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From: Gregory Callahan <tendril@...>
To: <EQ-Rangers@onelist.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 1999 12:00 PM
Subject: [EQ-Rangers] Dueling a Bard

> From: "Gregory Callahan" <tendril@...>
>
>
> Last night I dueled a 22nd level bard friend in the Arena at Lake
Rathe,
> I was hoping I could really plink her with arrows and try to snare her
wich
> did work. BUT she soon found my range of my weapons and my minimum range
for
> the bow (meaning she was too close for me to fire). and she was always out
> of range or too close for me to fire the bow. Now that said She on the
other
> hand could run me down even snared if she was singing the celos
> acceleration. HOW is it even possible for a melee type to beat a Bard they
> don't have to face you to hit you,cus they have an AOE with a huge range
on
> it, they can hit you with a DD well out of the range of the bow you can't
> root them cus the sow song breaks it. if they stand toe to toe with you
they
> ghet stomped pretty bad but all they have to do is back off a bit and run
> from you for a sec or two to regen. In my opinion the bards are the most
> unbalanced class in the game. I can easily take down a wizzy or necro
with
> out much problem if I can ever get a root off on em a warror is a joke
once
> you hit em with snare and have plenty of arrows, I have not tried to
fight
> a druid or shamen yet but, at least I feel it is possible for me to beat
em.
> I am not so sure about a bard. anyone got any advise.
>
> Kaymen Darkwater
> 20th Wood Elf Ranger
> Tribunal
>
> >