Ok, so now I am officially spamming this board today...
How about the level 35 song? It's supposed to drain mana right? I haven't
been able to figure out how/when/where and what to do with this thing. I
dueled my brother's druid to see how significant the mana drain was and we
really didn't see its effect...
Taneran Dreamweaver
<Clan Jax>
Bard of the 35th song
Prexus
----- Original Message -----
From: <kim@...>
To: <eqbards@onelist.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2000 11:07 AM
Subject: RE: [eqbards] Question about 30th level song
> From: <kim@...>
>
> On Tue, 4 Jan 2000, James Schuldes wrote:
> >
> > I thot of using this song to lower mob's MR and tried to clue my casters
and
> > see if it helped.
> >
> > In testing the song (on yourself) you can see that it drop MR for 2
pulses.
> > So, unless you play it more or less constantly, and make it stick (ie
mobs
> > do not resist), I'd say you are not gonna be successful. I'd think that
>
> Well, considering it also has a DoT effect that's about twice
> as good as singing Bellow once every three songs, if you're
> going to be using it I'd think the extra damage would be an
> important, if not the primary, factor.
>
> > trying to get a caster to time his cast off your screen message is not
the
> > way to go. They would be able to synch to a single pulse. If they see
your
> > message, it can bolster their confidence - knowing you are helping them
get
> > better results. But you gotta keep that song going for several pulses.
> > Casters' spells take 3 to 5 seconds to cast and with lag and what have
you -
> > you need to keep pulsing your song.
>
> If you keep reapplying it, there's no need for casters to time
> their casts to your song. Besides, I get a kick out of the
> message. "Why is [monster]'s hair standing on end?"
>
> --
> John H. Kim
> kim@...
>
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