Fact of the matter is you should of picked a solo class then. It is a group
orientated game and for the most part most classes can't get around that
whenever they want. Hell most items I want at this level I still need groups
to do. Simply put the game is balanced for the way it was designed.
Naeeldar
-----Original Message-----
From: Kimes, Dean W. <
Dean_Kimes@...>
To: '
eqbards@onelist.com' <
eqbards@onelist.com>
Date: Thursday, January 27, 2000 4:27 PM
Subject: RE: [eqbards] PoA bard quests plus a rant
>From: "Kimes, Dean W." <Dean_Kimes@...>
>
>Except that most of us have to have groups to survive. That means we have
>to depend on others to be available, competent, and agreeable. This isn't
>always feasible. Any class which can avoid this requirement has an
enormous
>advantage in that they can always fight on their terms. They are not
>subject to the vagaries and whims of the other players out there. Believe
>me all it takes is one stupid group member and the bard in the group is
>likely toast. This may not be true from 25-35 or so from what John has
>said, but it certainly has been my experience up to 22, and even John
admits
>he's starting to see the bard taunt factor again after 40 as being way out
>of line. Of course probably when you're 40+ you don't have many pickup
>groups. Playing 2-4 days a week and 2-4 hours each time, pickup groups are
>the mainstay of life. Or death as the case may be.
>
> Kit
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Naeeldar [mailto:jackal@...]
>Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2000 2:20 PM
>To: eqbards@onelist.com
>Subject: Re: [eqbards] PoA bard quests plus a rant
>
>
>From: "Naeeldar" <jackal@...>
>
>I guess that all depends what you considered balance. As it is most of you
>powergamers avoided necros in groups until very high levels why because we
>just don't have any good group spells until later on. Even the pets suck
>during our mid level life. A melee class does it's job they are there to
>keep mobs off the wizards and enchanters so they can cast there all
powerful
>spells. A cleric is there to keep eveyrbody healed and buff and so and so
>on. This is a group oerientated game for the most part except for maybe
>necros who are pretty bad in groups until late levels ( ie 44+ ). So in a
>group oerientated game yes the game is pretty well balanced.
>
>Naeeldar
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Kimes, Dean W. <Dean_Kimes@...>
>To: 'eqbards@onelist.com' <eqbards@onelist.com>
>Date: Thursday, January 27, 2000 4:16 PM
>Subject: RE: [eqbards] PoA bard quests plus a rant
>
>
>>From: "Kimes, Dean W." <Dean_Kimes@...>
>>
>>Anyone else notice no one is mentioning anyone even remotely melee
oriented
>>in this? And they think the classes are balanced?
>>
>> Kit
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Naeeldar [mailto:jackal@...]
>>Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2000 2:12 PM
>>To: eqbards@onelist.com
>>Subject: Re: [eqbards] PoA bard quests plus a rant
>>
>>
>>From: "Naeeldar" <jackal@...>
>>
>>Necros are supposed to be overpowered :). Verant stated this before that
>>necros would be a extremly powerful class in the end. BTW shamans can do
>the
>>same thing and they don't even have faction cuts or horribley hard to find
>>research spells. Even a enchanter who is smart can have little to no down
>>time.
>>
>>Naeeldar
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Ken Bachman <kbachman@...>
>>To: eqbards@onelist.com <eqbards@onelist.com>
>>Date: Thursday, January 27, 2000 2:09 PM
>>Subject: Re: [eqbards] PoA bard quests plus a rant
>>
>>
>>>From: Ken Bachman <kbachman@...>
>>>
>>>Naeeldar wrote:
>>>>
>>>> From: "Naeeldar" <jackal@...>
>>>>
>>>> Again why ? I don't care about exp anymore. FYI if it supposts 3 full
>>groups
>>>> of 50's on your server then they are doing something wrong. I can pull
>>and
>>>> solo 1 sea fury non stop...
>>>>
>>>> Naeeldar
>>>
>>>Three groups of six 50s is too much, certainly, but it does support three
>>high
>>>level groups. The fact that YOU can solo them non-stop simply suggests
to
>>me
>>>(yet again, for the umpteenth time) that Necros are tremendously
>unbalanced
>>and
>>>vastly overpowered.
>>>
>>>Kenross Cantorforjado, 40 songs, Innoruuk
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