On Mon, 20 Dec 1999, Ryan Honeyman wrote:

>
> We need an analysis of Heal/Mana mix versus straight Mana with
> healers doing the Healing. At higher levels it's not efficient
> enough to play Hymm on tanks who have up to 2000 hp. With the
> pack regen spells, and word of health spells, it's definitely
> more efficient to go straight mana. I'm not sure about L35
> or less though. I am the master of low downtime, but I'm curious
> if around L35 it's better to twist both or play one. I guess
> the all encompassing 'it depends' rule applies here. =)

Clarity's effectiveness seems to max out at 1 pulse ever 6 sec
(if you stop/start to get the messages more frequently, you
only get mana at the equivalent rate of just leaving the song
playing - 1 pulse every 6 sec). So if you have a decent
connection, you can keep Hymn and Clarity going without
affecting Clarity at all. Since you don't need to keep Hymn
refreshed as often as Clarity, what I usually do is let
Clarity tick twice (9 sec), give a shot of Hymn (3 sec) and go
back to Clarity. That's enough to keep the Hymn effect and
icon on, while minimizing the chance of disrupting Clarity
(due to missed notes).

Besides, my druid friend is a manastone junkie. She keeps
regeneration on herself, and wants me to play both Clarity and
Hymn on top of that.

--
John H. Kim
kim@...