Or, on the same subject you raise, if I really wanted all the classes to be
composites of one another I could play UO or AC - skill based characters
rather than class based.
I agree with you, I think a game like this will always be a work in progress
but I love it too despite the idiosyncrasies.
-Faras
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cranfill, Wendy [mailto:Wendy_Cranfill@...]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2000 9:50 AM
> To: 'eqbards@onelist.com'
> Subject: RE: [eqbards] Binding grrrr
>
>
> From: "Cranfill, Wendy" <Wendy_Cranfill@...>
>
> Ok, I just don't understand what all the
> argument is about
> on this issue. I think bards are smack dab in the middle of the class
> spectrum. Whether that makes them "hybrid" or not I'm not
> going to argue.
> Fact is, bards don't get bind. Whether they "should" or not
> is irrelevant
> in my opinion. We get selo's, we get locate corpse and
> invis. All three
> things make any corpse retrieval easier than any other class
> that doesn't
> get bind. Today I died in Oasis, and ran from the Arena
> (ack! Forgot to
> bind in Freeport), through the feeerrrroooottttt (spectre was
> in residence).
> This is a trip I have seen many a higher level than me (17)
> warrior die on.
> So I'm not complaining.
>
> I really like this game and despite the amount
> of grumbling
> I hear about class balance, I think Verant has done a pretty
> damn good job.
> Sure there is room for improvement, there always is. But
> frankly, if you
> want bind and gate, play a class that GETS bind and gate :-).
> It's like a
> Shaman complaining we "only" get Alacrity, not the high end
> Enchanter swift
> like the wind. I personally like the fact that NO class (no, not even
> necros) are a master of everything. Makes interaction more
> necessary and
> more fun.
>
> I love this game :-)
> And I love you all...
>
> Halana 45th Shaman
> Tani 17th Bard
> Solusek Ro
>
>
>
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