>
> 1) Lag. You will be lucky to even get twisting in.
> With my P3-450, 128MB, TNT2 Ultra machine with all options
> off... detail, pc names, effects, my misses, your misses,
> your hits, all spell, all song, I still got lagged something
> horrible. It's the location server trying to update 30 people
> in a very tight area, nothing you can do about it.
Lag can make twisting the stongs very difficult, but i just count 3 seconds
then twist them.
>
> 2) You will get more attention than you wanted, starting and stopping
> a song draws attention, an adhorrent thought so as it tripled me
> for 135. Cazic Thule thought so when I twisted and he clobbered
> me in the 170s. That said, oh well, you gotta twist, so twist
> the right stuff ;)
>
I would not worry about twisting at all while fighting nagafen. If he hits
you more than once, then something is seriously, seriously wrong.
> 3) Ok, so you are gonna lag and get beat up a little. You still
> need to twist. Here's the kicker. Your COLD/HEAT bonus from
> those songs doesn't do much. AE Breath will hit for normal if
> your resistance is 25 or 125. Take it for what it's worth,
> and you may not believe it, but it's confirmed. Now, you may partial
> resist the dmg, but it's barely accountable to the resist level.
> The biggest single problem is the AE fear when doing dragons.
> The best save vs. that fear is being L50... a fear on you even
> with MR over 200 at L40 will stick.
This goes against everything we have learned. The cold/heat resistances
matter greatly. The funny thing is, i didnt think they did either till i
was showed time and time again. We now have the people who have dragon gear
(cold/heat jewelry) and those that dont. Those that do live through, those
that dont, usually do not (unless they are with a bard naturally :). Our
health bars creep down so slowly with me twisting the two songs vs gettting
ripped apart if i do not. But i do agree with the level 50 vs lvl 40. Level
is of utmost importance in this game. I swear almost every calculation in
the game involves level.
>
> 4) Your damage counts. I've seen so many people say, Argh! He
> only had a sliver left. Think if you added your 400 - 500 dmg
> into the attack? You've got weapons, use em!
My damage does not count imo, at the point where it could be signifigant,
nagafen better be dead. I would much rather keep our fatass tanks alive for
a longer period of time. Course when we fight a dragon we have 2 groups of
2 clerics, 1 bard, 3 tanks that act as the shield wall for the groups of
casters behind us. Using this technique, nagafen dies everytime. Or vox. Or
Inno. Or Cazic. Or Phinny. We as of yet have to find a god/dragon that we
cant kill with these groups.
There are many, many different ways to take a dragon down, but this works
best for us. Heat and cold do matter imo, you dont NEED it to beat a
dragon, it just helps cut down the amount of people you need to kill him.
Gendal Concorden, lvl 50 Bard
Enoch Lyciferous, lvl 50 Necro
Colet Khrusallis, lvl 27 Cleric
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