Amen brother (on the Sol B part at least... I don't have tracking yet)
Taneran Dreamweaver
<Clan Jax>
Bard of the 33rd song
Prexus
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ryan Honeyman [mailto:honeyman@...]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 1999 9:10 AM
> To: eqbards@onelist.com
> Subject: Re: [eqbards] Re: Re: Grrrrrrrr!
>
>
> From: Ryan Honeyman <honeyman@...>
>
> > Everyone, please make an attempt to make things simple for
> people like Uldar
> > and myself who don't go on suicide missions in SolB at level 20 or 35,
> > therefore having no idea what RL (real life) basis you're using.
>
> First of all,
>
> I will address the "I'm not level 35 yet, I'm only level foo
> and I have no idea what you are talking about."
>
> Here it is:
>
> You don't have tracking until L35, so don't sweat me ;)
> Go complain to your significant other because they don't let you
> play the long hours it takes to make that level.
>
> Secondly,
>
> If you haven't been to SolB and you are L35, where have you been?
> I was in SolB at L32, and the experience is incredible at that
> level. It beats anything else out there hands down, including
> giant charming.
>
> Third,
>
> I and others have made posts about Djarn (Efreeti Lord Djarn)
> on this list about 2 or 3 weeks ago I'd say. And I made the
> very specific comment that he is deep, deep, deep inside SolB.
> Deep enough and well guarded enough that it takes a minimum of
> two high level groups to reach him. This should at least clue
> those few people who actually read these emails >8)
>
> As far as measuring distance in terms a L1 bard can understand
> I'm not sure it's that important to do, however I don't use
> tracking in outdoor zones unless I'm after a random, roaming,
> or rare spawn. Even if I could try to explain how close I
> need to be to track Krak Windchaser (now I'll have L10 bards
> hollering at me, because they don't know that NPC - gimme
> a break heh) it would be in terms of hills and trees and
> topography.
>
> So how far is bard tracking in simple terms?
>
> I can find any named mob in most dungeons (SolA, Perma,
> Crushbone, etc). This is sufficient enough to make tracking
> useful, although druids at 20 skill can see very similar things
> that I can see. They just dont get a wee bit of extra range.
> Where the ranger gets a wee bit longer range than us.
>
> Verant didn't really think through the tracking and how the
> skill affects radius. Because I've looked at my tracking and
> a druid's tracking at the same time (2 computers, 2 accounts)
> and they look the same.
>
> I guess my point is not how Tracking works, which is what you
> lower level people want to know... it's how far in comparison
> it is working. And the answer is there isn't a big difference.
>
> Plus........... it's my birthday in 2 days, so I get to be right
> for once here, and you all can be the ignorant ones =)
>
> Harmonic.
>
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