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Message ID: 11896
Date: Wed Dec 15 22:57:24 GMT 1999
Author: Garramone, Michael (CCI-Las Vegas)
Subject: RE: PoF pulling


what is a DT? remember, no such thing as a stupid question =)

i actually only fought Cazic once, right after they buffed him up and we got
our asses kicked. and i've never done innoruuk. just dragons and draco.

Shada


> From: Ryan Honeyman <honeyman@...>
>
> > I've heard (and don't know if its true) that some servers
> use bards in the
> > plane of fear to do the pulling.
> > Any truth to this? If so, what is done?
>
> Most suggestions I have ever given in Plane raids were dismissed
> as 'nah, that wont work' or 'people are gonna die, just face it'
> I don't buy that at all.
>
> On Innoruuk, they force the bards to stop playing any songs unless
> necessary during pulls. They also do not let bards in the melee,
> rather they hang back with the casters. Could be that it's over-
> protecting an asset, or could be that they don't realize a bard's
> full potential. If you don't listen or think you have a better
> idea, you are blacklisted. EQ Politics, yuk!
>
> My first idea for PoF was... send me in full buffs, full everything.
> Reso, Rune IV, Camo, Invis Animals, Invis Undead, Invis, +AGI, +DEX
> +STR, +STA, Talisman, Guard, buffs buffs buffs buffs..... Nekkid
> me, with a normal drum, and selo's memmed, and I haul ass. Hit the
> ground running, and collect all the mobs and train them away from
> the portal, away from the SE corner, into the middle of nowhere then
> curl up and die. Immediately following that let everyone zone in
> however they wanted to. (I'll leave breaking the plane discussion
> out) Since I wasn't L50, that idea was dismissed as bullshit. To
> this day, I think that sacrifice would still work. The main problem
> you have upon zoning is a shiverback or scarling sitting there
> pounding the crap out of you, and then your client gives
> you control.
> By that time you are dead. Loading, please wait... to
> another Loading,
> please wait. If a bard could clear that garbage, and avoid a DT
> from Cazic, I think the portal trash would stay clear long enough
> for players to zone in. This is purely hypothetical as no one
> wanted to listen to little me. 8) As for pulling, I wish. hehe.
>
> Harmonic.
>
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