizard 90% of the time with a well placed pixie strike I am a happy
>camper.
>
> Your 3 sec cast + 1 sec to even hit the button once you see the caster
> visual, is typically not enough time to sink an interrupt unless you
> devote yourself to pixie'ing the mob forever, I'd rather twist magic
> and something else.
That is normally what I do with casters, as they keep trying to cast and
never fight back :) Makes those undead wizards a cake walk.
>
> > Heh I never play mana song alone unless I am being lazy, you can weave
>it
> > with on other song without losing effect. You can even do it with 2
>songs +
> > mana and still get 80% of the effect of playing mana song alone. Do not
> > listen to greedy casters that say play mana only unless you want to 8)
>
> Since mana song is instant effect, and not pulse based, twisting
> it just hurts the effectiveness. That said, I still do twist it
> in, but only after berserk and psalm are up. Unless I have like
> a party of five wizards, hehehe.
>
> Harmonic.
Yes it is an instant effect, but... The 'pulse' time on clarity sung
straight is 6 seconds, our songs have a 3 second casting time. A one song
weave will pulse clarity every 7 secs or so (depending on how tight you
weave). To weave 2 songs plus clarity I do this: Song1 - Clarity - Song2 -
Clarity - Song1 - Clarity, etc... Clarity gets pulsed about every 7
seconds, the other songs stay up (unless lag is bad). Now if the situation
is tight (big battle cleric is medding for heals), I will play clarity
straight, as missed notes can really hurt in that kind of situation.
Rokenn Swiftsong - Karana server
EQ Bard Song Analysis
http://rgonzalez.net/EQSongs/