>-----Original Message-----
>From: "Paul D Richardson" [mailto:Richardson.Paul@...]
>Sent: Monday, January 10, 2000 9:33 AM

>Problem 1: Overlapping duties. Many Bard tasks can be done better by
>Enchanters. Crowd control, buffs, and mana regen are the big three.

Once the enchanters get the spells. As a low level bard, I have grouped with
near-level enchanters with no problems whatsoever. Consider using the bard
songs for the buffs (quickness, etc) and saving the enchanter's mana for
crowd control -- their specialty.

However, to some extent, this is the same problem that enchanters get when
you have two in the same group -- and bards when you have two.

>Problem 2: Enchanters make Bard AoE songs more or less useless.
>Since so many
>of our songs are AoE, our playlist is more limited than a Los
>Angeles Top 40
>FM station when grouping with an enchanter. I've just learned on this list
>that Largo does NOT wake up mezzed mobs, so I'm adding that back into my
>"Enchanter Hotkey" bank. That's good news.

I'm not high enough level to have lots of problem with this. Do the Rhythms
songs mess up enchanters? How about heal (though I know you probably don't
want to play that in combat) According to the list at caster's realm thoug,
only 7 of our songs are AoE in the fist place. And the last is a 48th level
song.

I do not know how many of the buffs overwrite higher level enchanter buffs
as my enchanter is still lower level.

>charm classes too. However, there is a unique problem with
>Enchanters. The other night I got into a group in Unrest by the fountains.

One of

>the group members was a casting Troll. "Shaman," I thought to myself.

Suddenly, a

>typical Unrest train comes roaring by bearing half the house. I
>kick in the invis song to protect the group when the message "Gebaner

slashes

>itself for 32000 points of damage" pops up, followed by a severe reaming

from the

>Enchanter who was in troll form.

I make it a point, when joining groups, to find out what classes are.
Of course, one of my main characters is an enchanter and that may make me
more sensitive
to this :)

>Problem 4: For some reason, most Enchanters I've grouped with are total
>jackasses. They are constantly barking orders (usually in all caps) and

I think this is a problem of who you have grouped with. I have met rude
people
in every class, and enchanters are NOT at the top of the classes rude people
tend
to be in.

Sarah Heacock sarah@...
Meara, level 13 Enchanter, Master Jeweler, owner Meara's Boutique of
Mystiques, Phoenix, Solusek Ro /
Faerain, level 18 Soldier of Tunare, Phoenix, Solusek Ro /
Faesong, level 15 Songweaver of Solusek Ro, Mythical Alliance,Test
Feyre, level 8 Dark Elf Wizard of Solusek Ro, Mythical Alliance, Test