I can say from personal experience that it is annoying when other people are
telling me what songs to play, especially since I still hear "play the jig"
for mana. (I'm level 24).
But this works both ways, I try not to tell strangers directly how to play
their characters. I bug my friends all the time and give them
pointers/advice, but it would be touchier with strangers.
At your level, it sounds like any mistake could be quite fatal. At any
level, we all know how hard it can be to get together a real good group that
works like a well oiled machine.
But heck, this is all just a game. Isn't it?
Lol, nevermind, we're all reading these posts, so we know how serious we
take it. :-P
I usually like to "kid" someone when I see someone doing things I don't
think they should do. It's different if it's something that will get the
group killed, I will tell them directly, and if they don't listen, give them
the heave ho to a jig. :-D
But it's good to take into consideration other people's playing styles. I
know I can be very manipulative and kind of uptight about having everything
"just right". My wife tells me so. :-P So I try to be considerate and relax
and play my little tunes and have some fun.
BTW, I really do enjoy reading all of these posts. Gives me something else
to do during work.
Windleaf Mistsong, 24th song Mandolinier, Bertox
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ryan Honeyman [mailto:honeyman@...]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 1999 9:26 AM
> To: eqbards@onelist.com
> Subject: [eqbards] Song Taunting.
>
>
> From: Ryan Honeyman <honeyman@...>
>
>
> So, the other day in SolB - the usual bat/bug group formed.
>
> Made 48th as I predicted, but I found that I was controlling
> the group more so than I have ever before. And well, some
> L50 people decided to be 'back seat bards' - which I promptly
> disbanded them. Had to tell the shamans to stop piercing the
> bats for 5 and 6 dmg, and sit their pretty arses on the floor
> to med. Had to get the cleric on the floor a few times too.
> Had to plan spell attacks, since the shaman was trying to
> malaise the bat and poison it, before drowsying it. Just
> little things like that tend to make me wonder how these
> people made L45+. I mean if you wanted to swing a sword
> or pierce with a spear, you shoulda decided that 40+ levels
> ago. If medding is boring, or you wanna raise your X skill
> then I politely ask that those people either cease or leave.
> Sounds strict, but when you have people's lives in danger,
> and monsters that can hit in the 100s, I'd like the cleric
> to be medding for heals rather than bashing something with
> a hammer and doing < 10 dmg, mostly wiffing. Then you've
> got these clerics that must nuke no matter what, <rolls eyes>.
> Wasn't a good night, like the one before, to say the least.
>
> Some idiot wanted me to twist manasong in battle, when we only
> had one caster and no snarer. heh. Chains alone basically is
> a job in itself on these LDCs and lava beetles. The same idiot
> got fussy cause I wasn't playing the 'healsong' for him during
> multiple mob pulls. (Without an enchanter, I become a shotgun
> pixie striker - and that is in fact a full time job) Making
> two lava beetles disappear from battle with pixie strike is
> a huge challenge. But this dude kept ranting about how I should
> be healing him at 6 or 7 hp per tick, heh. So he takes a hit
> for 102 and I heal back 7 of that - whooptiedoo! <g>
>
> The next pull, I agree to show him what happens when I just
> 'speed him up and heal him' as he put it. 2 sonic bats, and
> 1 lava beetle show up. I start berserk, no problems. They
> stick on the tanks. I twist healsong, and instantly I am
> swarmed... down two bubbles in less than 3 seconds. Already
> proven my point, then begin to attempt to recover this f'up
> with pixie, the guy is asking where the speed and heal are.
> After all the things were killed, I located the hotkey bank
> with my Disband button and clicked it for him.
>
> o Manasong seems to have very low taunt if any at all.
> o Berserk may or may not get the attention of creatures,
> it seems to depend on how close I am to the unconfronted
> mobs.
> o Hymm is absolute instant aggression.
> o I would imagine Binding, and other AE songs like Lullaby
> would create a fair amount of aggression too.
>
> Harmonic.
>
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